Video:
Pt. 1 - Using SQL Profiler - Concepts, Terms and Screens
Skill
level:
300 (Intermediate)- Run Time:
11:45
- Instructor:
Scott Whigham
Description:
SQL Server Profiler is just an amazing tool and one that every sysadmin should know "backwards and forwards." This video, the first in our section, covers what Profiler is, what traces are, and gives you an introduction to using Profiler. You'll also cover the basic screens when you start Profiler.
Highlights from this video:
- Differences between SQL Server 2000 Profiler and SQL Server 2005 Profiler
- Permissions required for SQL Server 2005 Profiler
- Making decisions on the "General" screen
- Should you save to file or save to table?
- Using templates with Profiler
- What sort of performance impact will Profiler cause? How much?
- How to minimize the "drag" that Profiler creates
- Server side vs. client side traces
- What are rollover files (file rollover)? What should the setting be?
and much more
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Scott Whigham
Scott Whigham is the founder of LearnItFirst.com, one of the web's most extensive
video training libraries focusing on technical training. Scott is also an experienced
consultant, trainer, and author with more than a decade of hands-on experience working
with SQL Server databases, writing and debugging applications using Visual Studio,
and performance tuning. Scott designed the architecture (websites, class libraries,
and database) for the LearnItFirst.com websites and, most
re...
(Scott's full bio can be found here)
NOTE: This video is part of our
SQL Server 2005 Database Administration course.
This video is from Chapter
11:
Monitoring and Performance Tuning SQL Server
