http://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/wikipagesqlmonitor Wiki Rss Descriptionhttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/documentation?version=9<div class="wikidoc"><h2>Click to <b><u><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/glen_small">Follow me on Twitter !!!!</a></u></b></h2> #SqlLiveMonitor<br /> <h2>Quick Start</h2> 1) Run the application<br />2) Enter your server name in the &quot;SQL Server&quot; text box (servername\instance name) (do not include leading \\ on the server name)<br />3) Tick SQL Auth to use SQL Authentication, or leave for Windows authnetication (default)<br />5) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Clusters</h2> To monitor a cluster, you should<br /><br />1) Tick the Clustered check box<br />2) Enter the SQL Virtual Name or Virtual IP in the SQL Server text box<br />3) Enter the windows server name of the active node of the cluster, in the &quot;Active Node&quot; text box<br />4) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Disk Activity</h2> By default, the application will display performance data for the C: drive. At any time you can change this by entering the drive letter (including the colon) in the disk storage text box, and then press the update button. You can also monitor the average data of all the drives by entering _Total (note the underscore) in the text box. <br /> <h2>Detailed Views</h2> The main form contains blue hyperlinks for some of the labels. These links will open a new dialog box with detailed information on the selected item. For performance reasons, some of these views will display a limited number of rows by default, but this can be changed by selecting a row count from the drop down menu.<br /> <h2>Saving Detailed Data</h2> All of the detailed view information can be dumped out to CSV by clicking the &quot;save&quot; button on the dialog box. This will create a single CSV file named after that view, with each row being date and time stamped. Multiple clicks of the save button will append the data (block seperated) to the same file. You can create your own graphical representations by opening that file in Excel.<br /> <h2>Runtime Options</h2> <img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=89267" alt="options.jpg" title="options.jpg" /><br /><br />The options menu allows you to change the default alert thresholds for the main form, as well as enabling the logging options for the application. You can save the altered thresholds by clicking the save button. This will create a thresholhds.cfg file in the application folder. If present, this file will be appplied each time the application is run. You can only change these settings when the app is not monitoring SQL Server.<br /> <h2>Blocked Process Monitoring</h2> By ticking the Blocked Process option, SQL Live Monitor will log to CSV the SPID and input buffer of both blocked, and blocking processes - date and time stamped. Due to the additional checks and commands, there is a slight performance overhead by enabling this .... but only slight.<br /> <h2>Capturing PAL Data</h2> When ticking the PAL box in hte options menu, SQL Live Monitor will set-up the required perfmon counters (using logman) for analysis using PAL. The data collection will start when you press the start button, and will stop when you click the stop button. You can also change the sample interval and file format (csv by default).<br /> <h2>Capturing data to CSV</h2> In addition to displaying the performance data in realtime, you can tick the option to capture the info to CSV as well. Selecting this option will log all the main form data to a row date and time stamped CSV file, from which you can perform offline analysis or produce graphs using Excel. You can select this as well as the PAL option at the same time, which will give multiple monitoring points.<br /> <h2>Saving Server Connections</h2> Before you press the start button, you can press the save button, which will store the current SQL Server name, cluster settings, authentication mode, username and password (sql auth only) in an encrypted format. The file is called eServers.cfg and can be found in the application folder. Once a server is saved, the Saved Servers dropdown will display the server names, and you can switch by simply selecting a server from the list.<br /> <h2>Remote Monitoring</h2> SQL Live monitor is capable of monitoring a remote SQL server, as well as a local SQL Server. You need to ensure that the remote registry service can be contacted in order for the app to be able to connect properly. This feature can be very useful when monitoring from a central RDP server. If you are loggin into SQL Server using SQL Authentication, you have the option to specify alternate Windows Credentials, so that the tool can get required data from the remote registry. Remote Registry calls with Alternate credentials will use WMI.<br /> <h2>Connection Driver</h2> By default, the application will use the generic ODBC driver for SQL server. As of version 1.24, you can switch the driver to either the 2005 or 2008 SQL Native Client driver, by selecting the Driver option on the main form. For the most part, the default driver will be enough, however the ability to switch drivers may be required in some situations where the default driver is unable to connect.</div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallWed, 06 Jun 2012 16:28:03 GMTUpdated Wiki: Documentation 20120606042803Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=9<div class="wikidoc"><h2>Click to <b><u><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/glen_small">Follow me on Twitter !!!!</a></u></b></h2> #SqlLiveMonitor<br /> <h1>Description</h1> a .NET application that provides realtime performance data on the target SQL Server instance.<br /><br />No installation required, data displayed in realtime, and can also be logged to CSV for offline analysis. Will also capture SQL data for processing uing PAL.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_free_award_f.gif" /><br /> <h1>Features</h1> This tool is designed to provide realtime performance data on SQL Server, as well as data capture for offline analysis. The tools features are:<br /> <ul><li>Realtime SQL and System performance data</li> <li>Colour coded alerts</li> <li>Capture data logging to CSV - sample interval configurable</li> <li>PAL Perfmon counter logged to .blg or .csv for offline analysis using PAL - sample interval configurable</li> <li>Detailed view of certain SQL Areas via DMVs</li> <li>List Top 20 Queries by CPU, IO and Execution Count</li> <li>View SQL Waits by category</li> <li>View SQL Scheduler and CPU worker threads</li> <li>Monitor Kernel Pools and System PTE&#39;s</li> <li>Supports SQL 2000,SQL 2005, SQL 2008</li> <li>Captures data from local and remote servers</li> <li>Captures data from default and named instances (stand alone &amp; clustered)</li> <li>Supports both SQL and Windows Authetication</li> <li>Supports x86 and x64</li> <li>No installation required</li> <li>Application small in size with minimal overhead when running</li> <li>Run multiple instances on same PC</li></ul> <br /><img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=88838" alt="sqlmonitor.jpg" title="sqlmonitor.jpg" /></div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallWed, 06 Jun 2012 16:27:48 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120606042748Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/documentation?version=8<div class="wikidoc"><h2><b><u><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/glen_small">Follow me on Twitter !!!!</a></u></b></h2> <h2>Quick Start</h2> 1) Run the application<br />2) Enter your server name in the &quot;SQL Server&quot; text box (servername\instance name) (do not include leading \\ on the server name)<br />3) Tick SQL Auth to use SQL Authentication, or leave for Windows authnetication (default)<br />5) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Clusters</h2> To monitor a cluster, you should<br /><br />1) Tick the Clustered check box<br />2) Enter the SQL Virtual Name or Virtual IP in the SQL Server text box<br />3) Enter the windows server name of the active node of the cluster, in the &quot;Active Node&quot; text box<br />4) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Disk Activity</h2> By default, the application will display performance data for the C: drive. At any time you can change this by entering the drive letter (including the colon) in the disk storage text box, and then press the update button. You can also monitor the average data of all the drives by entering _Total (note the underscore) in the text box. <br /> <h2>Detailed Views</h2> The main form contains blue hyperlinks for some of the labels. These links will open a new dialog box with detailed information on the selected item. For performance reasons, some of these views will display a limited number of rows by default, but this can be changed by selecting a row count from the drop down menu.<br /> <h2>Saving Detailed Data</h2> All of the detailed view information can be dumped out to CSV by clicking the &quot;save&quot; button on the dialog box. This will create a single CSV file named after that view, with each row being date and time stamped. Multiple clicks of the save button will append the data (block seperated) to the same file. You can create your own graphical representations by opening that file in Excel.<br /> <h2>Runtime Options</h2> <img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=89267" alt="options.jpg" title="options.jpg" /><br /><br />The options menu allows you to change the default alert thresholds for the main form, as well as enabling the logging options for the application. You can save the altered thresholds by clicking the save button. This will create a thresholhds.cfg file in the application folder. If present, this file will be appplied each time the application is run. You can only change these settings when the app is not monitoring SQL Server.<br /> <h2>Blocked Process Monitoring</h2> By ticking the Blocked Process option, SQL Live Monitor will log to CSV the SPID and input buffer of both blocked, and blocking processes - date and time stamped. Due to the additional checks and commands, there is a slight performance overhead by enabling this .... but only slight.<br /> <h2>Capturing PAL Data</h2> When ticking the PAL box in hte options menu, SQL Live Monitor will set-up the required perfmon counters (using logman) for analysis using PAL. The data collection will start when you press the start button, and will stop when you click the stop button. You can also change the sample interval and file format (csv by default).<br /> <h2>Capturing data to CSV</h2> In addition to displaying the performance data in realtime, you can tick the option to capture the info to CSV as well. Selecting this option will log all the main form data to a row date and time stamped CSV file, from which you can perform offline analysis or produce graphs using Excel. You can select this as well as the PAL option at the same time, which will give multiple monitoring points.<br /> <h2>Saving Server Connections</h2> Before you press the start button, you can press the save button, which will store the current SQL Server name, cluster settings, authentication mode, username and password (sql auth only) in an encrypted format. The file is called eServers.cfg and can be found in the application folder. Once a server is saved, the Saved Servers dropdown will display the server names, and you can switch by simply selecting a server from the list.<br /> <h2>Remote Monitoring</h2> SQL Live monitor is capable of monitoring a remote SQL server, as well as a local SQL Server. You need to ensure that the remote registry service can be contacted in order for the app to be able to connect properly. This feature can be very useful when monitoring from a central RDP server. If you are loggin into SQL Server using SQL Authentication, you have the option to specify alternate Windows Credentials, so that the tool can get required data from the remote registry. Remote Registry calls with Alternate credentials will use WMI.<br /> <h2>Connection Driver</h2> By default, the application will use the generic ODBC driver for SQL server. As of version 1.24, you can switch the driver to either the 2005 or 2008 SQL Native Client driver, by selecting the Driver option on the main form. For the most part, the default driver will be enough, however the ability to switch drivers may be required in some situations where the default driver is unable to connect.</div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallWed, 06 Jun 2012 16:25:06 GMTUpdated Wiki: Documentation 20120606042506Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=8<div class="wikidoc"><h2><b><u><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/glen_small">Follow me on Twitter !!!!</a></u></b></h2> <h1>Description</h1> a .NET application that provides realtime performance data on the target SQL Server instance.<br /><br />No installation required, data displayed in realtime, and can also be logged to CSV for offline analysis. Will also capture SQL data for processing uing PAL.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_free_award_f.gif" /><br /> <h1>Features</h1> This tool is designed to provide realtime performance data on SQL Server, as well as data capture for offline analysis. The tools features are:<br /> <ul><li>Realtime SQL and System performance data</li> <li>Colour coded alerts</li> <li>Capture data logging to CSV - sample interval configurable</li> <li>PAL Perfmon counter logged to .blg or .csv for offline analysis using PAL - sample interval configurable</li> <li>Detailed view of certain SQL Areas via DMVs</li> <li>List Top 20 Queries by CPU, IO and Execution Count</li> <li>View SQL Waits by category</li> <li>View SQL Scheduler and CPU worker threads</li> <li>Monitor Kernel Pools and System PTE&#39;s</li> <li>Supports SQL 2000,SQL 2005, SQL 2008</li> <li>Captures data from local and remote servers</li> <li>Captures data from default and named instances (stand alone &amp; clustered)</li> <li>Supports both SQL and Windows Authetication</li> <li>Supports x86 and x64</li> <li>No installation required</li> <li>Application small in size with minimal overhead when running</li> <li>Run multiple instances on same PC</li></ul> <br /><img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=88838" alt="sqlmonitor.jpg" title="sqlmonitor.jpg" /></div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallWed, 06 Jun 2012 16:24:01 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120606042401Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=7<div class="wikidoc"><h2><b><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/glen_small">Follow me on Twitter !!!!</a></b></h2> <h1>Description</h1> a .NET application that provides realtime performance data on the target SQL Server instance.<br /><br />No installation required, data displayed in realtime, and can also be logged to CSV for offline analysis. Will also capture SQL data for processing uing PAL.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_free_award_f.gif" /><br /> <h1>Features</h1> This tool is designed to provide realtime performance data on SQL Server, as well as data capture for offline analysis. The tools features are:<br /> <ul><li>Realtime SQL and System performance data</li> <li>Colour coded alerts</li> <li>Capture data logging to CSV - sample interval configurable</li> <li>PAL Perfmon counter logged to .blg or .csv for offline analysis using PAL - sample interval configurable</li> <li>Detailed view of certain SQL Areas via DMVs</li> <li>List Top 20 Queries by CPU, IO and Execution Count</li> <li>View SQL Waits by category</li> <li>View SQL Scheduler and CPU worker threads</li> <li>Monitor Kernel Pools and System PTE&#39;s</li> <li>Supports SQL 2000,SQL 2005, SQL 2008</li> <li>Captures data from local and remote servers</li> <li>Captures data from default and named instances (stand alone &amp; clustered)</li> <li>Supports both SQL and Windows Authetication</li> <li>Supports x86 and x64</li> <li>No installation required</li> <li>Application small in size with minimal overhead when running</li> <li>Run multiple instances on same PC</li></ul> <br /><img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=88838" alt="sqlmonitor.jpg" title="sqlmonitor.jpg" /></div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallWed, 06 Jun 2012 16:23:33 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120606042333Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=6<div class="wikidoc"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/glen_small">Follw me on Twitter !!!!</a><br /> <h1>Description</h1> a .NET application that provides realtime performance data on the target SQL Server instance.<br /><br />No installation required, data displayed in realtime, and can also be logged to CSV for offline analysis. Will also capture SQL data for processing uing PAL.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_free_award_f.gif" /><br /> <h1>Features</h1> This tool is designed to provide realtime performance data on SQL Server, as well as data capture for offline analysis. The tools features are:<br /> <ul><li>Realtime SQL and System performance data</li> <li>Colour coded alerts</li> <li>Capture data logging to CSV - sample interval configurable</li> <li>PAL Perfmon counter logged to .blg or .csv for offline analysis using PAL - sample interval configurable</li> <li>Detailed view of certain SQL Areas via DMVs</li> <li>List Top 20 Queries by CPU, IO and Execution Count</li> <li>View SQL Waits by category</li> <li>View SQL Scheduler and CPU worker threads</li> <li>Monitor Kernel Pools and System PTE&#39;s</li> <li>Supports SQL 2000,SQL 2005, SQL 2008</li> <li>Captures data from local and remote servers</li> <li>Captures data from default and named instances (stand alone &amp; clustered)</li> <li>Supports both SQL and Windows Authetication</li> <li>Supports x86 and x64</li> <li>No installation required</li> <li>Application small in size with minimal overhead when running</li> <li>Run multiple instances on same PC</li></ul> <br /><img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=88838" alt="sqlmonitor.jpg" title="sqlmonitor.jpg" /></div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallWed, 06 Jun 2012 16:22:21 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120606042221Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=5<div class="wikidoc"><h1>Description</h1> a .NET application that provides realtime performance data on the target SQL Server instance.<br /><br />No installation required, data displayed in realtime, and can also be logged to CSV for offline analysis. Will also capture SQL data for processing uing PAL.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_free_award_f.gif" /><br /> <h1>Features</h1> This tool is designed to provide realtime performance data on SQL Server, as well as data capture for offline analysis. The tools features are:<br /> <ul><li>Realtime SQL and System performance data</li> <li>Colour coded alerts</li> <li>Capture data logging to CSV - sample interval configurable</li> <li>PAL Perfmon counter logged to .blg or .csv for offline analysis using PAL - sample interval configurable</li> <li>Detailed view of certain SQL Areas via DMVs</li> <li>List Top 20 Queries by CPU, IO and Execution Count</li> <li>View SQL Waits by category</li> <li>View SQL Scheduler and CPU worker threads</li> <li>Monitor Kernel Pools and System PTE&#39;s</li> <li>Supports SQL 2000,SQL 2005, SQL 2008</li> <li>Captures data from local and remote servers</li> <li>Captures data from default and named instances (stand alone &amp; clustered)</li> <li>Supports both SQL and Windows Authetication</li> <li>Supports x86 and x64</li> <li>No installation required</li> <li>Application small in size with minimal overhead when running</li> <li>Run multiple instances on same PC</li></ul> <br /><img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=88838" alt="sqlmonitor.jpg" title="sqlmonitor.jpg" /></div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallWed, 06 Jun 2012 16:18:32 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120606041832Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/documentation?&ANCHOR#C23021Tried two different servers and get the same error.&#10;&#34;ERROR ADDING PERFORMANCE COUNTERS&#58;Access is denied.&#10;&#10;I have administrative access on both machines.&#10;&#10;Any ideas what the issue is&#63;nickm324Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:38:52 GMTNew Comment on "Documentation" 20120322023852Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/documentation?&ANCHOR#C14926I am unable to connect to a 2005 named instance either locally or remotely. Our setup is typically servername&#92;instancename,nonstandardport on n-1 clusters. I&#39;ve tried everything I can think of to connect both locally and remotely without success. Any insight would be appreciated.jamiecarrollThu, 18 Feb 2010 16:43:47 GMTNew Comment on "Documentation" 20100218044347Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=4<div class="wikidoc"><h1>Description</h1> a .NET application that provides realtime performance data on the target SQL Server instance.<br /><br />No installation required, data displayed in realtime, and can also be logged to CSV for offline analysis. Will also capture SQL data for processing uing PAL.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_free_award_f.gif" /><br /> <h1>Features</h1> This tool is designed to provide realtime performance data on SQL Server, as well as data capture for offline analysis. The tools features are:<br /> <ul><li>Realtime SQL and System performance data</li> <li>Colour coded alerts</li> <li>Capture data logging to CSV - sample interval configurable</li> <li>PAL Perfmon counter logged to .blg or .csv for offline analysis using PAL - sample interval configurable</li> <li>Detailed view of certain SQL Areas via DMVs</li> <li>List Top 20 Queries by CPU, IO and Execution Count</li> <li>View SQL Waits by category</li> <li>View SQL Scheduler and CPU worker threads</li> <li>Monitor Kernel Pools and System PTE's</li> <li>Supports SQL 2000,SQL 2005, SQL 2008</li> <li>Captures data from local and remote servers</li> <li>Captures data from default and named instances (stand alone &amp; clustered)</li> <li>Supports both SQL and Windows Authetication</li> <li>Supports x86 and x64</li> <li>No installation required</li> <li>Application small in size with minimal overhead when running</li> <li>Run multiple instances on same PC</li></ul> <br /><img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=88838" alt="sqlmonitor.jpg" title="sqlmonitor.jpg" /></div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallFri, 04 Dec 2009 12:46:53 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20091204124653Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/documentation?version=7<div class="wikidoc"><h2>Quick Start</h2> 1) Run the application<br />2) Enter your server name in the &quot;SQL Server&quot; text box (servername\instance name) (do not include leading \\ on the server name)<br />3) Tick SQL Auth to use SQL Authentication, or leave for Windows authnetication (default)<br />5) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Clusters</h2> To monitor a cluster, you should<br /><br />1) Tick the Clustered check box<br />2) Enter the SQL Virtual Name or Virtual IP in the SQL Server text box<br />3) Enter the windows server name of the active node of the cluster, in the &quot;Active Node&quot; text box<br />4) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Disk Activity</h2> By default, the application will display performance data for the C: drive. At any time you can change this by entering the drive letter (including the colon) in the disk storage text box, and then press the update button. You can also monitor the average data of all the drives by entering _Total (note the underscore) in the text box. <br /> <h2>Detailed Views</h2> The main form contains blue hyperlinks for some of the labels. These links will open a new dialog box with detailed information on the selected item. For performance reasons, some of these views will display a limited number of rows by default, but this can be changed by selecting a row count from the drop down menu.<br /> <h2>Saving Detailed Data</h2> All of the detailed view information can be dumped out to CSV by clicking the &quot;save&quot; button on the dialog box. This will create a single CSV file named after that view, with each row being date and time stamped. Multiple clicks of the save button will append the data (block seperated) to the same file. You can create your own graphical representations by opening that file in Excel.<br /> <h2>Runtime Options</h2> <img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=89267" alt="options.jpg" title="options.jpg" /><br /><br />The options menu allows you to change the default alert thresholds for the main form, as well as enabling the logging options for the application. You can save the altered thresholds by clicking the save button. This will create a thresholhds.cfg file in the application folder. If present, this file will be appplied each time the application is run. You can only change these settings when the app is not monitoring SQL Server.<br /> <h2>Blocked Process Monitoring</h2> By ticking the Blocked Process option, SQL Live Monitor will log to CSV the SPID and input buffer of both blocked, and blocking processes - date and time stamped. Due to the additional checks and commands, there is a slight performance overhead by enabling this .... but only slight.<br /> <h2>Capturing PAL Data</h2> When ticking the PAL box in hte options menu, SQL Live Monitor will set-up the required perfmon counters (using logman) for analysis using PAL. The data collection will start when you press the start button, and will stop when you click the stop button. You can also change the sample interval and file format (csv by default).<br /> <h2>Capturing data to CSV</h2> In addition to displaying the performance data in realtime, you can tick the option to capture the info to CSV as well. Selecting this option will log all the main form data to a row date and time stamped CSV file, from which you can perform offline analysis or produce graphs using Excel. You can select this as well as the PAL option at the same time, which will give multiple monitoring points.<br /> <h2>Saving Server Connections</h2> Before you press the start button, you can press the save button, which will store the current SQL Server name, cluster settings, authentication mode, username and password (sql auth only) in an encrypted format. The file is called eServers.cfg and can be found in the application folder. Once a server is saved, the Saved Servers dropdown will display the server names, and you can switch by simply selecting a server from the list.<br /> <h2>Remote Monitoring</h2> SQL Live monitor is capable of monitoring a remote SQL server, as well as a local SQL Server. You need to ensure that the remote registry service can be contacted in order for the app to be able to connect properly. This feature can be very useful when monitoring from a central RDP server. If you are loggin into SQL Server using SQL Authentication, you have the option to specify alternate Windows Credentials, so that the tool can get required data from the remote registry. Remote Registry calls with Alternate credentials will use WMI.<br /> <h2>Connection Driver</h2> By default, the application will use the generic ODBC driver for SQL server. As of version 1.24, you can switch the driver to either the 2005 or 2008 SQL Native Client driver, by selecting the Driver option on the main form. For the most part, the default driver will be enough, however the ability to switch drivers may be required in some situations where the default driver is unable to connect.</div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallTue, 03 Nov 2009 22:11:42 GMTUpdated Wiki: Documentation 20091103101142Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/documentation?version=6<div class="wikidoc"><h2>Quick Start</h2> 1) Run the application<br />2) Enter your server name in the &quot;SQL Server&quot; text box (servername\instance name) (do not include leading \\ on the server name)<br />3) Tick SQL Auth to use SQL Authentication, or leave for Windows authnetication (default)<br />5) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Clusters</h2> To monitor a cluster, you should<br /><br />1) Tick the Clustered check box<br />2) Enter the SQL Virtual Name or Virtual IP in the SQL Server text box<br />3) Enter the windows server name of the active node of the cluster, in the &quot;Active Node&quot; text box<br />4) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Disk Activity</h2> By default, the application will display performance data for the C: drive. At any time you can change this by entering the drive letter (including the colon) in the disk storage text box, and then press the update button. You can also monitor the average data of all the drives by entering _Total (note the underscore) in the text box. <br /> <h2>Detailed Views</h2> The main form contains blue hyperlinks for some of the labels. These links will open a new dialog box with detailed information on the selected item. For performance reasons, some of these views will display a limited number of rows by default, but this can be changed by selecting a row count from the drop down menu.<br /> <h2>Saving Detailed Data</h2> All of the detailed view information can be dumped out to CSV by clicking the &quot;save&quot; button on the dialog box. This will create a single CSV file named after that view, with each row being date and time stamped. Multiple clicks of the save button will append the data (block seperated) to the same file. You can create your own graphical representations by opening that file in Excel.<br /> <h2>Runtime Options</h2> <img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=89267" alt="options.jpg" title="options.jpg" /><br /><br />The options menu allows you to change the default alert thresholds for the main form, as well as enabling the logging options for the application. You can save the altered thresholds by clicking the save button. This will create a thresholhds.cfg file in the application folder. If present, this file will be appplied each time the application is run. You can only change these settings when the app is not monitoring SQL Server.<br /> <h2>Blocked Process Monitoring</h2> By ticking the Blocked Process option, SQL Live Monitor will log to CSV the SPID and input buffer of both blocked, and blocking processes - date and time stamped. Due to the additional checks and commands, there is a slight performance overhead by enabling this .... but only slight.<br /> <h2>Capturing PAL Data</h2> When ticking the PAL box in hte options menu, SQL Live Monitor will set-up the required perfmon counters (using logman) for analysis using PAL. The data collection will start when you press the start button, and will stop when you click the stop button. You can also change the sample interval and file format (csv by default).<br /> <h2>Capturing data to CSV</h2> In addition to displaying the performance data in realtime, you can tick the option to capture the info to CSV as well. Selecting this option will log all the main form data to a row date and time stamped CSV file, from which you can perform offline analysis or produce graphs using Excel. You can select this as well as the PAL option at the same time, which will give multiple monitoring points.<br /> <h2>Saving Server Connections</h2> Before you press the start button, you can press the save button, which will store the current SQL Server name, cluster settings, authentication mode, username and password (sql auth only) in an encrypted format. The file is called eServers.cfg and can be found in the application folder. Once a server is saved, the Saved Servers dropdown will display the server names, and you can switch by simply selecting a server from the list.<br /> <h2>Remote Monitoring</h2> SQL Live monitor is capable of monitoring a remote SQL server, as well as a local SQL Server. You need to ensure that the remote registry service can be contacted in order for the app to be able to connect properly. This feature can be very useful when monitoring from a central RDP server. At the moment, remote monitoring is only possible is a domain environemnt where the current logged in user has permissions on the remote server.<br /> <h2>Connection Driver</h2> By default, the application will use the generic ODBC driver for SQL server. As of version 1.24, you can switch the driver to either the 2005 or 2008 SQL Native Client driver, by selecting the Driver option on the main form. For the most part, the default driver will be enough, however the ability to switch drivers may be required in some situations where the default driver is unable to connect.</div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallTue, 27 Oct 2009 20:04:29 GMTUpdated Wiki: Documentation 20091027080429Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/documentation?version=5<div class="wikidoc"><h2>Quick Start</h2> 1) Run the application<br />2) Enter your server name in the &quot;SQL Server&quot; text box (servername\instance name) (do not include leading \\ on the server name)<br />3) Tick SQL Auth to use SQL Authentication, or leave for Windows authnetication (default)<br />5) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Clusters</h2> To monitor a cluster, you should<br /><br />1) Tick the CLustered check box<br />2) Enter the SQL Virtual Name or Virtual IP in the SQL Server text box<br />3) Enter the windows server name of the active node of the cluster, in the &quot;Active Node&quot; text box<br />4) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Disk Activity</h2> By default, the application will display performance data for the C: drive. At any time you can change this by entering the drive letter (including the colon) in the disk storage text box, and then press the update button. You can also monitor the average data of all the drives by entering _Total (note the underscore) in the text box. <br /> <h2>Detailed Views</h2> The main form contains blue hyperlinks for some of the labels. These links will open a new dialog box with detailed information on the selected item. For performance reasons, some of these views will display a limited number of rows by default, but this can be changed by selecting a row count from the drop down menu.<br /> <h2>Saving Detailed Data</h2> All of the detailed view information can be dumped out to CSV by clicking the &quot;save&quot; button on the dialog box. This will create a single CSV file named after that view, with each row being date and time stamped. Multiple clicks of the save button will append the data (block seperated) to the same file. You can create your own graphical representations by opening that file in Excel.<br /> <h2>Runtime Options</h2> <img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=89267" alt="options.jpg" title="options.jpg" /><br /><br />The options menu allows you to change the default alert thresholds for the main form, as well as enabling the logging options for the application. You can save the altered thresholds by clicking the save button. This will create a thresholhds.cfg file in the application folder. If present, this file will be appplied each time the application is run. You can only change these settings when the app is not monitoring SQL Server.<br /> <h2>Blocked Process Monitoring</h2> By ticking the Blocked Process option, SQL Live Monitor will log to CSV the SPID and input buffer of both blocked, and blocking processes - date and time stamped. Due to the additional checks and commands, there is a slight performance overhead by enabling this .... but only slight.<br /> <h2>Capturing PAL Data</h2> When ticking the PAL box in hte options menu, SQL Live Monitor will set-up the required perfmon counters (using logman) for analysis using PAL. The data collection will start when you press the start button, and will stop when you click the stop button. You can also change the sample interval and file format (csv by default).<br /> <h2>Capturing data to CSV</h2> In addition to displaying the performance data in realtime, you can tick the option to capture the info to CSV as well. Selecting this option will log all the main form data to a row date and time stamped CSV file, from which you can perform offline analysis or produce graphs using Excel. You can select this as well as the PAL option at the same time, which will give multiple monitoring points.<br /> <h2>Saving Server Connections</h2> Before you press the start button, you can press the save button, which will store the current SQL Server name, cluster settings, authentication mode, username and password (sql auth only) in an encrypted format. The file is called eServers.cfg and can be found in the application folder. Once a server is saved, the Saved Servers dropdown will display the server names, and you can switch by simply selecting a server from the list.<br /> <h2>Remote Monitoring</h2> SQL Live monitor is capable of monitoring a remote SQL server, as well as a local SQL Server. You need to ensure that the remote registry service can be contacted in order for the app to be able to connect properly. This feature can be very useful when monitoring from a central RDP server.<br /> <h2>Connection Driver</h2> By default, the application will use the generic ODBC driver for SQL server. As of version 1.24, you can switch the driver to either the 2005 or 2008 SQL Native Client driver, by selecting the Driver option on the main form. For the most part, the default driver will be enough, however the ability to switch drivers may be required in some situations where the default driver is unable to connect.</div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallTue, 27 Oct 2009 09:37:21 GMTUpdated Wiki: Documentation 20091027093721Ahttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/documentation?version=4<div class="wikidoc"><h2>Quick Start</h2> 1) Run the application<br />2) Enter your server name in the &quot;SQL Server&quot; text box (servername\instance name)<br />3) Tick SQL Auth to use SQL Authentication, or leave for Windows authnetication (default)<br />5) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Clusters</h2> To monitor a cluster, you should<br /><br />1) Tick the CLustered check box<br />2) Enter the SQL Virtual Name or Virtual IP in the SQL Server text box<br />3) Enter the windows server name of the active node of the cluster, in the &quot;Active Node&quot; text box<br />4) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Disk Activity</h2> By default, the application will display performance data for the C: drive. At any time you can change this by entering the drive letter (including the colon) in the disk storage text box, and then press the update button. You can also monitor the average data of all the drives by entering _Total (note the underscore) in the text box. <br /> <h2>Detailed Views</h2> The main form contains blue hyperlinks for some of the labels. These links will open a new dialog box with detailed information on the selected item. For performance reasons, some of these views will display a limited number of rows by default, but this can be changed by selecting a row count from the drop down menu.<br /> <h2>Saving Detailed Data</h2> All of the detailed view information can be dumped out to CSV by clicking the &quot;save&quot; button on the dialog box. This will create a single CSV file named after that view, with each row being date and time stamped. Multiple clicks of the save button will append the data (block seperated) to the same file. You can create your own graphical representations by opening that file in Excel.<br /> <h2>Runtime Options</h2> <img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=89267" alt="options.jpg" title="options.jpg" /><br /><br />The options menu allows you to change the default alert thresholds for the main form, as well as enabling the logging options for the application. You can save the altered thresholds by clicking the save button. This will create a thresholhds.cfg file in the application folder. If present, this file will be appplied each time the application is run. You can only change these settings when the app is not monitoring SQL Server.<br /> <h2>Blocked Process Monitoring</h2> By ticking the Blocked Process option, SQL Live Monitor will log to CSV the SPID and input buffer of both blocked, and blocking processes - date and time stamped. Due to the additional checks and commands, there is a slight performance overhead by enabling this .... but only slight.<br /> <h2>Capturing PAL Data</h2> When ticking the PAL box in hte options menu, SQL Live Monitor will set-up the required perfmon counters (using logman) for analysis using PAL. The data collection will start when you press the start button, and will stop when you click the stop button. You can also change the sample interval and file format (csv by default).<br /> <h2>Capturing data to CSV</h2> In addition to displaying the performance data in realtime, you can tick the option to capture the info to CSV as well. Selecting this option will log all the main form data to a row date and time stamped CSV file, from which you can perform offline analysis or produce graphs using Excel. You can select this as well as the PAL option at the same time, which will give multiple monitoring points.<br /> <h2>Saving Server Connections</h2> Before you press the start button, you can press the save button, which will store the current SQL Server name, cluster settings, authentication mode, username and password (sql auth only) in an encrypted format. The file is called eServers.cfg and can be found in the application folder. Once a server is saved, the Saved Servers dropdown will display the server names, and you can switch by simply selecting a server from the list.<br /> <h2>Remote Monitoring</h2> SQL Live monitor is capable of monitoring a remote SQL server, as well as a local SQL Server. You need to ensure that the remote registry service can be contacted in order for the app to be able to connect properly. This feature can be very useful when monitoring from a central RDP server.<br /> <h2>Connection Driver</h2> By default, the application will use the generic ODBC driver for SQL server. As of version 1.24, you can switch the driver to either the 2005 or 2008 SQL Native Client driver, by selecting the Driver option on the main form. For the most part, the default driver will be enough, however the ability to switch drivers may be required in some situations where the default driver is unable to connect.</div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallMon, 26 Oct 2009 20:31:58 GMTUpdated Wiki: Documentation 20091026083158Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/documentation?version=3<div class="wikidoc"><h2>Quick Start</h2> 1) Run the application<br />2) Enter your server name in the &quot;SQL Server&quot; text box (servername\instance name)<br />3) Tick SQL Auth to use SQL Authentication, or leave for Windows authnetication (default)<br />5) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Clusters</h2> To monitor a cluster, you should<br /><br />1) Tick the CLustered check box<br />2) Enter the SQL Virtual Name or Virtual IP in the SQL Server text box<br />3) Enter the windows server name of the active node of the cluster, in the &quot;Active Node&quot; text box<br />4) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Disk Activity</h2> By default, the application will display performance data for the C: drive. At any time you can change this by entering the drive letter (including the colon) in the disk storage text box, and then press the update button. You can also monitor the average data of all the drives by entering _Total (note the underscore) in the text box. <br /> <h2>Detailed Views</h2> The main form contains blue hyperlinks for some of the labels. These links will open a new dialog box with detailed information on the selected item. For performance reasons, some of these views will display a limited number of rows by default, but this can be changed by selecting a row count from the drop down menu.<br /> <h2>Saving Detailed Data</h2> All of the detailed view information can be dumped out to CSV by clicking the &quot;save&quot; button on the dialog box. This will create a single CSV file named after that view, with each row being date and time stamped. Multiple clicks of the save button will append the data (block seperated) to the same file. You can create your own graphical representations by opening that file in Excel.<br /> <h2>Runtime Options</h2> <img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=89267" alt="options.jpg" title="options.jpg" /><br /><br />The options menu allows you to change the default alert thresholds for the main form, as well as enabling the logging options for the application. You can save the altered thresholds by clicking the save button. This will create a thresholhds.cfg file in the application folder. If present, this file will be appplied each time the application is run. You can only change these settings when the app is not monitoring SQL Server.<br /> <h2>Blocked Process Monitoring</h2> By ticking the Blocked Process option, SQL Live Monitor will log to CSV the SPID and input buffer of both blocked, and blocking processes - date and time stamped. Due to the additional checks and commands, there is a slight performance overhead by enabling this .... but only slight.<br /> <h2>Capturing PAL Data</h2> When ticking the PAL box in hte options menu, SQL Live Monitor will set-up the required perfmon counters (using logman) for analysis using PAL. The data collection will start when you press the start button, and will stop when you click the stop button. You can also change the sample interval and file format (csv by default).<br /> <h2>Capturing data to CSV</h2> In addition to displaying the performance data in realtime, you can tick the option to capture the info to CSV as well. Selecting this option will log all the main form data to a row date and time stamped CSV file, from which you can perform offline analysis or produce graphs using Excel. You can select this as well as the PAL option at the same time, which will give multiple monitoring points.<br /> <h2>Saving Server Connections</h2> Before you press the start button, you can press the save button, which will store the current SQL Server name, cluster settings, authentication mode, username and password (sql auth only) in an encrypted format. The file is called eServers.cfg and can be found in the application folder. Once a server is saved, the Saved Servers dropdown will display the server names, and you can switch by simply selecting a server from the list.<br /> <h2>Remote Monitoring</h2> SQL Live monitor is capable of monitoring a remote SQL server, as well as a local SQL Server. You need to ensure that the remote registry service can be contacted in order for the app to be able to connect properly. This feature can be very useful when monitoring from a central RDP server.</div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallMon, 26 Oct 2009 11:48:25 GMTUpdated Wiki: Documentation 20091026114825Ahttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/documentation?version=2<div class="wikidoc"><h2>Quick Start</h2> 1) Run the application<br />2) Enter your server name in the &quot;SQL Server&quot; text box (servername\instance name)<br />3) Tick SQL Auth to use SQL Authentication, or leave for Windows authnetication (default)<br />5) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Clusters</h2> To monitor a cluster, you should<br /><br />1) Tick the CLustered check box<br />2) Enter the SQL Virtual Name or Virtual IP in the SQL Server text box<br />3) Enter the windows server name of the active node of the cluster, in the &quot;Active Node&quot; text box<br />4) Press Start to start collecting realtime data<br /><br /> <h2>Monitoring Disk Activity</h2> By default, the application will display performance data for the C: drive. At any time you can change this by entering the drive letter (including the colon) in the disk storage text box, and then press the update button. You can also monitor the average data of all the drives by entering _Total (note the underscore) in the text box. <br /> <h2>Detailed Views</h2> The main form contains blue hyperlinks for some of the labels. These links will open a new dialog box with detailed information on the selected item. For performance reasons, some of these views will display a limited number of rows by default, but this can be changed by selecting a row count from the drop down menu.<br /> <h2>Saving Detailed Data</h2> All of the detailed view information can be dumped out to CSV by clicking the &quot;save&quot; button on the dialog box. This will create a single CSV file named after that view, with each row being date and time stamped. Multiple clicks of the save button will append the data (block seperated) to the same file. You can create your own graphical representations by opening that file in Excel.<br /> <h2>Runtime Options</h2> <img src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=sqlmonitor&DownloadId=89267" alt="options.jpg" title="options.jpg" /><br /><br />The options menu allows you to change the default alert thresholds for the main form, as well as enabling the logging options for the application. You can save the altered thresholds by clicking the save button. This will create a thresholhds.cfg file in the application folder. If present, this file will be appplied each time the application is run. You can only change these settings when the app is not monitoring SQL Server.<br /> <h2>Capturing PAL Data</h2> When ticking the PAL box in hte options menu, SQL Live Monitor will set-up the required perfmon counters (using logman) for analysis using PAL. The data collection will start when you press the start button, and will stop when you click the stop button. You can also change the sample interval and file format (csv by default).<br /> <h2>Capturing data to CSV</h2> In addition to displaying the performance data in realtime, you can tick the option to capture the info to CSV as well. Selecting this option will log all the main form data to a row date and time stamped CSV file, from which you can perform offline analysis or produce graphs using Excel. You can select this as well as the PAL option at the same time, which will give multiple monitoring points.<br /> <h2>Saving Server Connections</h2> Before you press the start button, you can press the save button, which will store the current SQL Server name, cluster settings, authentication mode, username and password (sql auth only) in an encrypted format. The file is called eServers.cfg and can be found in the application folder. Once a server is saved, the Saved Servers dropdown will display the server names, and you can switch by simply selecting a server from the list.<br /> <h2>Remote Monitoring</h2> SQL Live monitor is capable of monitoring a remote SQL server, as well as a local SQL Server. You need to ensure that the remote registry service can be contacted in order for the app to be able to connect properly. This feature can be very useful when monitoring from a central RDP server.</div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallSun, 25 Oct 2009 19:54:41 GMTUpdated Wiki: Documentation 20091025075441Phttp://sqlmonitor.codeplex.com/documentation?version=1<div class="wikidoc">Documentation to follow shortly.</div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>glensmallThu, 22 Oct 2009 09:37:56 GMTUpdated Wiki: Documentation 20091022093756A