In the final part of the process will be the process that creates all the reports and zips up the performance counter file on a central server. The first part copies the PerfMon file from each server to a central location. After the copy is complete and loops back
In this part of the process, we will set up a process to automatically stop the data collector or counter log on the remote server. Then rename the file with a time stamp if it is an older version of Windows. Finally, we will start the data collector or counter
I recently was re-exposed to the PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs) Tool available on CodePlex at a wonderful SQLskills class. I had played with the tool in the past, but at the time the server I had for setting things up and automating processes was Windows 2000, so I forgot
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought to us by Argenis Fernandez (blog | @DBArgenis). Argenis is asking if we specialize or not, why we do (or don’t) specialize, and why we feel that’s a good thing. I started out my career as a Jack of All Trades mainly because my
I usually do not make resolutions because that seems like you are trying to give up something instead of gaining something. I would prefer to call them goals that way they can be a list of possible accomplishments instead of potential failures. For 2012, I decided to record my goals