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Buck Woody
Mission Critical: SQL Server 2008 Performance Tuning Task List
04 February 2010

CTL10.03.001

Revision 09/08/2009 A

 

SQL Server 2OO8

General Performance Tuning

 

CRITICAL TASK LIST PROGRAM

This document contains steps that will assist you evaluate the basic Performance of a SQL Server 2008 RTM Enterprise Edition (non-clustered) Instance. It defines the basics of creating and evaluating the performance of a single Instance of SQL Server 2008, and should be used as a starting point.

Review each item, placing a check in the “Confirmed” column  when the task line is complete. Any line not marked “Confirmed” should stop the process until you have completed that line item.

This CTL is not meant to be a replacement for the official documentation from the product manufacturer.  

CTL NUMBER

This Critical Task List is identified by a CTL number in the upper right-hand side of this document. You should use the latest CTL  (identified by the date and an alpha-numeric code.

HOW TO BE ASSURED OF HAVING LATEST DATA

You can add additional information to this checklist based on your organization’s need.

 CONTENT

Critical Task List 10.03.001 contains steps required to perform performance tuning on a SQL Server 2OO8 system. Other system and environmental factors will dictate changes to this CTL as well as additional steps that should be taken on a periodic basis.

All content is the sole responsibility of the server owner; Microsoft Corporate provides no warranties implied or implicit in this document. This document is not a product of the Microsoft Corporation. 

 

SUPPLEMENTS

Official Site Link: (Not available at this revision level)

Whenever you receive a supplement affecting your checklist, write in the appropriate information . Printed replacement checklist pages will be made available to you as quickly as possible. A notation on the bottom inside corner of these pages will indicate that they reflect certain supplements.

COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS

Comments and questions should be directed through buck.woody@microsoft.com.

 

Critical Task Lists Managers

Buck Woody “Real World DBA”

(MSFT U.S.)

 

Task

Notes

Confirmed

Backups Checked, Full System Backups Complete.

http://bit.ly/3IF34A

 

Baseline Performance Metrics Created and Archived.

http://bit.ly/1xtJk4

http://bit.ly/2mwApK

 

Server and Database Settings Configured for Environment.

http://bit.ly/UvpbH

http://bit.ly/3RaZzF

http://bit.ly/WL7jc

 

Latest Service Packs Installed.

http://bit.ly/40JY5f

 

Maintenance Wizard or other Automated Maintenance Implemented.

http://bit.ly/16jnXG

http://bit.ly/Wr82X

 

Windows Event Logs Reviewed.

http://bit.ly/6IaNH

 

SQL Server Error Logs Reviewed.

http://bit.ly/6IaNH

 

Drive Space Checked.

http://bit.ly/EJQoM

 

Jobs History Reviewed.

http://bit.ly/i1Jbd

 

Indexes Updated.

http://bit.ly/vmpz5

 

Statistics Updated.

http://bit.ly/Nmyia

 

Indexes Reviewed.

http://bit.ly/vmpz5

 

Long-Running Queries Reviewed

http://bit.ly/3yZ8P

 

Service Packs and OS Security Bulletins Evaluated and Applied.

http://bit.ly/40JY5f

 

New Performance Baseline Recorded.

http://bit.ly/rA0zI

 

Performance Reviews Completed from Baseline Comparisons.

http://bit.ly/rA0zI

 

Growth Predictions Created from Baseline Metrics.

http://bit.ly/1xtJk4

 



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Buck Woody has been working with Information Technology since 1981. He has worked for the U.S. Air Force, at an IBM reseller as technical support, and for NASA as well as U.S. Space Command as an IT contractor. He has worked in most all IT positions from computer repair technician to system and database administrator, and from network technician to IT Manager and with multiple platforms as a Data Professional. He has been a DBA and Database Developer on Oracle systems running on a VAX to SQL Server and DB2 installations. He has been a Simple-Talk DBA of the Day

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Subject: Colonel Woody
Posted by: Phil Factor (view profile)
Posted on: Friday, February 05, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Message: I gather that Colonel Woody will be issuing updates to this occasionally to keep it up-to-date.

Subject: hhi
Posted by: kishorejk1987 (view profile)
Posted on: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 at 11:46 PM
Message: Hello Sir, this is Kishore JK, M.Tech student from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal ,Karnataka, India.
I have a query on SQL 2008 database, hope i will get a valuable suggestions from you.
Query: How to approach Database Performance Tuning sql server 2008.
Is there any Database Performance Tuning Techniques available, if so i want to know those techniques.

 










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