MSSQL Tips: Tip #20 – Monitor SQL Server Master Database Changes with WMI Alerts

In this new tip you will find out how to setup monitoring of the master database and get real time notifications when the new objects created there.

Please read the latest MSSQL Tip: “Monitor SQL Server Master Database Changes with WMI Alerts“.

Check out all of my tips here: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlserverauthor/94/svetlana-golovko/.

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MSDB log file max size reset after SQL Patches

I have encountered this several times already after different Cumulative Updates/Service Packs…

We set fixed maximum size for SQL Server databases and update the max size when required. But after installing Service Pack and Cumulative Updates the maximum size is reset to 2,097,152 MB for the MSDB log file:
max size - msdb log

I am going to submit this issue to the Microsoft Connect (hopefully it still works and active) or check if somebody else had similar issues. As this happens only with one system database and only with one file I would suspect that this is a bug.

This is just something to watch out and remember to review after SQL Server patching if you use fixed maximum files sizes.

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About usefulness of trivial tasks

I just wanted to share a story that one of my friends-DBAs shared with me.

So, they have internal DBAs responsible for the part of the environment and remote/external DBAs that look after another part of the environment.
In most cases these two groups do not look after each others environments and their responsibilities do not criss-cross. But my curious friend one day decided to do a little disk cleanup/checkup (from the old backups etc.) and discovered that archive logs for one of the mission critical databases have not been cleaned up for a year. The database was under the external group supervision.
After a short investigation my friend discovered that the database didn’t have backups for a year!

The moral is:
1) Even simple trivial tasks can sometimes help you to discover flows
2) Do not rely on third party contractors even if they have a very good reputation. Make an occasional checks. It wouldn’t heart to add a couple more servers to the monitoring.

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MSSQL Tips: Tip #18 – Using Policy Based Management for SQL Server Availability Groups Data Loss Alerts

This tip is again on my favorite topic – Policy Based Management.

Please read the latest MSSQL Tip: “Using Policy Based Management for SQL Server Availability Groups Data Loss Alerts“.

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MSSQL Tips: Tip #16 – Several Methods to collect SQL Server Stored Procedure Execution History

In this tip you can learn about stored procedures execution history monitoring.

Please read the latest MSSQL Tip: “Several Methods to collect SQL Server Stored Procedure Execution History“.

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MSSQL Tips: Tip #15 – Automated collection of SQL Server database connections for monitoring

Here is a tip about automated monitoring of the high number of SQL Server connections.

Please read my latest MSSQL Tip: “Automated collection of SQL Server database connections for monitoring“.

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MSSQL Tips: Tip #14 – Using WMI alerts to import SQL Server Default Trace events

And another tip about WMI alerts use.

Please read the latest MSSQL Tip: “Using WMI alerts to import SQL Server Default Trace events“.

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MSSQL Tips: Tip #13 – Monitor SQL Server Database File Growth with WMI Alerts

In this tip you can find another example of WMI alerts use.

Please read the latest MSSQL Tip: “Monitor SQL Server Database File Growth with WMI Alerts“.

Check out all of my tips here: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlserverauthor/94/svetlana-golovko/.

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