Chapter 23. SSRS Administration

A number of tools are used to monitor and configure SSRS, including basic tools such as Report Manager and SQL Server Management Studio. Other examples of tools are some of the more complex command-line utilities. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the tools available to monitor the Report Server and some of the switches we can tweak to optimize SSRS.

Monitoring

You can use a number of log files to monitor SSRS, including a trace log, execution log, and now even an HTTP log. You can also use performance counters to get an idea about how well the Report Server is performing and take action accordingly. In addition, ...

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