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SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action
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SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action

by Rodney C. Colledge
August 2009
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
13h 59m
English
Manning Publications
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B.2. Weekly tasks

  • Collate and update Performance Monitor log information for baseline analysis purposes, looking for emerging trends among counter values. This information will feed into the monthly capacity-planning task.

  • Review recent wait statistics and include them alongside the Performance Monitor counter information in the performance baseline.

  • Execute index and statistics maintenance jobs (during periods of low activity) as appropriate. For systems with large enough maintenance windows, this may be a simple rebuild of all indexes (while being aware of the impact on log shipping/database mirroring) or a more targeted approach that selects the appropriate technique (reorganize/rebuild) based on the fragmentation level.

  • Record disk usage trends ...

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