Category: SQL 2012

Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – SQL Assessment (Part 7)

During the last couple of months System Center Advisor or as probably will be known as Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview after TechEd Europe 2014 has received a lot of improvements and feature so we are now to Part 7. With this blog post I am also renaming all other blog posts. Here is the full list:

In this post we will have a quick look at a new intelligence pack called SQL Assessment: Continue reading “Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – SQL Assessment (Part 7)” →

Where is My SQL SCOM Dashboard Performance Data?

I’ve seen cases where you have SCOM 2012 or higher and latest SQL Management Pack but the performance data is not showing in the SQL dashboards for some or for all of your SQL servers: Continue reading “Where is My SQL SCOM Dashboard Performance Data?” →

New and Updated MPs: SQL Server

Today we see some MPs being updated and some new ones released all related to SQL:

Fixing Event ID 31553 On SCOM Management Server

On a SCOM management server I’ve noticed event ID 31553 logged a lot constantly and in detail the error looked like this: Continue reading “Fixing Event ID 31553 On SCOM Management Server” →

SQL 2012 and System Center 2012 R2 Guide

I cannot stress enough how important is to have some SQL knowledge when dealing with System Center. I’ve previously blogged about SQL Server guide for System Center 2012 by Paul Keely and I’ve personally used this guide many times when I was designing System Center environment and now there is a new version SQL 2012 and System Center 2012 R2. Actually it is not exactly a new version but more extension to the first guide as many of the stuff are still relevant. If you haven’t checked the first guide do it but also definitely check the new one to learn some cool stuff.