Since adding 2 developers to the Database Health Monitor team, we have added lots of new features. These have been covered on various episodes of the Stedman SQL Podcast outlined below. Check out the Podcast and these new features added to Database Health Monitor.
Stedman SQL Podcast Season 2 Episode 12 Database Health Monitor Features
In this episode of the SQL Server Podcast, we explore the latest enhancements to Database Health Monitor, our free SQL Server monitoring and diagnostics tool.
We cover several powerful new features designed to improve the user experience and give DBAs deeper visibility into their environments. This includes new reports for better database insights, additional health checks and warning messages, and the all-new cardinality report. We also introduce the TDE (Transparent Data Encryption) Status Instance Report to help track encryption status across your servers. Plus, we discuss upcoming licensing changes and what that means for current and future users of the tool. Whether you’re already using Database Health Monitor or just starting out, this episode is packed with insights to help you get the most out of your SQL Server environment.
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Stedman SQL Podcast Season 2 Episode 9 New Features for Database Health Monitor
Steve Stedman and Mitchell Glasscock discuss new features in the Database Health Monitor, including six new deadlock reports at both instance and database levels. They explain deadlock scenarios, the concept of deadlock victims and winners, and how the tool helps identify and track deadlocks. They also introduce a new email alerting tool for notifying users of critical issues, even when the tool is not open. Additionally, they highlight the inclusion of schema drift comparison, SQL Server health reports, and replication status reports. The episode concludes with a sneak peek at upcoming features and an announcement for the 10-year anniversary of Stedman Solutions.
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Stedman SQL Server Podcast Episode 11- New Features for Database Health Monitor
Host: Steve Stedman
Steve Stedman hosts the Stedman SQL podcast, featuring George and Mitchell, developers of the Database Health Monitor. They discuss new features in DHM, including the VLF visualization report, schema search, SQL CPU schedulers, deprecated features, historic file size over time, and average page life expectancy charts. Mitchell highlights the flexibility of the new instance page layout and the upcoming disk latency report. George mentions the rewritten schema drift tool for comparing database schemas. Steve encourages feedback for new features and previews the next episode on SQL join types. The podcast is available on Spotify and YouTube.
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Stedman SQL Server Podcast Episode 6- New features for Database Health Monitor – October
Host- Shannon Lindsay
Guests- George Stedman/ Mitchell Glasscock
In episode six of the Stedman SQL podcast, Shannon Lindsay hosts George and Mitch to discuss new features in the database health monitor. They introduce a Quick Scan check for unscheduled SQL Server Agent jobs, which is particularly useful in cloud environments like RDS and Azure. Two major additions in release 1074 include a performance history instance report and a database-level file size over time report. The performance history report offers detailed charts for monitoring SQL Server performance metrics, while the file size report helps predict storage demands by tracking database growth. Additionally, color blind mode has been implemented, and real-time blocking and active queries charts are now available for each database. Future plans include line charts and a VLS page.
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Stedman SQL Server Podcast Episode 1 – New features in Database Health Monitor
Host Steve Stedman
Guest George Stedman and Mitchell Glasscock (Database Health Monitor Developers)
Steve Stedman announced the transition of their live stream to a weekly podcast called the Stedman SQL Podcast. Shannon will assist with editing and streaming. The team is planning six months of content, including SQL Server training and new features for the Database Health Monitor (DHM). George and Mitchell, developers of DHM, discussed recent updates, such as a consolidated instance report panel, new server overview sections for blocking and active queries, and a new color for stability indicators. They also added checks for large differential backups, update locks, user-defined assemblies, and database snapshots. Future plans include a new color mode, resizable panels, and a file size over time report.