If you have ever worked with Microsoft support, you probably came across the PssDiag tool they use to collect information about your environment. My experience with the tool is it always seemed, well--a bit clunky. Now, it does collect lots of information and seemed to be a bit overwhelming when I was first a DBA. Fast forward a few years and PssDiag was not a tool I use anymore and was not sure if anyone outside of Microsoft was using it. I run into Jared Poche in Raleigh and he mentions he really likes the tool and mentions some of the improvements they have made over the years. Well, you can guess where this is heading.
We talk with Jared about his experience with the tool and cover some of the basics about how you might go about using this tool in your environment. There are two pieces to this tool, the first is the utility that collects the data and the second is the reporting piece SQL Nexus.
Are you using PssDiag? Let us know if the comments below.
The show notes for today's episode can be found at http://sqldatapartners.com/2017/11/07/episode-116-are-people-still-using-pssdiag. Have fun on the SQL trail!
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Episode 55: The new and improved SQL Server Reporting Services
Episode 54: An Executive Panel Interview
Episode 53: THE Argenis Fernandez interview on storage
Episode 52: Statistics are coming to the DB R you ready?
Episode 51: A PowerShell Story
Episode 50: SQL Server Settings
Epsidode 49: Temp Tables VS Table Variables
Episode 48: Is the Data Warehouse Dead?
Episode 47: Helping Your Data Find A Home
Episode 46: Unraveling Code
Episode 45 Service Broker
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Episode 40: SQL Server Compression
Episode 39: Set statistics and StatisticsParser.com
Episode 38: SQL Server 2016 Feature Review
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