Tutorial: Optimize Indexes
To optimize indexes
- Select the Optimize Indexes tab.
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Click Define New SQL Workload.
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Select the type of SQL workload source from which you want to collect SQL.
SQL Workload Source Description Scan Code Scan SQL statements from file, database object source, or clipboard. Plan Cache Collect SQL from the Plan Cache. SQL Profiler Collect SQL with built-in SQL Profiler or load SQL from a trace file or a trace table.
Spotlight Statistics Repository Collect SQL from Spotlight Statistics Repository. Note: Depending on the workload source you select, you may need to select a database connection from which to collect SQL.
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Specify the SQL filter criteria.
- To begin collecting SQL, click
.
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Optimize Indexes immediately asks you to choose a second database connection. Select a database connection to use to retrieve execution plans and evaluate index alternatives.
Note: This step allows you to select an alternate database (other than the one used to collect SQL) to run the index optimization process. In other words, you can collect your SQL from one database, but run the optimize indexes process on a second database. The second database must have the same application environment and data volume statistics as the first.
The Search Process page opens during the collection process. Before specifying search process criteria, you can review and modify your SQL workload.
Notes:
- To restart the SQL collection process, click Collected from <source> to return to the SQL Criteria page. Then click restarted.
- Click Advanced options to modify your SQL workload before starting the index evaluation process.
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Click
to begin the index evaluation process.
Note: You can schedule the index evaluation process on a specific date and time.
- Select the Search Process tab to review details related to the search process. Each line on the graph indicates a new indexing recommendation.
- Select the Results tab to view the final recommendation (or the last recommendation if the search process is ongoing).
Tutorial: Manage Plan Guides
Plan Guides Management displays SQL Server plan guides deployed from Plan Control mode in Optimize SQL.
To manage a plan guide
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Select the Manage Plan Guides tab in the main window.
Note: You need to create a new Manage Plans session before managing your stored plan guides. See Create Manage Plan Guides Session for more information.
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Select a plan guide deployed from the Optimize SQL module in the Plan Guides pane.
Tip: Click
or
if you don not see a plan guide that you deployed from Optimize SQL.
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Select the checkbox in the Enabled column to enable the plan guide.
Toolbar Functions
| Button/Function | Description |
|---|---|
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Enable plan guides. |
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Disable plan guides. |
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Validate the plan guide. |
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Drop the plan guide. |
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Refresh the plan guide. |
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Display the filter panel. |
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Migrate a plan guide. |
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Import a plan guide. |
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Export a plan guide. |
To export a plan guide
- Select the Manage Plan Guides from the main window.
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Select a plan guide in the Plan Guides pane.
Tip: Press CTRL to select multiple plan guides when clicking a plan guide.
- Select
.
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Select a file name and location for your export file.
To import a plan guide
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Select
.
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Select a file to import.
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Review the following for additional information:
Existing Plan Guides Select on of the following when there is a plan guide with identical SQL script found:
- Skip the new plan guide.
- Replace the existing plan guide.
Backup for Target Database Backup the existing plan guides before importing and specify the backup file name and folder path.
To migrate a plan guide
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Select
.
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Click
in the Target Connection field and select a connection.
Tip: Click
to create a new connection.
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Click
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Review the following for additional information:
Existing Plan Guides Select on of the following when there is a plan guide with identical SQL script found:
- Skip the new plan guide.
- Replace the existing plan guide.
Backup for Target Database Backup the existing plan guides before importing and specify the backup file name and folder path.
Export, Import, and Migrate Plan Guides
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Around the globe, more than 130,000 companies and 95% of the Fortune 500 count on Quest to deliver proactive management and monitoring for the next enterprise initiative, find the next solution for complex Microsoft challenges and stay ahead of the next threat.
Quest Software. Where next meets now. For more information, visit www.quest.com.
Contact Quest
For sales or other inquiries, visit www.quest.com/contact.
Technical Support Resources
Technical support is available to Quest customers with a valid maintenance contract and customers who have trial versions. You can access the Quest Support Portal at https://support.quest.com.
The Support Portal provides self-help tools you can use to solve problems quickly and independently, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Support Portal enables you to:
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- Sign up for product notifications
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