This script will give you a quick view of data or log growth events on a SQL Server instance. I occasionally use this to check what’s been growing on unmonitored instances.
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DECLARE @filename NVARCHAR(1000); DECLARE @bc INT; DECLARE @ec INT; DECLARE @bfn VARCHAR(1000); DECLARE @efn VARCHAR(10); -- Get the name of the current default trace SELECT @filename = CAST(value AS NVARCHAR(1000)) FROM ::fn_trace_getinfo(DEFAULT) WHERE traceid = 1 AND property = 2; -- rip apart file name into pieces SET @filename = REVERSE(@filename); SET @bc = CHARINDEX('.',@filename); SET @ec = CHARINDEX('_',@filename)+1; SET @efn = REVERSE(SUBSTRING(@filename,1,@bc)); SET @bfn = REVERSE(SUBSTRING(@filename,@ec,LEN(@filename))); -- set filename without rollover number SET @filename = @bfn + @efn -- process all trace files SELECT ftg.StartTime , te.name AS EventName, DB_NAME(ftg.databaseid) AS DatabaseName, ftg.Filename, (ftg.IntegerData*8)/1024.0 AS GrowthMB, (ftg.duration/1000) AS DurMS FROM ::fn_trace_gettable(@filename, DEFAULT) AS ftg INNER JOIN sys.trace_events AS te ON ftg.EventClass = te.trace_event_id WHERE (ftg.EventClass = 92 -- Date File Auto-grow OR ftg.EventClass = 93) -- Log File Auto-grow ORDER BY ftg.StartTime DESC |