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AI-Powered Backup Status Audit Across Your Fleet

2026-04-23 · by Hannah Vernon · in AI for DBAs

Generate a comprehensive backup audit script with AI checking RPO violations, missing backups, and recovery model mismatches.

Building Custom Monitoring Queries and Alerts

2026-04-23 · by Hannah Vernon · in AI for DBAs

Build custom SQL Server monitoring queries and alerts with AI long-running transactions, blocking chains, backup failures, and intelligent thresholds.

AI-Native Monitoring: PerformanceMonitor, PerformanceStudio, and the MCP Revolution

2026-04-23 · by Hannah Vernon · in AI for DBAs

Erik Darling’s PerformanceMonitor and PerformanceStudio bring MCP integration to SQL Server monitoring letting AI query your performance data directly.

Automating Server Health Checks and Inventory Scripts

2026-04-23 · by Hannah Vernon · in AI for DBAs

Generate server health check and inventory scripts with AI backup status, disk space, version audits, AG health, and configuration drift detection.

Query I/O over the Last Five Minutes

2019-01-24 · by Hannah Vernon · in performance, troubleshooting

When faced with a SQL Server that is performing poorly, a great starting place for troubleshooting is looking at wait stats. Once you’re gathering wait stats, if you see lots of IO-related waits, you may…

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