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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hands-on zu psTerminalPerfCounter: Windows Performance Counter im Terminal überwachen, inklusive TUI, Multiserver-Monitoring sowie CSV- und HTML-Export.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Intro</h1>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Im vorherigen Artikel habe ich einen kurzen Abriss in die <a href="https://dbavonnebenan.de/windows-performance-counters-how-the-os-monitors-itself_de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Geschichte und Funktionsweise</a> der Windows Performance Counter gemacht, jetzt folgt das Hands-on. Grundlage ist Release 0.4.1, das ganz im Zeichen von Visualisierung und Datenexport steht. Neu dabei: CSV-Export, eine Terminal GUI als Ablösung der textbasierten Ansicht und der HTML-Export via PSWriteHTML. Klingt spannend&#8230; ist es auch 🙂 Ich denke das siehst du genau so, sonst würdest du nicht mehr lesen. 🙂</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Installation</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Installation eines PowerShell Moduls, nichts besonderes</p>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Install psTerminalPerfcounter
Install-Module psTerminalPerfCounter

# List Cmdlets
Get-Command -Module psTerminalPerfCounter

# Install PSWriteHtml, required for HTML Export
Install-Module PSWriteHtml
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Grundlegender Aufbau, Counterconfigs</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">psTerminalPerfCounter arbeitet mit Konfigurationsdateien, in denen die Counter-Sets und deren Konfiguration beschrieben sind: Counter-IDs, Instanzen (ob zum Beispiel alle CPU-Cores oder nur Core 3 und 4 überwacht werden sollen), Wertkonvertierung, Units und die farbliche Kodierung der Graphen über die sogenannte ColorMap, die allerdings nur die Legacy-Visualisierung unterstützt.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Counterconfigs können in beliebigen Pfaden gespeichert und von dort aufgerufen werden. Alternativ lassen sich Pfade registrieren, was den Aufruf einfach über denConfignamen ermöglicht. Der Default-Pfad ist der Config-Ordner im Modul selbst, der bereits einige vordefinierte Configs mitbringt.</p>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# List all registered paths
Get-tpcConfigPaths

# Add custom path
Add-tpcConfigPath -Path &#039;C:\tpcConfig&#039;
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<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# List all Counterconfigs and details in all paths
Test-tpcAvailableCounterConfig
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Single Server Monitoring</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Die schnellste Methode ist ein einzelner Server, lokal oder remote.</p>



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<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Use CPU Config locally
Start-tpcMonitor -Configname CPU
Start-tpcMonitor -Confipath &#039;C:\Users\labadmin\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\psterminalperfcounter\0.4.0\Config\tpc_CPU.json&#039;

# Use CPU Config remote
Start-tpcMonitor -Computername &#039;dev-node1&#039; -Configname CPU
Start-tpcMonitor -Computername &#039;dev-node1&#039; -Confipath &#039;C:\Users\labadmin\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\psterminalperfcounter\0.4.0\Config\tpc_CPU.json&#039;

# Use CPU Config rmeote with different credentials
Start-tpcMonitor -Computername &#039;dev-node1&#039; -Credentials $(Get-Credential) -Configname CPU
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Da die Legacy-Visualisierung spätestens bei Multiserver-Umgebungen an ihre Grenzen kommt, nutze ich für dieses Hands-on den <code>-TUI</code> Switch.</p>



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<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Use CPU Config locally with TUI
Start-tpcMonitor -Configname CPU -TUI
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Multi Server Monitoring</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Multiserver-Monitoring funktioniert ebenfalls über Konfigurationsdateien, wobei mir beim Schreiben dieser Zeilen auffällt: Warum habe ich nie daran gedacht, einfach eine Counterconfig gegen eine Serverliste laufen zu lassen? Ab ins Backlog damit. Wie auch immer, in der Environment-Konfiguration lassen sich beliebig viele Server mit verschiedenen Configs definieren. Da ich zuletzt noch Probleme hatte, die Sparklines in der TUI scrollbar zu machen, sind diese in der Multiserver-Ansicht deaktiviert.</p>



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<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Start multi server monitoring
Start-tpcEnvironmentMonitor -EnvConfigPath &#039;C:\tpcConfig\ENV_SERVER_EXAMPLE.json&#039; -TUI
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>LAB-NODE03 ist in dem Fall ein deutsche Installation</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0">Die Spalte Duration zeigt die Zeit, die die Funktion auf dem jeweiligen Server gebraucht hat, um alle Werte einzusammeln. Den finalen Timestamp des gesamten Datensatzes definiert immer der langsamste Server, nur so ist eine homogene Zeitreihe möglich. Eine Varianz von in diesem Fall 1,3 Sekunden lässt sich dabei nicht vermeiden.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das wars auch schon zur Auführung, da dieses Modul nur das Framework bereitstellt. Das eigentliche Leben kommt mit den Counterconfigs. Wie diese erstellt werden schauen wir uns jetzt an.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Erstellung von Counterconfigs</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Am Anfang ist der Performance Counter. Bevor wir die Konfiguration schreiben können, brauchen wir die Counter-IDs statt der lokalisierten Namen. Dafür gibt es <code>Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo</code>, das in beide Richtungen funktioniert: Counterpath zu ID und umgekehrt.</p>



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<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# List all counter and counter objects containing &#039;processor time&#039;
Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo -ComputerName &#039;dev-node1&#039; -SearchTerm &#039;processor time&#039;
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0">Wichtig sind die letzten beiden Spalten. Es gibt Single-Instance-Counter mit nur einem Wert, aber auch Multi-Instance-Counter wie das Processor-Counterset, bei dem jede Instanz einem Core entspricht, oder halt gesamt (<code>_Total</code>).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Genauso lässt sich mit dem Cmdlet herausfinden, welcher Counter sich hinter einer Composite-ID verbirgt.</p>



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# Show counter name of composite ID
Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo -ComputerName &#039;dev-node1&#039; -SearchTerm &#039;238-6&#039;
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Oder auf einem deutschen System</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0">Nehmen wir noch Counter, die nicht standardmäßig auf einem Windows-System vorhanden sind: SQL Server. DEV22A ist in diesem Fall die erste Instanz auf dem System.</p>



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# &quot;Out-String -Stream&quot; converts PowerShell&#039;s internal formatting objects into actual strings line by 
# line, enabling string operations like `Select-String` to work on them.

Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo -ComputerName &#039;dev-node1&#039; -SearchTerm &#039;dev22a&#039; | 
		Out-String -Stream | 
		Select-String &quot;lookup&quot;
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0">Nehmen wir zum Testen <code>Page lookups/sec</code> &#8211;&gt; 12222-12272</p>



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Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo -ComputerName &#039;dev-node1&#039; -SearchTerm &#039;dev22a&#039; | 
		Out-String -Stream | 
		Select-String &quot;log flushes&quot;
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Und <code>log flush/sec</code> auf der Instanz TempDB &#8211;&gt; 12352-12446</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die minimale Config sieht dann so aus. Bei den SQL-Server-Countern fehlen einige Werte, das ist aber nicht SQL-Server-spezifisch, sondern zeigt, dass die meisten Felder Defaults bekommen. Details dazu finden sich in der Doku im Repo. Erwähnenswert noch: bei CPU nutze ich <code>"counterInstance": "1|2"</code>, wodurch automatisch zwei Counter erstellt werden, und bei den Page Lookups die Konvertierung durch 1000, damit die Zahlen lesbar bleiben.\</p>



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{
	&quot;name&quot;: &quot;CPU and Sql Server Page Usage&quot;,
	&quot;description&quot;: &quot;CPU Usage&quot;,
	&quot;counters&quot;: &#x5B;
		{
			&quot;title&quot;: &quot;CPU Usage&quot;,
			&quot;unit&quot;: &quot;%&quot;,
			&quot;conversionFactor&quot;: 1,
			&quot;conversionExponent&quot;: 1,
			&quot;conversionType&quot;: &quot;D&quot;,
			&quot;format&quot;: &quot;table&quot;,
			&quot;counterID&quot;: &quot;238-6&quot;,
			&quot;counterSetType&quot;: &quot;MultiInstance&quot;,
			&quot;counterInstance&quot;: &quot;0|1&quot;,
			&quot;colorMap&quot;: {
				&quot;20&quot;: &quot;Green&quot;,
				&quot;50&quot;: &quot;Yellow&quot;,
				&quot;70&quot;: &quot;RED&quot;
			}
		},
		{
			&quot;title&quot;: &quot;Sql DEV22A Page Lookups/s&quot;,
			&quot;unit&quot;: &quot;#K&quot;,
			&quot;conversionFactor&quot;: 1000,
			&quot;conversionExponent&quot;: 1,
			&quot;conversionType&quot;: &quot;D&quot;,
			&quot;counterID&quot;: &quot;12222-12272&quot;,
			&quot;counterSetType&quot;: &quot;SingleInstance&quot;,
			&quot;counterInstance&quot;: &quot;&quot;
		},
		{
			&quot;title&quot;: &quot;Sql DEV22A TempDB Log Flushes/s&quot;,
			&quot;unit&quot;: &quot;#&quot;,
			&quot;counterID&quot;: &quot;12352-12446&quot;,
			&quot;counterSetType&quot;: &quot;MultiInstance&quot;,
			&quot;counterInstance&quot;: &quot;tempdb&quot;
		}

	]
}
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Das Ganze dann in einem registrierten Pfad speichern mit dem Präfix <code>tpc_NAME.json</code> und los geht&#8217;s.</p>



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<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Monitoring einer Umgebung mit Environment File</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Auch hier keine Magic. Es können Confignamen oder Pfade angegeben werden. Eine noch nicht vollständig dokumentierte Funktion ist die Nutzung von SecretVaults: Über die PowerShell-Konnektoren lassen sich Credentials aus fast allen gängigen Lösungen laden, womit auch Nicht-Admins die Möglichkeit gegeben werden kann, Systeme zu überwachen.</p>



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&#x5B;
    {
        &quot;name&quot;: &quot;SQL_ENVIRONMENT_001&quot;,
        &quot;description&quot;: &quot;SQL Server Environment Production&quot;,
        &quot;interval&quot;: 2,
        &quot;secretvaultname&quot;: &quot;SecretStore&quot;,
        &quot;credentialname&quot;: &quot;integrated&quot;,
        &quot;servers&quot;: &#x5B;
            {
                &quot;computername&quot;: &quot;DEV-NODE1&quot;,
                &quot;comment&quot;: &quot;Sql Server Node A Production&quot;,
                &quot;counterConfig&quot;: &#x5B;
                    &quot;SQLDEMO&quot;
                ]
            },
            {
                &quot;computername&quot;: &quot;DEV-NODE2&quot;,
                &quot;comment&quot;: &quot;Sql Server Node B Production&quot;,
                &quot;counterConfig&quot;: &#x5B;
                    &quot;C:\Users\devadmin\Desktop\tpc_SQLDEMO.json&quot;
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
]
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# without TUI
Start-tpcEnvironmentMonitor -EnvConfigPath &quot;C:\Users\devadmin\Desktop\ENV_SERVER_EXAMPLE2.json&quot;
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">CSV</h2>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Um die Zeitreihen weiterzuverwenden, kann nach CSV exportiert werden. Achtung, aktuell noch ein bekannter Bug: der Export ist kommasepariert, Werte mit Komma werden dadurch ebenfalls getrennt, in 0.4.1 gefixt.</p>



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# -CsvPath is default desktop
	Start-tpcEnvironmentMonitor -EnvConfigPath &quot;C:\Users\devadmin\Desktop\ENV_SERVER_EXAMPLE2.json&quot; -ExportCsv
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">HTML Report</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Eine alternative Visualisierung als HTML, nützlich wenn ich eine Zeitreihe weitergeben möchte ohne Excel oder weitere Tools zu bemühen. Gruppiert werden kann nach Counter oder nach Server, je nachdem ob ich bei mehreren Servern alle Counter eines Servers in einem Diagramm sehen möchte, oder einen bestimmten Counter über mehrere Server hinweg. Details dazu finden sich in den Docs im Repo.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Zu beachten: das HTML enthält ein rollendes Datenset, das an die maximale Sample-Anzahl gebunden ist. Je mehr Samples, desto träger wird das HTML. Für große Zeitreihen lieber CSV nutzen.</p>



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# -HTMLPath is default desktop
	Start-tpcEnvironmentMonitor -EnvConfigPath &quot;C:\Users\devadmin\Desktop\ENV_SERVER_EXAMPLE2.json&quot; -ExportHTML
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das war&#8217;s als Schnelleinstieg, mehr Details zu den einzelnen Funktionen finden sich wie immer in den Docs und der <a href="https://github.com/gabrielkoehl/psTerminalPerfCounter/blob/main/README.md" title="">README </a>im Repository.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hands-on with psTerminalPerfCounter: monitor Windows Performance Counters in the terminal, including a TUI, multi-server monitoring, and CSV/HTML export.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Intro</h1>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)"><strong><a href="https://github.com/gabrielkoehl/psTerminalPerfCounter" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">psTerminalPerfCounter</a></strong></p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">In the previous article I gave a quick rundown of the <a href="/windows-performance-counters-how-the-os-monitors-itself_en/" title="">history and inner workings</a> of Windows Performance Counters, now comes the hands-on part. The basis is release 0.4.1, which is all about visualization and data export. New additions: CSV export, a terminal GUI replacing the text-based view, and HTML export via PSWriteHTML. Sounds exciting&#8230; and it is 🙂 I figure you see it the same way, otherwise you wouldn&#8217;t still be reading. 🙂</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Installation</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Installing a PowerShell module, nothing special</p>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Install psTerminalPerfcounter
Install-Module psTerminalPerfCounter

# List Cmdlets
Get-Command -Module psTerminalPerfCounter

# Install PSWriteHtml, required for HTML Export
Install-Module PSWriteHtml
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Basic Structure, Counter Configs</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">psTerminalPerfCounter works with configuration files that describe the counter sets and their configuration: counter IDs, instances (whether, for example, all CPU cores or only core 3 and 4 should be monitored), value conversion, units, and the color coding of the graphs via the so-called ColorMap, which however is only supported by the legacy visualization.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Counter configs can be stored in any path and called from there. Alternatively, paths can be registered, which allows calling them simply by the config name. The default path is the config folder within the module itself, which already ships with a few predefined configs.</p>


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# List all registered paths
Get-tpcConfigPaths

# Add custom path
Add-tpcConfigPath -Path &#039;C:\tpcConfig&#039;
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# List all Counterconfigs and details in all paths
Test-tpcAvailableCounterConfig
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Single Server Monitoring</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">The fastest method is a single server, local or remote.</p>



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# Use CPU Config locally
Start-tpcMonitor -Configname CPU
Start-tpcMonitor -Confipath &#039;C:\Users\labadmin\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\psterminalperfcounter\0.4.0\Config\tpc_CPU.json&#039;

# Use CPU Config remote
Start-tpcMonitor -Computername &#039;dev-node1&#039; -Configname CPU
Start-tpcMonitor -Computername &#039;dev-node1&#039; -Confipath &#039;C:\Users\labadmin\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\psterminalperfcounter\0.4.0\Config\tpc_CPU.json&#039;

# Use CPU Config rmeote with different credentials
Start-tpcMonitor -Computername &#039;dev-node1&#039; -Credentials $(Get-Credential) -Configname CPU
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Since the legacy visualization reaches its limits at the latest with multi-server environments, I use the <code>-TUI</code> switch for this hands-on.</p>



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# Use CPU Config locally with TUI
Start-tpcMonitor -Configname CPU -TUI
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Multi Server Monitoring</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Multi-server monitoring also works via configuration files, although while writing these lines it occurs to me: why did I never think of simply running a counter config against a server list? Onto the backlog with that. Anyway, in the environment configuration you can define any number of servers with different configs. Since I recently still had trouble making the sparklines in the TUI scrollable, they are disabled in the multi-server view.</p>



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# Start multi server monitoring
Start-tpcEnvironmentMonitor -EnvConfigPath &#039;C:\tpcConfig\ENV_SERVER_EXAMPLE.json&#039; -TUI
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>LAB-NODE03 is a German installation in this case</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0">The Duration column shows the time the function needed on each server to collect all values. The final timestamp of the entire data set is always defined by the slowest server, as only this way is a homogeneous time series possible. A variance of, in this case, 1.3 seconds cannot be avoided here.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That&#8217;s all there is to running it, since this module only provides the framework. The actual life comes with the counter configs. Let&#8217;s now take a look at how these are created.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Creating Counter Configs</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the beginning there is the performance counter. Before we can write the configuration, we need the counter IDs instead of the localized names. For that there is <code>Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo</code>, which works in both directions: counter path to ID and vice versa.</p>



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# List all counter and counter objects containing &#039;processor time&#039;
Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo -ComputerName &#039;dev-node1&#039; -SearchTerm &#039;processor time&#039;
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0">The last two columns are important. There are single-instance counters with only one value, but also multi-instance counters like the Processor counter set, where each instance corresponds to a core, or the total (<code>_Total</code>).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the same way you can use the cmdlet to find out which counter is hidden behind a composite ID.</p>



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# Show counter name of composite ID
Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo -ComputerName &#039;dev-node1&#039; -SearchTerm &#039;238-6&#039;
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Or on a German system</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0">Let&#8217;s also take counters that are not present by default on a Windows system: SQL Server. DEV22A in this case is the first instance on the system.</p>



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# &quot;Out-String -Stream&quot; converts PowerShell&#039;s internal formatting objects into actual strings line by 
# line, enabling string operations like `Select-String` to work on them.

Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo -ComputerName &#039;dev-node1&#039; -SearchTerm &#039;dev22a&#039; | 
		Out-String -Stream | 
		Select-String &quot;lookup&quot;
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0">Let&#8217;s take <code>Page lookups/sec</code> for testing &#8211;&gt; 12222-12272</p>



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Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo -ComputerName &#039;dev-node1&#039; -SearchTerm &#039;dev22a&#039; | 
		Out-String -Stream | 
		Select-String &quot;log flushes&quot;
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">And <code>log flush/sec</code> on the TempDB instance &#8211;&gt; 12352-12446</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The minimal config then looks like this. Some values are missing for the SQL Server counters, but that is not SQL Server specific, it shows that most fields receive defaults. Details on this can be found in the docs in the repo. Also worth mentioning: for CPU I use <code>"counterInstance": "1|2"</code>, which automatically creates two counters, and for the page lookups the conversion by 1000 so that the numbers stay readable.\</p>



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{
	&quot;name&quot;: &quot;CPU and Sql Server Page Usage&quot;,
	&quot;description&quot;: &quot;CPU Usage&quot;,
	&quot;counters&quot;: &#x5B;
		{
			&quot;title&quot;: &quot;CPU Usage&quot;,
			&quot;unit&quot;: &quot;%&quot;,
			&quot;conversionFactor&quot;: 1,
			&quot;conversionExponent&quot;: 1,
			&quot;conversionType&quot;: &quot;D&quot;,
			&quot;format&quot;: &quot;table&quot;,
			&quot;counterID&quot;: &quot;238-6&quot;,
			&quot;counterSetType&quot;: &quot;MultiInstance&quot;,
			&quot;counterInstance&quot;: &quot;0|1&quot;,
			&quot;colorMap&quot;: {
				&quot;20&quot;: &quot;Green&quot;,
				&quot;50&quot;: &quot;Yellow&quot;,
				&quot;70&quot;: &quot;RED&quot;
			}
		},
		{
			&quot;title&quot;: &quot;Sql DEV22A Page Lookups/s&quot;,
			&quot;unit&quot;: &quot;#K&quot;,
			&quot;conversionFactor&quot;: 1000,
			&quot;conversionExponent&quot;: 1,
			&quot;conversionType&quot;: &quot;D&quot;,
			&quot;counterID&quot;: &quot;12222-12272&quot;,
			&quot;counterSetType&quot;: &quot;SingleInstance&quot;,
			&quot;counterInstance&quot;: &quot;&quot;
		},
		{
			&quot;title&quot;: &quot;Sql DEV22A TempDB Log Flushes/s&quot;,
			&quot;unit&quot;: &quot;#&quot;,
			&quot;counterID&quot;: &quot;12352-12446&quot;,
			&quot;counterSetType&quot;: &quot;MultiInstance&quot;,
			&quot;counterInstance&quot;: &quot;tempdb&quot;
		}

	]
}
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Then save the whole thing in a registered path with the prefix <code>tpc_NAME.json</code> and off we go.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">No magic here either. Config names or paths can be specified. A function that is not yet fully documented is the use of SecretVaults: via the PowerShell connectors, credentials can be loaded from almost all common solutions, which also gives non-admins the ability to monitor systems.</p>



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&#x5B;
    {
        &quot;name&quot;: &quot;SQL_ENVIRONMENT_001&quot;,
        &quot;description&quot;: &quot;SQL Server Environment Production&quot;,
        &quot;interval&quot;: 2,
        &quot;secretvaultname&quot;: &quot;SecretStore&quot;,
        &quot;credentialname&quot;: &quot;integrated&quot;,
        &quot;servers&quot;: &#x5B;
            {
                &quot;computername&quot;: &quot;DEV-NODE1&quot;,
                &quot;comment&quot;: &quot;Sql Server Node A Production&quot;,
                &quot;counterConfig&quot;: &#x5B;
                    &quot;SQLDEMO&quot;
                ]
            },
            {
                &quot;computername&quot;: &quot;DEV-NODE2&quot;,
                &quot;comment&quot;: &quot;Sql Server Node B Production&quot;,
                &quot;counterConfig&quot;: &#x5B;
                    &quot;C:\Users\devadmin\Desktop\tpc_SQLDEMO.json&quot;
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
]
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# without TUI
Start-tpcEnvironmentMonitor -EnvConfigPath &quot;C:\Users\devadmin\Desktop\ENV_SERVER_EXAMPLE2.json&quot;
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">CSV</h2>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">To reuse the time series, you can export to CSV. Caution, currently still a known bug: the export is comma-separated, so values containing a comma get split as well, fixed in 0.4.1.</p>



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# -CsvPath is default desktop
	Start-tpcEnvironmentMonitor -EnvConfigPath &quot;C:\Users\devadmin\Desktop\ENV_SERVER_EXAMPLE2.json&quot; -ExportCsv
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">HTML Report</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">An alternative visualization as HTML, useful when I want to pass on a time series without bothering with Excel or other tools. Grouping can be done by counter or by server, depending on whether, with multiple servers, I want to see all counters of one server in a single chart, or one specific counter across multiple servers. Details on this can be found in the docs in the repo.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To note: the HTML contains a rolling data set bound to the maximum number of samples. The more samples, the more sluggish the HTML becomes. For large time series, better use CSV.</p>



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# -HTMLPath is default desktop
	Start-tpcEnvironmentMonitor -EnvConfigPath &quot;C:\Users\devadmin\Desktop\ENV_SERVER_EXAMPLE2.json&quot; -ExportHTML
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That&#8217;s it as a quick start, more details on the individual functions can be found, as always, in the docs and the <a href="https://github.com/gabrielkoehl/psTerminalPerfCounter/blob/main/README.md" title="">README </a>in the repository.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Performance Counter sind seit Windows NT 3.1 ein fester Bestandteil des Betriebssystems. In diesem Artikel erkläre ich kurz, wie das System intern funktioniert, warum Counter-Namen sprachabhängig sind und wie mein PowerShell Modul psTerminalPerfCounter genau dieses Problem löst.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Intro</h1>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)"><strong><a href="https://github.com/gabrielkoehl/psTerminalPerfCounter" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">psTerminalPerfCounter</a></strong></p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Knapp ein Jahr ist es nun her, dass ich mit der Entwicklung von psTerminalPerfCounter begann. Stolz auf die &#8222;grafische&#8220; Implementierung, Sprachunabhängigkeit mittels 3rd-Party-Lib und den damaligen heiligen Gral: Klassen in PowerShell.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Nichts davon ist geblieben:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Grafische Implementierung? Schön bunt aber&#8230;
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Bei Multiserver Umgebungen träge wie ein Stein</li>



<li>Dynamisch und Skalierbar, Fehlanzeige</li>



<li>Neuimplementierung in TUI (BETA)<br></li>
</ul>
</li>



<li>Multilanguage per 3rd Party Lib
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Geht alles direkt per Windows Registry, durch Zufall darüber gestolpert<br></li>
</ul>
</li>



<li>Klassen in PowerShell? Sehr schlechte Entscheidung.
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Nicht praktikabel, Instanzen nicht ohne weiteres serialisierbar, Methoden gehen verloren, Parallel Remoting mit Runspaces kaum umsetzbar</li>



<li>Rebuild in C#</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Mit dem aktuellen Release 0.4.1 sind erst mal alle Funktionen implementiert, welche ich im Backlog hatte. Da mir die nächsten Monate dazu die Zeit für dieses Projekt fehlen wird, ist dies ein guter Moment ein <a href="/psterminalperfcounter-counter-in-terminal-handson_de" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">HandsOn</a> zu schreiben, da die README.md im Repo doch manchmal herausfordernd ist&#8230; wie es scheint 🙂 Bevor es zum <a href="http://\/psterminalperfcounter-counter-in-terminal-handson_de" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">HandsOn</a> geht, aber erst mal ein wenig zur Technik und Geschichte der Performance Counter.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Geschichte</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Windows Performance Counter gibt es in Windows seit <strong>NT 3.1 (1993)</strong>, da hatte ich noch nicht mal einen Computer. Microsoft brauchte damals eine standardisierte Methode, um Systemzustände anzeigbar zu machen, ohne dass jede Anwendung eigene Monitoring-Mechanismen implementieren musste. Das hieẞ aber auch Messwerte aus der Registry kratzen und Deltas berechnen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mit <strong>Windows 2000</strong> kam der <em>Performance Data Helper</em> (PDH) als komfortable High-Level-API dazu, die den Zugriff auf Performance Counter so gestaltet, wie wir ihn heute kennen. Gleichzeitig wurde WMI eingeführt, das Performance-Daten über eine objektorientierte Schnittstelle zugänglich machte. CIM war ja nicht proprietär und zu kompatibel 😛</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Windows Vista</strong> brachte das überarbeitete <strong>Provider V2-Modell</strong>: Statt einer DLL, die vom System in einen fremden Prozess geladen wurde (fehleranfällig, Absturz des Providers = Absturz des abfragenden Prozesses), registrieren sich Provider seitdem als eigenständige ausführbare Dateien oder Dienste. Das ist das heute noch gültige Modell.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Aufbau und Funktion</h1>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Metadaten in der Registry</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Alle bekannten Counter sind unter <code>HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib</code> registriert. Dort liegen Name, Beschreibung und eine numerische Index-Nummer pro Counter, getrennt nach Sprache (Unterkey <code>009</code> für Englisch, <code>007</code> für Deutsch usw.). </p>



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# List available language packs (counter IDs)
Get-ChildItem &quot;HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib&quot;
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Provider liefern die Rohdaten</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Jede Komponente (Kernel, Treiber, Dienste wie IIS oder SQL Server, die .NET-Runtime) kann eigene Counter registrieren. Der Provider wartet passiv und liefert Daten erst dann, wenn sie jemand abfragt. Es gibt keinen dauerhaften Sammeldienst im Hintergrund.</p>



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# List all services that have a Performance subkey

Get-ChildItem &quot;HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services&quot; |
    Where-Object { Test-Path &quot;$($_.PSPath)\Performance&quot; } |
    ForEach-Object {
        $perf = Get-ItemProperty &quot;$($_.PSPath)\Performance&quot;
        &#x5B;PSCustomObject]@{
            Service      = $_.PSChildName
            FirstCounter = $perf.&#039;First Counter&#039;
            LastCounter  = $perf.&#039;Last Counter&#039;
            Library      = $perf.Library
        }
    } | Format-Table -AutoSize
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">APIs für Anwendungen (CONSUMER)</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>PDH</strong> (Performance Data Helper): Die bequeme API, die Werte bereits formatiert (z. B. Prozentwerte berechnet, Intervalle berücksichtigt). <code>Get-Counter</code> in PowerShell nutzt PDH.</li>



<li style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><strong>PerfLib / Registry direkt</strong>: Schneller, aber roh. WMI nutzt diesen Weg intern.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)"><strong>Aufbau</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">   \Prozessor(_Total)\Prozessorzeit (%)<br>   └─ Objekt: &#8222;Prozessor&#8220;<br>   └─ Instanz: &#8222;_Total&#8220; (Summe aller Kerne)<br>   └─ Counter: &#8222;Prozessorzeit (%)&#8220;</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Microsofts Tools</h1>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Der Großvater PerfMon</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der Performance Monitor ist seit NT-Zeiten das offizielle Werkzeug von Microsoft und für das, wofür er gebaut wurde, nach wie vor ausgezeichnet: interaktive, grafische Tiefenanalyse einzelner Systeme, mit Aufzeichnung über Data Collector Sets, CSV-Export via <code>relog</code> und grundlegendem Remoting. Die Grenzen zeigen sich, sobald man skalieren, automatisieren oder schlicht im Terminal arbeiten will. Portable Konfigurationsdateien, mehrere Server gleichzeitig im Blick oder ein strukturierter Konsolenworkflow sind nicht seine Stärken.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Der NewComer Windows Admin Center</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Microsofts browserbasierte Verwaltungsoberfläche bringt ebenfalls eine Performance-Ansicht mit, übersichtlicher als Perfmon und ohne lokale Installation auf dem verwalteten System. Für einen schnellen Blick auf CPU, Speicher und Netzwerk reicht das völlig aus. Zwei Punkte schränken den praktischen Nutzen jedoch ein: Erstens setzt WAC eine zentrale Installation voraus, mal eben auf einem Client oder beim Kunden starten geht nicht. Zweitens basiert die Counter-Auswahl wie überall auf der lokalisierten PDH-API, was Workspaces nicht wirklich transportabel macht.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Das Evergreen &#8211; Get-Counter</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)"><code>Get-Counter</code> ist das PowerShell-Äquivalent für den Konsolenbetrieb und damit das flexibelste der drei Werkzeuge, solange man <del>frickeln möchte</del> bereit ist, selbst Hand anzulegen. Counter lassen sich direkt abfragen, per Schleife wiederholen und in die Pipeline schicken. Remoting funktioniert über den <code>-ComputerName</code>-Parameter. Das Problem ist dasselbe wie überall: Die Counter-Pfade sind sprachabhängig, ein auf einem deutschen System geschriebenes Skript schlägt auf einem englischen fehl. Hinzu kommt, dass <code>Get-Counter</code> Rohdaten liefert. Formatierung, Schwellenwerte, Verlaufsdarstellung und strukturierte Ausgabe sind vollständig Handarbeit. Für Einmalabfragen und schnelle Checks ist es ideal, für reproduzierbare, mehrsprachige Umgebungen stößt es schnell an seine Grenzen.</p>



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# Query CPU, memory and disk counters every 5 seconds, format output as table
$counters = @(
    &#039;\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time&#039;,
    &#039;\Memory\Available MBytes&#039;,
    &#039;\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Bytes/sec&#039;
)

# German Counternames
# $counters = @( 
#	&#039;\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time&#039;, 
#	&#039;\Memory\Available MBytes&#039;, 
#	&#039;\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Bytes/sec&#039; 
# )

Get-Counter -Counter $counters -SampleInterval 5 -Continuous | ForEach-Object {
    $sample = $_.CounterSamples

    &#x5B;PSCustomObject]@{
        Timestamp       = $_.Timestamp
        &#039;CPU %&#039;         = &#x5B;math]::Round(($sample | Where-Object Path -like &#039;*processor*&#039;).CookedValue, 1)
        &#039;RAM frei (MB)&#039; = &#x5B;math]::Round(($sample | Where-Object Path -like &#039;*available*&#039;).CookedValue, 0)
        &#039;Disk B/s&#039;      = &#x5B;math]::Round(($sample | Where-Object Path -like &#039;*disk bytes*&#039;).CookedValue, 0)
    } | Format-Table -AutoSize
}
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Der Weg in die Sprachunabhängigkeit</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Wie ihr seht, ist die Sprachabhängigkeit bei allen Implementierungen ein großes Problem. Dabei ist das gar nicht nötig. Unter der Haube hat jedes Counterobjekt und jeder Counter eine eindeutige ID. Schaut mal oben in den Screenshots, da steht immer First und Last Counter. Somit wird aus <code>\Processor(_Total)\Processor Time (%)</code> &#8211;&gt; <code>\238(_Total)\6</code> .</p>



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# Read counter ID/name mapping from registry (English - key 009, German - key 007)
Get-ItemProperty -Path &#039;HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\009&#039; -Name Counter |
		Select-Object -ExpandProperty Counter | Select-Object -First 20
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)">That&#8217;s it. Nun müssen einmal das Counter-Objekt und der Pfad übersetzt werden und schon habe ich meinen sprachunabhängigen CounterPfad. Vor dem Ausführen wird er auf dem Zielsystem übersetzt und dann <code>Get-Counter -Counter &lt;TRANSLATION&gt;</code> ausgeführt. Das übernimmt in psTerminalPerfcounter das CMDLET <a href="https://github.com/gabrielkoehl/psTerminalPerfCounter/blob/main/src/psTerminalPerfCounter/psTerminalPerfCounter/Public/Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo.ps1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo</strong></a></p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Performance counters have been an integral part of the operating system since Windows NT 3.1. In this article I briefly explain how the system works internally, why counter names are language-dependent and how my PowerShell module psTerminalPerfCounter solves exactly that problem.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Intro</h1>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)"><strong><a href="https://github.com/gabrielkoehl/psTerminalPerfCounter" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">psTerminalPerfCounter</a></strong></p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">It has been almost a year now since I started developing psTerminalPerfCounter. Proud of the &#8222;graphical&#8220; implementation, language independence via a 3rd-party lib and the holy grail of the time: classes in PowerShell.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">None of it survived:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Graphical implementation? Nice and colorful, but&#8230;
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Sluggish as a rock in multi-server environments</li>



<li>Dynamic and scalable? Nope</li>



<li>Reimplemented as a TUI (BETA)<br></li>
</ul>
</li>



<li>Multi-language via 3rd-party lib
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Turns out it all works directly through the Windows registry, stumbled across it by accident<br></li>
</ul>
</li>



<li>Classes in PowerShell? Very bad decision.
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Not practical, instances aren&#8217;t easily serializable, methods get lost, parallel remoting with runspaces barely doable</li>



<li>Rebuild in C#</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">With the current release 0.4.1, all the features I had in my backlog are implemented for now. Since I will be lacking the time for this project over the next few months, this is a good moment to write a HowTo, because the README.md in the repo can be a bit challenging at times&#8230; as it seems 🙂 But before we get to the <a href="/psterminalperfcounter-counter-in-terminal-handson_en" title="">hands-on</a>, let&#8217;s first talk a little about the technology and history of performance counters.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">History</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Windows performance counters have been around since <strong>NT 3.1 (1993)</strong>, back then I didn&#8217;t even own a computer. At the time, Microsoft needed a standardized way to expose system states without every application having to implement its own monitoring mechanisms. But that also meant scraping measurement values out of the registry and calculating deltas yourself.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Windows 2000 added the <em>Performance Data Helper</em> (PDH) as a convenient high-level API, which shaped access to performance counters the way we know it today. At the same time, WMI was introduced, making performance data accessible through an object-oriented interface. CIM just wasn&#8217;t proprietary enough and a bit too compatible 😛</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Windows Vista</strong> brought the revised <strong>Provider V2 model</strong>: instead of a DLL that was loaded by the system into a foreign process (error-prone, provider crash = crash of the querying process), providers now register as standalone executables or services. That is the model still in use today.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Structure and Function</h1>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Metadata in the registry</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">All known counters are registered under <code>HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib</code>. That&#8217;s where the name, description and a numeric index number per counter live, separated by language (subkey <code>009</code> for English, <code>007</code> for German, etc.). </p>



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# List available language packs (counter IDs)
Get-ChildItem &quot;HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib&quot;
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Providers deliver the raw data</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Every component (kernel, drivers, services like IIS or SQL Server, the .NET runtime) can register its own counters. The provider waits passively and only delivers data once someone queries it. There is no permanent collection service running in the background.</p>



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<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# List all services that have a Performance subkey

Get-ChildItem &quot;HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services&quot; |
    Where-Object { Test-Path &quot;$($_.PSPath)\Performance&quot; } |
    ForEach-Object {
        $perf = Get-ItemProperty &quot;$($_.PSPath)\Performance&quot;
        &#x5B;PSCustomObject]@{
            Service      = $_.PSChildName
            FirstCounter = $perf.&#039;First Counter&#039;
            LastCounter  = $perf.&#039;Last Counter&#039;
            Library      = $perf.Library
        }
    } | Format-Table -AutoSize
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">APIs for applications (CONSUMER)</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>PDH</strong> (Performance Data Helper): The convenient API that returns values already formatted (e.g. percentages calculated, intervals taken into account). <code>Get-Counter</code> in PowerShell uses PDH.</li>



<li style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><strong>PerfLib / registry directly</strong>: Faster, but raw. WMI uses this path internally.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)"><strong>Structure</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">   \Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time<br>   └─ Object: &#8222;Processor&#8220;<br>   └─ Instance: &#8222;_Total&#8220; (sum of all cores)<br>   └─ Counter: &#8222;% Processor Time&#8220;</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">Microsoft&#8217;s Tools</h1>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">The grandfather: PerfMon</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Performance Monitor has been Microsoft&#8217;s official tool since the NT days and, for what it was built for, it is still excellent: interactive, graphical deep-dive analysis of individual systems, with recording via Data Collector Sets, CSV export via <code>relog</code> and basic remoting. The limits show up the moment you want to scale, automate or simply work in the terminal. Portable configuration files, keeping an eye on multiple servers at once or a structured console workflow are not its strengths.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">The newcomer: Windows Admin Center</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Microsoft&#8217;s browser-based management interface also comes with a performance view, cleaner than Perfmon and without a local installation on the managed system. For a quick look at CPU, memory and network that&#8217;s perfectly fine. Two things limit its practical value though: first, WAC requires a central installation, just quickly firing it up on a client or at a customer&#8217;s site isn&#8217;t an option. Second, the counter selection is based, as everywhere, on the localized PDH API, which makes workspaces not really portable.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">The evergreen: Get-Counter</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)"><code>Get-Counter</code> is the PowerShell equivalent for console use and therefore the most flexible of the three tools, as long as you&#8217;re <del>up for some fiddling</del> willing to get your hands dirty. Counters can be queried directly, repeated in a loop and sent down the pipeline. Remoting works via the <code>-ComputerName</code> parameter. The problem is the same as everywhere: the counter paths are language-dependent, a script written on a German system fails on an English one. On top of that, <code>Get-Counter</code> returns raw data. Formatting, thresholds, history visualization and structured output are entirely manual work. For one-off queries and quick checks it&#8217;s ideal, for reproducible, multi-language environments it quickly hits its limits.</p>



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<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Query CPU, memory and disk counters every 5 seconds, format output as table
$counters = @(
    &#039;\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time&#039;,
    &#039;\Memory\Available MBytes&#039;,
    &#039;\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Bytes/sec&#039;
)

# German Counternames
# $counters = @( 
#	&#039;\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time&#039;, 
#	&#039;\Memory\Available MBytes&#039;, 
#	&#039;\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Bytes/sec&#039; 
# )

Get-Counter -Counter $counters -SampleInterval 5 -Continuous | ForEach-Object {
    $sample = $_.CounterSamples

    &#x5B;PSCustomObject]@{
        Timestamp       = $_.Timestamp
        &#039;CPU %&#039;         = &#x5B;math]::Round(($sample | Where-Object Path -like &#039;*processor*&#039;).CookedValue, 1)
        &#039;RAM frei (MB)&#039; = &#x5B;math]::Round(($sample | Where-Object Path -like &#039;*available*&#039;).CookedValue, 0)
        &#039;Disk B/s&#039;      = &#x5B;math]::Round(($sample | Where-Object Path -like &#039;*disk bytes*&#039;).CookedValue, 0)
    } | Format-Table -AutoSize
}
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">The path to language independence</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)">As you can see, language dependence is a big problem across all implementations. And it&#8217;s not even necessary. Under the hood, every counter object and every counter has a unique ID. Take a look at the screenshots above, there&#8217;s always a First and Last Counter. So <code>\Processor(_Total)\Processor Time (%)</code> &#8211;&gt; <code>\238(_Total)\6</code> .</p>



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<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Read counter ID/name mapping from registry (English - key 009, German - key 007)
Get-ItemProperty -Path &#039;HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\009&#039; -Name Counter |
		Select-Object -ExpandProperty Counter | Select-Object -First 20
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)">That&#8217;s it. The counter object and the path just need to be translated once and I&#8217;ve got my language-independent counter path. Before execution it gets translated on the target system and then <code>Get-Counter -Counter &lt;TRANSLATION&gt;</code> is run. In psTerminalPerfCounter this is handled by the cmdlet <a href="https://github.com/gabrielkoehl/psTerminalPerfCounter/blob/main/src/psTerminalPerfCounter/psTerminalPerfCounter/Public/Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo.ps1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo</strong></a></p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Visualize Windows Performance Counters directly in terminal with psTerminalPerfCounter. Language-independent templates, maximum customization. Perfect for quick AdHoc monitoring.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://dbavonnebenan.de/psterminalperfcounter-speedup-your-performance-counters_en/">psTerminalPerfCounter – SpeedUp your Performance Counters in Terminal</a> first appeared on <a href="https://dbavonnebenan.de">DBA von Nebenan</a>.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Current Release ( 2026-06-08 )</h2>



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https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/psTerminalPerfCounter


<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><a href="https://github.com/gabrielkoehl/psTerminalPerfCounter/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Changelog ">Changelog</a></li>



<li><a href="https://github.com/gabrielkoehl/psTerminalPerfCounter/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file#documentation" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Documentation">Documentation</a></li>
</ul>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Intro</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Windows Performance Counters are absolutely powerful, but when I need something quick or monitoring tailored to a specific problem, I get frustrated fast. Usually I fall back on other options &#8211; PowerShell native Get-Counter, CIM, or existing monitoring solutions at my clients. But that&#8217;s never truly ad-hoc either, and I&#8217;ve accepted it.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Recently I had the chance to join Uwe Ricken&#8217;s Performance Tuning Workshop at DataSaturday, and he clearly named Performance Counters as a must-have in every DBA&#8217;s toolkit. What I didn&#8217;t know until then: SQL Server creates individual counters like <strong>Compile/sec</strong>, <strong>AdHoc Queries/sec</strong>, etc.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized is-style-default" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="500" height="54" src="https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mindblowing.png" alt="MINDBLOWING" class="wp-image-608" style="width:500px;height:auto" srcset="https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mindblowing.png 500w, https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mindblowing-300x32.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The possibilities to visualize dependencies directly &#8211; endless. But how long should I sit there configuring that in Windows Performance Monitor, especially ad-hoc at a client site?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Uwe showed the capabilities in Windows Admin Center, which enables templates you can use flexibly across servers. For systems or environments where Admin Center is used strategically, definitely a great choice.<br>But two problems remain: As a consultant, I can&#8217;t install software at every client, and if Admin Center happens to be running, my English templates fail on German systems.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Still, I was so incredibly hooked by the template idea and the SQL Server possibilities that 4 weeks of after-work crunchtime were spinning in my head. So let me introduce my first module in the PowerShell Gallery:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><strong>psTerminalPerfCounter 0.1.0-preview</strong> A PowerShell module for displaying real-time graphs of Windows Performance Counters directly in the terminal console. This module provides an easy way to visualize system performance metrics without requiring external graphing tools or GUI applications by using templates and multilanguage support.</p>


https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/psTerminalPerfCounter/0.1.0-preview


<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">You&#8217;ll find all technical details and development status in the repository &#8211; I just want to show the different possibilities here.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Main Features</h2>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">100% PowerShell</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>no external dependencies</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Terminal Graphics</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>obviously it&#8217;s not a real engine, the more counters the choppier it gets, but it&#8217;s sufficient</li>



<li>The foundation comes from <a href="https://github.com/PrateekKumarSingh/Graphical" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Prateek Singh</a> solution. Without finding this, I would have had to solve this problem first, for which I probably wouldn&#8217;t have had time. THANKS!!!</li>
</ul>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Configuration Templates</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>every output element is controlled via configuration files</li>



<li>flexible, portable</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Data Output Customization</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>each counter in the configuration file can use its own output
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Table, Graph, or Both</li>
</ul>
</li>



<li>arbitrary axis scaling in steps and max values</li>



<li>arbitrary value coloring based on user-defined ColorMap per counter</li>



<li>value conversion via configuration file (Byte -&gt; KB -&gt; MB -&gt; GB)</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Language Independent</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>configuration files are based on counter IDs, not paths 
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>portable, regardless of system language translation from ID to counter path happens at runtime </li>



<li>no external dependencies</li>
</ul>
</li>



<li>I had no idea this was possible with Windows built-in tools. Here too I stumbled across a blog at <a href="https://powershell.one/tricks/performance/performance-counters" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">PowerShell.ONE</a> by chance. Again, a big THANKS!!! My original solution had multiple language variants (DE, EN, FR, ES) which would be set by reading system locale.</li>
</ul>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Demo with CPU Configuration</h2>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Install module with required dependency (GripDevJsonSchemaValidator)
Install-Module -Name psTerminalPerfCounter -AllowPrerelease

# Import the module
Import-Module psTerminalPerfCounter

# Start Default Cpu Configuration
Start-tpcMonitor -ConfigName CPU
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When loading the configuration, counter IDs are translated to counter paths and tested</p>
</div>
</div>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If successful, the first samples are collected so a graph can be displayed</p>
</div>
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<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="767" height="774" src="https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/perfcounter_run.png" alt="" class="wp-image-612" srcset="https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/perfcounter_run.png 767w, https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/perfcounter_run-297x300.png 297w, https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/perfcounter_run-150x150.png 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px" /></figure>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Thats IT! </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Within 10 seconds, 2 Performance Counters running, no installation, no language issues.</p>
</div>
</div>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Demo Counter Translation</h2>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Translate ID -&gt; Path
Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo 238-6
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<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Search Counter -&gt; Including ID
Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo &quot;Queue&quot;
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<p class="has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dedb5f3a2a3a9c6525f87d44e77731d7 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><em>Output is heavily truncated since the ResultSet is enormous</em></p>


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# Search Counter -&gt; Including ID
Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo &quot;Processor Queue&quot;
</pre></div>


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><strong>What&#8217;s next?</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The foundation works, the planned feature list is long, and what I really need for SQL Server is still far off. I hope I haven&#8217;t solved a problem that doesn&#8217;t exist, but this module simply addresses all the issues I&#8217;ve always had with Performance Counters, as mentioned above.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Furthermore, this is my first larger project that I&#8217;m developing publicly, so GitHub might not always meet expected standards. I&#8217;m always happy about feedback and suggestions.</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Visualisiere Windows Performance Counter direkt im Terminal mit psTerminalPerfCounter. Sprachunabhängige Templates, maximale Anpassbarkeit. Perfekt für schnelles AdHoc-Monitoring.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Current Release ( 2026-06-08 )</h2>



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https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/psTerminalPerfCounter


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<li><a href="https://github.com/gabrielkoehl/psTerminalPerfCounter/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Changelog ">Changelog</a></li>



<li><a href="https://github.com/gabrielkoehl/psTerminalPerfCounter/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file#documentation" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Documentation">Documentation</a></li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Intro</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Windows Performance Counter sind absolut mächtig, aber wenn es mal schnell gehen muss oder ich genau passend zu einem Problem ein Monitoring benötige, bin ich schnell genervt. Meistens nutze ich dann doch andere Möglichkeiten, PowerShell Native Get-Counter, CIM oder greife auf vorhandene Monitoring-Lösungen bei meinen Kunden zurück. Aber auch das geht nie AdHoc aber ich habe es akzeptiert.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nun habe ich beim letzten DataSaturday Uwe Ricken beim Performance Tuning Workshop begleiten dürfen und auch er hat die Performance Counter noch mal klar als Musthave im Werkzeugkoffer eines jeden DBA benannt. Was mir bis dahin nicht bewusst war: SQL Server legt individuelle Counter wie <strong>Compile/sec</strong>, <strong>AdHoc Queries/sec</strong> usw. an.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Möglichkeiten, Abhängigkeiten direkt zu visualisieren &#8211; endlos. Aber wie lange soll ich da sitzen, bis ich das im Windows Performance Monitor abgebildet habe, am besten Adhoc bei einem Kunden? </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Uwe zeigte die Möglichkeiten im <strong>Windows Admin Center</strong> auf, welches Templates ermöglicht, die man flexibel auf Servern nutzen kann. Für System oder Umgebungen, in denen das Admin Center strategisch genutzt wird, definitiv eine sehr gut Wahl.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Aber zwei Probleme bleiben: Als Berater kann ich nicht bei jedem Kunden erst Software installieren und wenn das Admin Center doch läuft, scheitern meine englischen Templates an deutschen Systemen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Nun war ich trotzdem so unglaublich angefixt von der Template-Idee und den Sql Server Möglichkeiten, dass nach Feierabend 4 Wochen Crunchtime im Kopf waren. Somit möchte ich euch an dieser Stelle mein erstes Modul in der PowerShell Gallery vorstellen</p>


https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/psTerminalPerfCounter/0.1.0-preview


<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Die technischen Details, Entwicklungsstand findet ihr alle im Repository, ich möchte hier einfach die verschiedenen Möglichkeiten zeigen.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Main Features</h2>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">100% PowerShell</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>keine externen Abhängigkeiten</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Terminal-Grafiken</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>natürlich ist es keine richtige Engine, je mehr Counter desto Hakeliger wird es, aber es reicht</li>



<li>Als Basis dient die Lösung von <a href="https://github.com/PrateekKumarSingh/Graphical" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Prateek Singh</a>. Ohne diesen Fund hätte ich wohl dieses Problem erst lösen müssen, wofür ich vermutlich keine Zeit gehabt hätte. DANKE!!!</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Configuration Templates</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>jedes Element der Ausgabe wird über Configuration Files gesteuert</li>



<li>flexibel, transportabel</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Individualisierung der Datenausgaben </h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>für jeden Counter im Configuration-File kann eine eigene Ausgabe genutzt werden
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Table, Graph oder Beide</li>
</ul>
</li>



<li>beliebige Skalierungen der Achsen in Steps und Max</li>



<li>beliebige Einfärbung der Values auf Basis einer benutzerdefinierten ColorMap per Counter</li>



<li>Konvertierung der Values per Configuration-File ( Byte -&gt; KB -&gt; MB -&gt; GB )</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Sprachunabhängig</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Configuration Files basieren nicht auf den Counter-Pfaden sondern IDs</li>



<li>immer noch transportabel, egal welche Systemsprache</li>



<li>Translation von ID zu Counterpfad erfolgt erst zur Laufzeit</li>
</ul>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>keine externen Abhängigkeiten</li>



<li>Ich wusste gar nicht, dass dies möglich ist mit Windows Bordmitteln. Auch hier bin ich durch Zufall über einen Blog gestolpert bei <a href="https://powershell.one/tricks/performance/performance-counters" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">PowerShell.ONE</a>. Auch hier ein dickes DANKE!!! Meine eigentliche Lösung sah mehrere Sprachvarianten ( DE, EN, FR, ES) vor, welche dann per auslesen der Systemlokalen gesetzt wurden.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Demo mit CPU Configuration</h2>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Install module with required dependency (GripDevJsonSchemaValidator)
Install-Module -Name psTerminalPerfCounter -AllowPrerelease

# Import the module
Import-Module psTerminalPerfCounter

# Start Default Cpu Configuration
Start-tpcMonitor -ConfigName CPU
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Beim Laden der Konfiguration werden die Counter IDs zu Counterpfaden übersetzt und getestet</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn das erfolgreich war, werden die ersten Samples gesammelt, damit ein Graph angezeigt werden kann</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Thats IT! </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Innerhalb von 10 Sekunden 2 Performance Counter am Laufen, ohne Installation, ohne Sprachprobleme.</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Demo Counter Translation</h2>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Translate ID -&gt; Path
Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo 238-6
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<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Search Counter -&gt; Including ID
Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo &quot;Queue&quot;
</pre></div>


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<p class="has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a85209788f442c1a4bfcffc9ae003cc8 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><em>Die Ausgabe ist stark beschnitten, da das ResultSet enorm ist</em></p>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
# Search Counter -&gt; Including ID
Get-tpcPerformanceCounterInfo &quot;Processor Queue&quot;
</pre></div>


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Wie geht&#8217;s weiter?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Basis läuft, die planned Feature <a href="https://github.com/gabrielkoehl/psTerminalPerfCounter/blob/main/docs/en-US/DevelopmentStatus.MD" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Liste</a> ist lang und das, was ich wirklich brauche bezüglich Sql Server ist noch in weiter Ferne. Ich hoffe ich habe nicht ein Problem bedient, was es gar nicht gibt, aber dieses Modul adressiert einfach alle Probleme, die ich schon immer mit den Performance Countern hatte, siehe oben.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Weiterhin ist das mein erstes größeres Projekt, was ich Public entwickle, somit könnte Github nicht immer den erwarteten Standards entsprechen. Über Feedback und Hinweise freue ich mich immer.</p>



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<li><a href="#DISKSPD" title="">DISKSPD Templates and Wrapper</a></li>



<li><a href="#sqlfilestats" title="">How can I display the latencies of individual database files?</a></li>



<li><a href="#snapdisk" title="">Long-term analysis of latencies with snapDiskLatency</a></li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Intro</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Currently, I&#8217;m involved in a code review at a client. We&#8217;re examining not only the application but also all interfaces. This naturally includes the SQL Server landscape, which I set up at the beginning of the year.</p>



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<p class="has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><strong>Read- and Write Latencies of TempDB</strong> ( and every other DB )</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The client doesn&#8217;t operate their own data center, so they&#8217;re dependent on the hoster, who unfortunately isn&#8217;t very communicative. Therefore, I had to get a picture of the totally overcommitted hardware through various other means and challenge the hoster. This was also the reason why I was quite precisely informed about what the hoster&#8217;s hosts and storage systems were capable of delivering.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That&#8217;s why I was very surprised that 32ms Write Latency was listed as a finding. No question, that&#8217;s a bad value for AllFlash NVMe, but it just stood there in the report without differentiation or deeper analysis. Just the statement &#8222;bad storage.&#8220; So I unpacked my tools, took another look at it, and also developed a new solution that I want to share with you.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="DISKSPD" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:0">DISKSPD</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><em><strong>Repo</strong>: perf_diskspeed/DISKSPD</em><br><strong><em>Microsoft</em>:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/diskspd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">https://github.com/microsoft/diskspd</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With DISKSPD, you should always start on unknown systems; often a large portion of problems is hidden here. At this client, for example, a DB with high workload was running on spindles, with latencies in the .2 percentile of 15 seconds latency, plus 14MB throughput. I don&#8217;t need to worry about indexes etc. anymore.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To quickly get results, I built a wrapper for DISKSPD that always executes 3 standard tests:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>SQL Server Workload</li>



<li>Random 64KB Workload</li>



<li>Sequential 64KB Workload</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The files are stored separately in the _Output subfolder and thus provide quite good hints about storage problems. Now these were, as expected, great values that correspond to NVMe storage. So let&#8217;s continue to SQL Server and see what it tells us. welche NVMe Storage entsprechen. Also weiter zu Sql Server und wir schauen mal was uns dieser so sagt.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="sqlfilestats" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">SQL Server provides a view where all file metrics are cleanly listed.</p>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: sql; title: ; notranslate">
select * from sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats(null,null)
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<li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-dynamic-management-views/sys-dm-io-virtual-file-stats-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver17">Microsoft Learn</a></li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Based on this, I built an analysis script that gives me more info and I can also draw further conclusions like ReadWrite Ratio, probable IOPS based on the number of operations, and also quantities. This allows you to build storage systems quite well for specific workloads.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And this value also showed me 32ms Write Latency of the TempDB. Then I started wondering, how does this value even arise?</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Basic Calculation</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">SQL Server measures I/O latency through simple division of cumulative wait times by the number of operations:</p>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: sql; title: ; notranslate">
-- Read Latency in ms
io_stall_read_ms / num_of_reads = durchschnittliche Read-Latenz

-- Write Latency in ms  
io_stall_write_ms / num_of_writes = durchschnittliche Write-Latenz
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That&#8217;s it!!! And now it should be clear that the point-in-time use of this DMV is not really meaningful, on the contrary. The values can, as with the review company that specializes in such processes, lead to false conclusions and action recommendations. Scary.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If the storage system had a hard hiccup since the start of SQL Server, the metrics are contaminated. According to my research, you can&#8217;t flush these, only by taking the DB offline, which I usually avoid in productive environments.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">After a few more rounds in my head, the solution came quite quickly. These are all snapshot values, I just need the delta between two values and I have real values. And I can also put the whole thing in a time series and have a long-term analysis. Mindblowing <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f61d.png" alt="😝" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google also quickly showed corresponding solutions that I used as a base idea. Thanks to Paul Randal ( <a href="https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/capturing-io-latencies-period-time/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">sqlskills.com</a> )</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For analyzing a complete week, this is also not suitable. So I extended the whole thing to a long-term analysis with persistent table.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="snapdisk" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:0">The Solution &#8211;&gt; snapDiskLatency</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em><strong>Repo</strong>: </em>perf_diskspeed/snapDiskLatency</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">What does snapDiskLatency do?</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The problem is well-known &#8211; the standard DMV <code>sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats</code> shows cumulative values since SQL Server startup. One single storage hiccup weeks ago and the latency values are no longer representative.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This solves the problem with two simple stored procedures:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The first collects the raw data from the DMV hourly and writes it to a permanent table. Why hourly? Shorter intervals lead to unreliable delta calculations &#8211; too little I/O between snapshots makes the values inaccurate. However, this can be individually adjusted since the agent triggers the procedure.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The second does the delta calculations between snapshots and creates the result. Thus, real latency values are generated for defined time periods, without historical hiccups, which can then be compared with other metrics.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Here we see, for example, in the <a href="https://dbavonnebenan.de/sql-server-truncate-vs-delete-dml-or-ddl-en/" title="TRUNCATE TABLE – DDL vs DML – deep dive in operations and practical tips">TRUNCATE TABLE</a> an outlier (NVMe is also underlying here). On the LAB system there&#8217;s no load, DOXIS is just a table with 2 columns and was artificially worked with workload.<br></p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><strong>The Result</strong></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of possibly contaminated values:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Average latencies per interval</li>



<li>Read/Write ratios</li>



<li>Breakdown by database and file type</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><strong>Setup</strong></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Create Agent Job, run hourly, done. The complete instructions are in the README, copy &amp; paste &amp; enjoy</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since every good proprietary database monitoring tool does this and presents it graphically, I want to at least show one possibility in Excel in the result. For this, the result of the DataSource or Copy must be pivoted and you can easily recognize your daily peaks.</p>



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<li><a href="#DISKSPD" title="DISKSPD Templates und Wrapper">DISKSPD Templates und Wrapper</a></li>



<li><a href="#sqlfilestats" title="">Wie kann ich die Latenzen der einzelnen Datenbank Files anzeigen lassen?</a></li>



<li><a href="#snapdisk" title="Langzeit Analyse der Latenzen!!!">Langzeit Analyse der Latenzen!!!</a></li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Intro</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Aktuell bin ich bei einem Kunden an einem Code Review beteiligt. Dabei beleuchten wir neben der Applikation auch alle Schnittstellen.. Dazu gehört natürlich auch die Sql Server Landschaft, welche ich Anfang des Jahres aufgesetzt habe.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Ergebnis waren doch mehr Findings in meine Richtung als erwartet und ich fühlte mich sofort gechallenged. Das Meiste konnte ich widerlegen, bei einigen Themen war der Kunde in der Pflicht und ein Thema hat mich rein interessenhalber gepackt.</p>



<p class="has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><strong>Read- und Write Latenzen der TempDB</strong> ( und jeder anderen DB )</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Vorgeschichte</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der Kunde betreibt kein eigenes Rechenzentrum, ist somit vom Hoster abhängig, welcher leider nicht sehr kommunikativ ist. Somit musste ich mir auf diverse andere Wege ein Bild von der total overcommitteten Hardware machen und den Hoster Challengen. Dies war auch der Grund, warum ich ziemlich genau im Bilde war, was die Hosts und Storage Systeme des Hosters im Stande waren zu leisten.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Deshalb hat es mich doch sehr gewundert, dass als Finding 32ms Write Latency aufgeführt waren. Keine Frage, das ist ein schlechter Wert für AllFlash NVMe aber der stand da einfach so im Report, ohne Differenzierung oder tiefere Analysen. Nur die Aussage schlechter Storage. Also habe ich meine Werkzeuge ausgepackt, mir das noch mal angeschaut und auch eine neue Lösung entwickelt, die ich mit euch teilen möchte.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="DISKSPD" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:0">DISKSPD</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><em><strong>Repo</strong>: perf_diskspeed/DISKSPD</em><br><strong><em>Microsoft</em>:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/diskspd">https://github.com/microsoft/diskspd</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mit DISKSPD sollte man auf unbekannten Systemen immer anfangen, oft liegt hier schon ein großer Anteil an Problemen versteckt. Bei diesem Kudnen lief zum Beispiel eine DB mit hohem Workload auf Spindeln, mit Latenzen in der .2 Perzentile mit 15 Sekunden Latenz, dazu 14MB Durchsatz. Da brauche ich mir um Indexe usw. keine Gedanken mehr machen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Um schnell an Ergebnisse zu kommen, habe ich mir einen Wrapper für DISKSP gebaut, welcher immer 3 Standardtests ausführt</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Sql Server Workload</li>



<li>Random 64KB Workload</li>



<li>Sequenziell 64KB Workload</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Dateien werden separat im Unterordner _Output gespeichert und ermöglichen somit recht gute Hinweise auf Storage-Probleme. Nun waren das wie erwartet super Werte, welche NVMe Storage entsprechen. Also weiter zu Sql Server und wir schauen mal was uns dieser so sagt.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="sqlfilestats" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sql Server bietet eine View, in der alle Metriken der Files sauber aufgelistet werden.</p>


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select * from sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats(null,null)
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<li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-dynamic-management-views/sys-dm-io-virtual-file-stats-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver17" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">microsoft.com</a></li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Darauf basierend habe ich ein Analyse Script gebaut, welches mir mehr Infos gibt und ich auch weitere Rückschlüsse wie ReadWrite Ratio, wahrscheinliche IOPS auf Basis der Anzahl der Vorgänge und auch Mengen. Damit kann man schon ganz gut Storage Systeme zu speziellen Workloads aufbauen.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Und auch dieser Wert hat mir 32ms Write Latency der TempDB angezeigt. Dann habe ich angefangen mich zu fragen, wie entstehet dieser Wert überhaupt? </p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Grundlegende Berechnung der Werte</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">SQL Server misst I/O-Latenz durch einfache Division der kumulativen Wartezeiten durch die Anzahl der Operationen:</p>


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-- Read Latency in ms
io_stall_read_ms / num_of_reads = durchschnittliche Read-Latenz

-- Write Latency in ms  
io_stall_write_ms / num_of_writes = durchschnittliche Write-Latenz
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Thats it!!! Und nun sollte klar sein, dass die punktuelle Nutzung dieser DMV nicht wirklich aussagekräftig ist, im Gegenteil. Die Werte können wie bei dem Review Unternehmen, was sich auf solche Prozesse spezialisiert hat, zu falschen Rückschlüssen und Handlungsempfehlungen führen. Gruselig.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn das Storagesystem seit dem Start von Sql Server mal hart Schluckauf hatte, sind die Metriken verunreiningt. Laut meinen Recherchen kann man diese nicht flushen, nur durch das Offline nehmen der DB, was ich üblicherweise in produktiven Umgebungen vermeide.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nach ein paar weiteren Runden in meinem Kopf kam recht schnell die Lösung. Das sind alles SnapShot Values, ich brauche ja nur das Delta zwischen zwei Werten und schon habe ich reale Werte. Und das Ganze kann ich auch noch in eine Zeitreihe packen und habe eine Langzeitanalyse.  Mindblowing <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f61d.png" alt="😝" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google hat auch schnell entsprechende Lösungen aufgezeigt, die ich als Basis Idee genutzt habe. Danke an Paul Randal ( <a href="https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/capturing-io-latencies-period-time/">sqlskills.com</a> )</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Für die Analyse einer kompletten Woche ist dies aber auch nicht geeignet. Somit habe ich das Ganze auf eine Langzeitanalyse mit persistenten Table erweitert.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="snapdisk" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:0">Die Lösung &#8211;&gt; snapDiskLatency</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em><strong>Repo</strong>: </em>perf_diskspeed/snapDiskLatency</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)">Was macht snapDiskLatency?</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Problem ist bekannt &#8211; die Standard-DMV <code>sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats</code> zeigt kumulative Werte seit dem SQL Server Start. Ein einziger Storage-Schluckauf vor Wochen und die Latenzwerte sind nicht mehr repräsentativ. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>snapDiskLatency</strong> löst das Problem mit zwei simplen Stored Procedures:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Erste sammelt stündlich die Rohdaten aus der DMV und schreibt sie in einen permanenten Table. Warum stündlich? Kürzere Intervalle führen zu unzuverlässigen Delta-Berechnungen &#8211; zu wenig I/O zwischen den Snapshots macht die Werte ungenau. Dies kann aber individuell angepasst werden, da der Agent die Prozedur triggert.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Zweite macht die Delta-Berechnungen zwischen den Snapshots und erstellt das Resultset. Somit werden reale Latenzwerte für definierte Zeiträume erzeugt, ohne historischen Schluckauf, welche dann mit anderen Metriken abgeglichen werden können.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1298" height="326" src="https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/disklat_report-2.png" alt="snapDiskLatency report" class="wp-image-571" srcset="https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/disklat_report-2.png 1298w, https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/disklat_report-2-300x75.png 300w, https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/disklat_report-2-1024x257.png 1024w, https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/disklat_report-2-768x193.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1298px) 100vw, 1298px" /></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hier sehen wir zum Beispiel im <a href="https://dbavonnebenan.de/sql-server-truncate-vs-delete-dml-or-ddl-de/" title="TRUNCATE TABLE Operationen im Detail – ROLLBACK ist doch möglich">TRUNCATE Table</a> einen Aureißer ( hier liegt auch NVMe drunter ). Auf dem LAB System ist keine Last, DOXIS ist nur ein Table mit 2 Spalten und wurde künstlich mit Workload bearbeitet.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><strong>Das Ergebnis</strong></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Statt möglicherweise verunreinigten Werten</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Durchschnittliche Latenzen pro Intervall</li>



<li>Read/Write-Verhältnisse</li>



<li>Aufschlüsselung nach Datenbank und File-Type</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Agent Job erstellen, stündlich laufen lassen, fertig. Die komplette Anleitung steht in der README, copy &amp; paste &amp; freuen</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Da dies auch jedes gute propritäre DatabaseMonitoringTool macht und hübsch grafisch darstellt, will ich zumindest eine Möglichkeit in Excel im Ergebnis zeigen. Dazu muss das Ergebnis der DataSource oder Copy pivotiert werden und schon kann man gut seine Daily Peaks erkennen.</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Recently, I stumbled across a LinkedIn post about truncate vs. delete, just like many others out there. Typically, random members post simple SQL Server tips, nicely packaged in graphics and kept general. Although for beginners this is absolutely legitimate &#8211; since these simple entry points can help many newcomers understand and provide a great starting [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://dbavonnebenan.de/sql-server-truncate-vs-delete-dml-or-ddl-en/">TRUNCATE TABLE – DDL vs DML – deep dive in operations and practical tips</a> first appeared on <a href="https://dbavonnebenan.de">DBA von Nebenan</a>.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Recently, I stumbled across a LinkedIn post about truncate vs. delete, just like many others out there. Typically, random members post simple SQL Server tips, nicely packaged in graphics and kept general. Although for beginners this is absolutely legitimate &#8211; since<strong> </strong>these simple entry points can help many newcomers understand and provide a great starting point &#8211; nevertheless, the fact that the same topics then go viral across various accounts is clearly another matter entirely.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anyway. If you&#8217;re a bit further along in the topic and already know that the pronunciation isn&#8217;t &#8222;SQL&#8220; but &#8222;sequel&#8220; <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f60a.png" alt="😊" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />, you should fundamentally question these posts, as they mostly generalize.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This was also the case in a post about the top 3 SQL mistakes that &#8222;everyone&#8220; makes. And here we are, getting to the point.</p>



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<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/samiul-fahim_sql-dataengineering-techtips-activity-7328642722653786112-OBfj?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAACt1yIMBIZu3k0gdHLx7c_luIAnHYYBMtuc"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="391" height="158" src="https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-05-26_09-15.png" alt="TRUNCATE cant rolled back" class="wp-image-324" srcset="https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-05-26_09-15.png 391w, https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-05-26_09-15-300x121.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px" /></a></figure>



<p class="has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/samiul-fahim_sql-dataengineering-techtips-activity-7328642722653786112-OBfj?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAACt1yIMBIZu3k0gdHLx7c_luIAnHYYBMtuc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn</a></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The same happened with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vedrankesegic/">Vedran Kesegic</a>, who gave the hint that TRUNCATE is apparently rollback-capable when encapsulated in a transaction. Then <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/saastamoinen/">Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</a> jumped in and things got wild. So wild that the whole topic hooked me so much that I did a deep dive into it. Furthermore, so much knowledge dropped in this exchange that it would be a shame if it disappeared in a comment section.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What to expect here</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I compared the exchange and looked at the core statements. I also texted separately with both of them a bit more, and Carsten gave me excerpts from one of his publications where the topic is covered technically.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Technically speaking, both agree, even if they don&#8217;t say it <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f923.png" alt="🤣" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />. But what was really wild in the end was the question:</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I can say it upfront. This question is an philosophical one. I was able to form an opinion based on my research, more on that later, but basically it&#8217;s up to everyone to decide for themselves.</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Discussion &#8211; DML or DDL ?</h2>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Vedran Kesegic</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Core Position: TRUNCATE is DDL</strong></p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;TRUNCATE modifies internal system tables sys.sysallocunits and sys.sysrowsets. DELETE modifies indexes and stats&#8220;</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;DML writes data (rows in user tables), while DDL writes metadata (rows in system tables, data that describes other/user objects). Truncate happens to write metadata (system tables) and thus is classified as DDL.&#8220;</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Technical Arguments</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Uses SCH-M (Schema Modification) lock</li>



<li>Modifies system metadata tables</li>



<li>Microsoft documentation classifies it as DDL</li>



<li>Logs page deallocations, not row deletions</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Key Statement</strong></p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;TRUNCATE modifies internal system tables sys.sysallocunits and sys.sysrowsets. DELETE modifies indexes and stats &#8211; see attached&#8220;</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Core Position: TRUNCATE is DML</strong></p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;It is not an argument to call TRUNCATE a DDL statement because a certain lock is used! When statements are categorized, it must be based on what happens and not how a given database system solves the task.&#8220;</p>
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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;We may have to recognize that a previous error categorization should not continue to call TRUNCATE a DDL, but recognize that it is a DML.&#8220;</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Logical Arguments</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Data is deleted, structure is preserved</li>



<li>No table definition changes occur</li>



<li>Follows semantic rules of data manipulation</li>



<li>Can delete only some partitions (not all data)</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Key Statement</strong></p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;I say that MS is right in the documentations because they are not telling that TRUNCATE is as DDL, because they know that TRUNCATE is a DML!&#8220;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-denary-color"><em>NOTE Gabriel <br></em></mark><em>I think this is really a bit questionable because the documentation is absolutely clear</em> <em>on this point</em> &#8211;&gt; <strong><em>DDL </em></strong>(<a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/statements?view=sql-server-ver17#data-definition-language" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">microsoft.com</a>)<br></p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Quote from publication</strong></p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;As of version 2016, it is possible to delete only some of the data in a table with TRUNCATE, so it is even more cor­rect to call it manipulation than definition, because it is changing some of the data but not changing the structure.&#8220;</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Points of Agreement</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>TRUNCATE can be rolled back in a transaction
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<li>general demo at <a href="https://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/04/sql-server-rollback-truncate-command-in-transaction/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">sqlauthority.com</a></li>



<li>deep dive demo <a href="https://www.sqlshack.com/the-internals-of-sql-truncate-and-sql-delete-statements/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">sqlshack.com</a></li>
</ul>
</li>



<li>TRUNCATE is a logged operation</li>



<li>TRUNCATE is faster than DELETE for large datasets</li>



<li>Both understand the technical implementation</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Core Disagreement</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>Classification criteria</strong>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Implementation details</li>
</ul>
</li>



<li><strong>Authority</strong>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Vendor documentation (Vedran) vs. Logical reasoning (Carsten)</li>
</ul>
</li>



<li><strong>Perspective</strong>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>How it works internally (Vedran) vs. What it does functionally (Carsten)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">My 50 Cent</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So as you can see, technically it fits, but how do you view the whole thing? Maybe it&#8217;s good that I&#8217;m not preloaded with as much knowledge as both of them because from my perspective it&#8217;s quite clear: <strong>DDL!!</strong></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Contrary to Carsten&#8217;s statement that no system tables are changed, Vedran&#8217;s statement is absolutely correct. See why&#8230; </p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8230; and of course because MS says it&#8217;s DDL <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f60a.png" alt="😊" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> ( <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/statements?view=sql-server-ver17#data-definition-language" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">microsoft.com</a> )</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And partitioning is DML… I don&#8217;t know, here too it&#8217;s at least system columns that define the partitioning.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How TRUNCATE works</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I&#8217;d like to say I&#8217;ll describe it simply, but that&#8217;s just my normal description. The topic is really complex <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/270c.png" alt="✌" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">1 &#8211; TRUNCATE Command Initiated</h3>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: sql; title: ; notranslate">
TRUNCATE TABLE dbo.MyTable;
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<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>First action</strong>: Acquire <strong>SCH-M (Schema Modification)</strong> lock on entire table</li>



<li><strong>Effect</strong>: Table is completely locked &#8211; no reads, no writes, nothing</li>
</ul>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">2 &#8211; Identify Extents</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>DEEP DIVE Extents &#8211;&gt; <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/pages-and-extents-architecture-guide?view=sql-server-ver17" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">microsoft.com</a></li>



<li>SQL Server reads IAM pages</li>



<li>Lists all extents belonging to the table</li>



<li><strong>Still holding</strong>: SCH-M lock on table</li>
</ul>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">3-  Lock Individual Extents</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Places <strong>X (Exclusive)</strong> locks on each extent</li>



<li>These are regular data locks, NOT schema locks</li>



<li><strong>Now holding</strong>:
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>SCH-M lock on table (prevents access)</li>



<li>X locks on extents (marks them for deallocation)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">4 &#8211; Log the Operation</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Writes to transaction log: &#8222;Deallocate extents 8:8, 8:16, etc.&#8220;</li>



<li><strong>Still holding</strong>: Both lock types</li>
</ul>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">5a &#8211; If COMMIT</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Updates IAM &#8211; marks extents as free</li>



<li><strong>Releases</strong> all X locks on extents</li>



<li><strong>Releases</strong> SCH-M lock on table</li>



<li>Table is accessible again</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">5b &#8211; If ROLLBACK</h3>



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<li>Discards deallocation markers</li>



<li><strong>Releases</strong> all X locks on extents</li>



<li><strong>Releases</strong> SCH-M lock on table</li>



<li>Everything unchanged</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Why Two Different Lock Types?</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>SCH-M Lock:</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>&#8222;Nobody touch this table AT ALL&#8220;</li>



<li>Typical for DDL operations</li>



<li>Prevents even metadata queries</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>X Locks on Extents:</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>&#8222;These specific data blocks are being modified&#8220;</li>



<li>Typical for data operations</li>



<li>Ensures extents aren&#8217;t reused until commit/rollback by other sessions</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">My humble Opinion</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Given this knowledge, the case is actually clear for me, but how do you see it? Indeed, here no user data is being manipulated; instead, system-level assignments are being adjusted. Consequently, I&#8217;ll allow myself, despite my new half-knowledge, to make the following comparison:</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;I also don&#8217;t say I&#8217;m deleting text in a Word document when I quick format the disk and only delete the block allocation.&#8220;</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Yes, I think that&#8217;s a nice comparison&#8230; Case closed, now a few technically interesting aspects and solutions</p>



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<p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">&#8230; practical, not technical <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">TRUNCATE with Survivor Table (Temporary Table)</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Data that is still required is simply moved to a temporary table and retrieved after TRUNCATE</p>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: sql; title: ; notranslate">
-- Step 1: Create temp table with rows to keep
	SELECT * INTO #SurvivorRows 
	FROM 
		MyTable 
	WHERE
		DateColumn &gt;= &#039;2024-01-01&#039;

-- Step 2: Truncate the entire table
	TRUNCATE TABLE MyTable

-- Step 3: Re-insert survivor rows
	INSERT INTO MyTable
	SELECT * FROM #SurvivorRows

-- Step 4: Clean up
	DROP TABLE #SurvivorRows
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">TRUNCATE with PARTITION option (2016++)</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since SQL Server 2016 (every edition) it is possible to specify partitions or ranges of partitions</p>


<div class="wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code "><pre class="brush: sql; title: ; notranslate">
-- Truncate specific partitions
	TRUNCATE TABLE MyPartitionedTable 
	     WITH (PARTITIONS (2, 4 TO 6))

-- Check partition status
	SELECT 
		 partition_number
		,rows 
	FROM
		sys.partitions 
	WHERE 
		OBJECT_NAME(OBJECT_ID) = &#039;MyPartitionedTable&#039;
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">TRUNCATE is always a transaction&#8230;</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8230;. and must be considered during RESTORING. Carsten illustrated this whole thing very nicely in his publication. I&#8217;m just describing it, that has to suffice at this point <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f61d.png" alt="😝" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Even though we only write <strong>TRUNCATE TABLE</strong>, SQL Server still uses <strong>BEGIN</strong> and <strong>COMMIT TRANSACTION</strong>, which of course is recorded in the TLog. Accordingly, during a POINT IN TIME RECOVERY, the data in the table remains available until the TLog with the corresponding TRANSACTION is restored, or the time of the TRUNCATE transaction has been exceeded.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So you can also restore the data <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f44c.png" alt="👌" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Continuously read Transaction log file data with fn_dblog and fn_dump_dblog</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Vedran wrote in one of his posts that there&#8217;s an undocumented function where you can read log records at runtime. There&#8217;s also a very cool article about this on sqlshack.com</p>



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<p class="has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph"><em><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-septenary-color">NOT recommended for production but only for test / education.</mark></em></p>



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https://www.sqlshack.com/how-to-continuously-read-transaction-log-file-data-directly-in-a-sql-server-database-with-fn_dblog-and-fn_dump_dblog/


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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Let&#8217;s get to my initially mentioned point that all these SQL Server tips from randoms should be questioned. Because the statement that <strong>truncate is not rollback safe</strong> is simply wrong. The path to this realization was long for me, initiated by the conversation between Vedran and Carsten. I really learned a lot left and right, which I also wanted to record here again for posterity.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the end, it doesn&#8217;t matter whether it&#8217;s <strong>DDL</strong> or <strong>DML</strong>. In the general SQL Server standard, for example, it&#8217;s described as DML, most RDBMSs in dialect with DDL. We&#8217;ll just agree on <strong>DDL</strong> and that&#8217;s it. Much more exciting is what happens under the hood.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Best comment from Vedran <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f923.png" alt="🤣" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></strong></p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="has-overpass-mono-font-family wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;Or you are trying to argue with SQL Certified Master about SQL? Good luck Mr :)&#8220;</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Links from the text</h2>


https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/statements?view=sql-server-ver17#data-definition-language

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/truncate-table-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver17

https://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/04/sql-server-rollback-truncate-command-in-transaction/

https://www.sqlshack.com/the-internals-of-sql-truncate-and-sql-delete-statements/

https://www.sqlshack.com/how-to-continuously-read-transaction-log-file-data-directly-in-a-sql-server-database-with-fn_dblog-and-fn_dump_dblog/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncate_(SQL)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/pages-and-extents-architecture-guide?view=sql-server-ver17


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Full Conversation</h2>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In sql server, truncate can be rolled back (if encapsulated within transaction). It is a logged operation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With DELETE we can specify the WHERE clause and some or all rows can be removed. All deleted rows are logged with BEFORE IMAGE/the data values. With TRUNCATE we can delete all rows or only the rows in one or more partitions, if we have a partition table. The only information logged is the pageid. The physical removing/releasing to unused pages happens in a background task after COMMIT. No data is stored in the log, so less and faster! And it is not possible to restore to point in time because no data is logged. The pageid in the log can already have being &#8218;released&#8216; to unused pages and therefore already used to data from another object &#8211; table/index. Before COMMIT the pages is still allocated to the table and still with data. If no explicit transaction is specified the transaction is already committed!</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;No data is stored in the log&#8220; and &#8222;not possible to restore to point in time&#8220; is both incorrect for TRUNCATE. The difference is, truncate logs only deallocation of pages, which is multiple orders of magnitude less (basically insignifficant) compared to DELETE which logs data that is deleted. That is why truncate is &#8222;instant&#8220;. If you delete eg. 10GB of data, you wait for 10GB to be written to transaction log, which takes time. Truncate logs maybe 1KB for deallocation info, which is instant. If you do not want to delete all rows, you can still use TRUNCATE by storing survivor rows aside before truncating, and inserting them back after truncate. Even better, you can use SWITCH into some dummy table (even with not-partitioned tables) to remove rows quickly, and then insert survivor rows back from that dummy into original table. That is the fastest way to delete when a smaller percent of rows needs to survive.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Obvious difference is that truncate removes all rows from table (&#8222;truncate table&#8220;) or from partition(s), when using &#8222;trancate table xy with partitions (&#8230;)&#8220;. You cannot choose which rows to delete, they all are gone. With delete you can have a WHERE clause to choose which rows to delete. Delete is more appropriate if you need to delete a small percentage of table rows (or partition rows).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Truncate is a metadata operation, requires a different lock (SCH_M, schema modification lock). If also has some restrictins regarding foreign keys etc. Check the documentation for the list of limitations: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/truncate-table-transact-sql</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is not an argument to call TRUNCATE a DDL statement because a certain lock is used! When statements are categorized, it must be based on what happens and not how a given database system solves the task. Data is deleted, the structure is preserved and only some data may be deleted. When one or more partitions are deleted, the condition is also well-known, but just limited. In previous versions of database systems &#8211; and perhaps still &#8211; a TRUNCATE was performed by a DROP TABLE + CREATE TABLE. Hence DDL rights. It just shows that it is problematic to categorize based on how it is performed and not based on what actually happens. If we look at the documentation for SQL Server, it is not mentioned that TRUNCATE is a DDL. We may have to recognize that a previous error categorization should not continue to call TRUNCATE a DDL, but recognize that it is a DML. We will also be free from erroneous claims about only deleting all rows, that space is not released, that the transaction cannot be rolled back, &#8230;. A DELETE operation without a user-defined transaction cannot be rolled back either! But DELETE is DML and not DDL. TRUNCATE is &#8218;created&#8216; for having af fast way of deleting rows, and extended for only deleting some of the rows &#8211; DML!!!</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">No, the SCH-M lock (the &#8222;king of all locks&#8220;) is not the sole reason why TRUNCATE is DDL. DML writes data (rows in user tables), while DDL writes metadata (rows in system tables, data that describes other/user objects). Truncate happens to write metadata (system tables) and thus is classified as DDL. See the doc: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/sql/sql-server-2012/ff848799(v=sql.110)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Can you tell which data is written to the system tables that is not written when removing rows by DELETE? The only additional information is, that with TRUNCATE of all rows without specifying partitions is, that the &#8218;identity&#8216; is reset to the initial values. Removing some or all rows with specifying partitions, this value is not reset to the initial value. Empty page are handled in the same way as empty page after DELETE! All indexes are preserved, the table definition is NOT changed, &#8230;.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Better than that &#8211; you can see for yourself! The exact difference and details are present in transaction log records after you do TRUNCATE and compare that to log records that DELETE generates. Use fn_dblog() function, but only on the test system because it is undocumented and might have an impact.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Or you are trying to say that Microsoft is wrong in documentation? If so, report it to MS so doc can be fixed. But in this case there is nothing to fix.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Or you are trying to argue with SQL Certified Master about SQL? Good luck Mr <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I say that MS is right in the documentations because they are not telling that TRUNCATE is as DDL, because they know that TRUNCATE is a DML!. Of course there is less in the log &#8211; it is the idea wit TRUNCATE!!!!!!!! Just te functionality and te reason for implementing TRUNCATE as an alternative to DELETE. But the log is NOT the system tables!!!!! So please tell which system tables are updated as they are updated when CRAETE, ALTER and DROP but NOT updated when INSERT, DELETE or UPDATE.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">TRUNCATE modifies internal system tables sys.sysallocunits and sys.sysrowsets. DELETE modifies indexes and stats &#8211; see attached pictures. You could do that yourself using fn_dblog as instructed, but I did that for you so you don&#8217;t have to. If you want to know more about deep SQL Server internals you can attend one of my trainings, or trainings of other SQL Masters like Brent Ozar, Paul Randal (sqlskills), etc.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Of course they are modified as INSERT DELETE and UPDATE modify this informations. But INSERT, DELETE and UPDATE are still only DML and not DDL. And I am not impressed of your job by showing me this information. If you was showing the same for the other DML statements it would be fine. So maybe you should modify your course material and also shows the same for the other DML statements!!!!</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gabriel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 08:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kürzlich bin ich über einen LinkedIn-Post zu TRUNCATE vs. DELETE gestolpert, wie so viele andere auch. Typischerweise posten zufällige Mitglieder einfache SQL Server Tipps, schön verpackt in Grafiken und allgemein gehalten. Obwohl das für Anfänger absolut legitim ist &#8211; da diese einfachen Einstiegspunkte vielen Neulingen helfen können zu verstehen und einen großartigen Startpunkt bieten &#8211; [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kürzlich bin ich über einen LinkedIn-Post zu TRUNCATE vs. DELETE gestolpert, wie so viele andere auch. Typischerweise posten zufällige Mitglieder einfache SQL Server Tipps, schön verpackt in Grafiken und allgemein gehalten. Obwohl das für Anfänger absolut legitim ist &#8211; da<strong> </strong>diese einfachen Einstiegspunkte vielen Neulingen helfen können zu verstehen und einen großartigen Startpunkt bieten &#8211; ist die Tatsache, dass dieselben Themen dann viral über verschiedene Accounts gehen, klar eine ganz andere Sache.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wie auch immer. Wenn du beim Thema schon etwas weiter bist und bereits weißt, dass die Aussprache nicht &#8222;SQL&#8220; sondern &#8222;Sequel&#8220; ist <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f60a.png" alt="😊" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />, solltest du diese Posts grundsätzlich hinterfragen, da sie meist verallgemeinern.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So war es auch bei einem Post über die Top 3 SQL-Fehler, die &#8222;jeder&#8220; macht. Und hier kommen wir zum Punkt &#8211; TRUNCATE TABLE und seine Besonderheiten.</p>



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<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/samiul-fahim_sql-dataengineering-techtips-activity-7328642722653786112-OBfj?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAACt1yIMBIZu3k0gdHLx7c_luIAnHYYBMtuc"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="391" height="158" src="https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-05-26_09-15.png" alt="TRUNCATE kann nicht zurückgerollt werden" class="wp-image-324" srcset="https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-05-26_09-15.png 391w, https://dbavonnebenan.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-05-26_09-15-300x121.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px" /></a></figure>



<p class="has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/samiul-fahim_sql-dataengineering-techtips-activity-7328642722653786112-OBfj?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAACt1yIMBIZu3k0gdHLx7c_luIAnHYYBMtuc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn</a></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dasselbe passierte mit <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vedrankesegic/">Vedran Kesegic</a>, der den Hinweis gab, dass TRUNCATE TABLE anscheinend rollback-fähig ist, wenn es in einer Transaktion gekapselt wird. Dann sprang <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/saastamoinen/">Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</a> ein und die Sache wurde wild. So wild, dass mich das ganze Thema dermaßen gepackt hat, dass ich einen Deep Dive gemacht habe. Außerdem fiel in diesem Austausch so viel Wissen ab, dass es schade wäre, wenn es in einem Kommentarbereich verschwindet.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Was dich hier erwartet &#8211; TRUNCATE TABLE im Detail</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ich habe den Austausch verglichen und mir die Kernaussagen angeschaut. Ich habe auch separat mit beiden etwas mehr getextet, und Carsten gab mir Auszüge aus einer seiner Publikationen, wo das Thema technisch behandelt wird.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Technisch gesehen sind sich beide einig, auch wenn sie es nicht sagen <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f923.png" alt="🤣" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />. Aber was am Ende wirklich wild war, war die Frage zum TRUNCATE TABLE Befehl:</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ich kann es vorwegnehmen. Diese Frage zur TRUNCATE TABLE Klassifizierung ist eine philosophische. Ich konnte mir basierend auf meiner Recherche eine Meinung bilden, mehr dazu später, aber grundsätzlich liegt es an jedem selbst zu entscheiden.</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Die Diskussion &#8211; TRUNCATE TABLE als DML oder DDL?</h2>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Vedran Kesegic</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Kernposition: TRUNCATE TABLE ist DDL</strong></p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;TRUNCATE modifies internal system tables sys.sysallocunits and sys.sysrowsets. DELETE modifies indexes and stats&#8220;</p>
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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;DML writes data (rows in user tables), while DDL writes metadata (rows in system tables, data that describes other/user objects). Truncate happens to write metadata (system tables) and thus is classified as DDL.&#8220;</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Technische Argumente für TRUNCATE TABLE als DDL</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Verwendet SCH-M (Schema Modification) Lock</li>



<li>Modifiziert System-Metadaten-Tabellen</li>



<li>Microsoft-Dokumentation klassifiziert es als DDL</li>



<li>Loggt Page-Deallocations, nicht Row-Deletions</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Kernaussage zum TRUNCATE TABLE Befehl</strong></p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;TRUNCATE modifies internal system tables sys.sysallocunits and sys.sysrowsets. DELETE modifies indexes and stats &#8211; see attached&#8220;</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Kernposition: TRUNCATE TABLE ist DML</strong></p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;It is not an argument to call TRUNCATE a DDL statement because a certain lock is used! When statements are categorized, it must be based on what happens and not how a given database system solves the task.&#8220;</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;We may have to recognize that a previous error categorization should not continue to call TRUNCATE a DDL, but recognize that it is a DML.&#8220;</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Logische Argumente für TRUNCATE TABLE als DML</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Daten werden gelöscht, Struktur bleibt erhalten</li>



<li>Keine Änderungen an der Tabellendefinition</li>



<li>Folgt semantischen Regeln der Datenmanipulation</li>



<li>Kann nur bestimmte Partitionen löschen (nicht alle Daten)</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Kernaussage zur TRUNCATE TABLE Klassifizierung</strong></p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;I say that MS is right in the documentations because they are not telling that TRUNCATE is as DDL, because they know that TRUNCATE is a DML!&#8220;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-denary-color"><em>ANMERKUNG Gabriel <br></em></mark><em>Ich denke, das ist wirklich etwas fragwürdig, weil die Dokumentation absolut klar</em> <em>zu diesem Punkt ist</em> &#8211;&gt; <strong><em>DDL </em></strong>(<a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/statements?view=sql-server-ver17#data-definition-language" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">microsoft.com</a>)<br></p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Zitat aus der Publikation zum TRUNCATE TABLE</strong></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;As of version 2016, it is possible to delete only some of the data in a table with TRUNCATE, so it is even more cor­rect to call it manipulation than definition, because it is changing some of the data but not changing the structure.&#8220;</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Einigungspunkte bei TRUNCATE TABLE</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>TRUNCATE TABLE kann in einer Transaktion zurückgerollt werden
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<li>allgemeine Demo bei <a href="https://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/04/sql-server-rollback-truncate-command-in-transaction/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">sqlauthority.com</a></li>



<li>detaillierte Demo <a href="https://www.sqlshack.com/the-internals-of-sql-truncate-and-sql-delete-statements/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">sqlshack.com</a></li>
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</li>



<li>TRUNCATE TABLE ist eine geloggte Operation</li>



<li>TRUNCATE TABLE ist schneller als DELETE bei großen Datensätzen</li>



<li>Beide verstehen die technische Implementierung</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Hauptstreitpunkt bei TRUNCATE TABLE</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>Klassifizierungskriterien für TRUNCATE TABLE</strong>
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<li>Implementierungsdetails</li>
</ul>
</li>



<li><strong>Autorität</strong>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Vendor-Dokumentation (Vedran) vs. Logische Begründung (Carsten)</li>
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</li>



<li><strong>Perspektive zum TRUNCATE TABLE Befehl</strong>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Wie es intern funktioniert (Vedran) vs. Was es funktional macht (Carsten)</li>
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</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Meine Einschätzung zu TRUNCATE TABLE</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wie du siehst, passt es technisch, aber wie betrachtest du das Ganze? Vielleicht ist es gut, dass ich nicht mit so viel Wissen vorab beladen bin wie beide, denn aus meiner Sicht ist es ziemlich klar: <strong>TRUNCATE TABLE ist DDL!!</strong></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Entgegen Carstens Aussage, dass keine Systemtabellen geändert werden, ist Vedrans Aussage absolut korrekt. Sieh warum&#8230; </p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8230; und natürlich weil Microsoft sagt, dass TRUNCATE TABLE DDL ist <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f60a.png" alt="😊" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> ( <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/statements?view=sql-server-ver17#data-definition-language" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">microsoft.com</a> )</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Und Partitionierung ist DML… ich weiß nicht, auch hier sind es zumindest Systemspalten, die die Partitionierung definieren.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Wie TRUNCATE TABLE funktioniert &#8211; Schritt für Schritt</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ich würde gerne sagen, dass ich es einfach beschreibe, aber das ist einfach meine normale Beschreibung. Das Thema TRUNCATE TABLE ist wirklich komplex <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/270c.png" alt="✌" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">1 &#8211; TRUNCATE TABLE Befehl initiiert</h3>


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TRUNCATE TABLE dbo.MyTable;
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<li><strong>Erste Aktion</strong>: Akquiriert <strong>SCH-M (Schema Modification)</strong> Lock auf gesamte Tabelle</li>



<li><strong>Effekt</strong>: Tabelle ist komplett gesperrt &#8211; keine Reads, keine Writes, nichts</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">2 &#8211; Extents identifizieren bei TRUNCATE TABLE</h3>



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<li>DEEP DIVE Extents &#8211;&gt; <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/pages-and-extents-architecture-guide?view=sql-server-ver17" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">microsoft.com</a></li>



<li>SQL Server liest IAM-Pages</li>



<li>Listet alle Extents auf, die zur Tabelle gehören</li>



<li><strong>Hält weiterhin</strong>: SCH-M Lock auf Tabelle</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">3 &#8211; Einzelne Extents bei TRUNCATE TABLE sperren</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Platziert <strong>X (Exclusive)</strong> Locks auf jeden Extent</li>



<li>Das sind reguläre Data-Locks, KEINE Schema-Locks</li>



<li><strong>Hält jetzt</strong>:
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<li>SCH-M Lock auf Tabelle (verhindert Zugriff)</li>



<li>X Locks auf Extents (markiert sie für Deallocation)</li>
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</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">4 &#8211; TRUNCATE TABLE Operation loggen</h3>



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<li>Schreibt ins Transaction-Log: &#8222;Deallocate extents 8:8, 8:16, etc.&#8220;</li>



<li><strong>Hält weiterhin</strong>: Beide Lock-Typen</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">5a &#8211; Bei COMMIT der TRUNCATE TABLE Operation</h3>



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<li>Aktualisiert IAM &#8211; markiert Extents als frei</li>



<li><strong>Gibt frei</strong> alle X Locks auf Extents</li>



<li><strong>Gibt frei</strong> SCH-M Lock auf Tabelle</li>



<li>Tabelle ist wieder zugänglich</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">5b &#8211; Bei ROLLBACK der TRUNCATE TABLE Operation</h3>



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<li>Verwirft Deallocation-Marker</li>



<li><strong>Gibt frei</strong> alle X Locks auf Extents</li>



<li><strong>Gibt frei</strong> SCH-M Lock auf Tabelle</li>



<li>Alles bleibt unverändert</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Warum zwei verschiedene Lock-Typen bei TRUNCATE TABLE?</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>SCH-M Lock:</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>&#8222;Niemand rührt diese Tabelle ÜBERHAUPT an&#8220;</li>



<li>Typisch für DDL-Operationen</li>



<li>Verhindert sogar Metadaten-Abfragen</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>X Locks auf Extents:</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>&#8222;Diese spezifischen Datenblöcke werden modifiziert&#8220;</li>



<li>Typisch für Daten-Operationen</li>



<li>Stellt sicher, dass Extents nicht von anderen Sessions wiederverwendet werden bis commit/rollback</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Meine bescheidene Meinung zu TRUNCATE TABLE</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mit diesem Wissen ist der Fall eigentlich klar für mich, aber wie siehst du es? Tatsächlich werden hier keine Benutzerdaten manipuliert; stattdessen werden System-Level-Zuweisungen angepasst. Folglich erlaube ich mir, trotz meines neuen Halbwissens, den folgenden Vergleich zu ziehen:</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;Ich sage auch nicht, dass ich Text in einem Word-Dokument lösche, wenn ich die Festplatte schnell formatiere und nur die Block-Allocation lösche.&#8220;</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Ja, ich denke das ist ein schöner Vergleich&#8230; Fall abgeschlossen, jetzt ein paar technisch interessante Aspekte und Lösungen zum TRUNCATE TABLE Befehl</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Technischer Teil, Hacks und TRUNCATE TABLE How-To</h2>



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<p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">&#8230; praktisch, nicht technisch <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">TRUNCATE TABLE mit Survivor Table (Temporary Table)</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Daten, die noch benötigt werden, werden einfach in eine temporäre Tabelle verschoben und nach TRUNCATE TABLE wieder abgerufen</p>


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-- Step 1: Create temp table with rows to keep
	SELECT * INTO #SurvivorRows 
	FROM 
		MyTable 
	WHERE
		DateColumn &gt;= &#039;2024-01-01&#039;

-- Step 2: Truncate the entire table
	TRUNCATE TABLE MyTable

-- Step 3: Re-insert survivor rows
	INSERT INTO MyTable
	SELECT * FROM #SurvivorRows

-- Step 4: Clean up
	DROP TABLE #SurvivorRows
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">TRUNCATE TABLE mit PARTITION Option (2016++)</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Seit SQL Server 2016 (jede Edition) ist es möglich, Partitionen oder Bereiche von Partitionen bei TRUNCATE TABLE zu spezifizieren</p>


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-- Truncate specific partitions
	TRUNCATE TABLE MyPartitionedTable 
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		,rows 
	FROM
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	WHERE 
		OBJECT_NAME(OBJECT_ID) = &#039;MyPartitionedTable&#039;
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">TRUNCATE TABLE ist immer eine Transaktion&#8230;</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8230;. und muss beim RESTORE berücksichtigt werden. Carsten hat das ganze sehr schön in seiner Publikation illustriert. Ich beschreibe es nur, das muss an dieser Stelle reichen <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f61d.png" alt="😝" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Obwohl wir nur <strong>TRUNCATE TABLE</strong> schreiben, verwendet SQL Server trotzdem <strong>BEGIN</strong> und <strong>COMMIT TRANSACTION</strong>, was natürlich im TLog aufgezeichnet wird. Entsprechend bleiben bei einer POINT IN TIME RECOVERY die Daten in der Tabelle verfügbar, bis das TLog mit der entsprechenden TRANSACTION wiederhergestellt wird, oder die Zeit der TRUNCATE TABLE Transaktion überschritten wurde.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Transaction Log File Daten kontinuierlich lesen mit fn_dblog und fn_dump_dblog</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Vedran schrieb in einem seiner Posts, dass es eine undokumentierte Funktion gibt, wo du Log-Records zur Laufzeit lesen kannst. Es gibt auch einen sehr coolen Artikel dazu auf sqlshack.com</p>



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https://www.sqlshack.com/how-to-continuously-read-transaction-log-file-data-directly-in-a-sql-server-database-with-fn_dblog-and-fn_dump_dblog/


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Fazit zu TRUNCATE TABLE</h2>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kommen wir zu meinem eingangs erwähnten Punkt, dass all diese SQL Server Tipps von randoms hinterfragt werden sollten. Denn die Aussage, dass <strong>TRUNCATE TABLE nicht rollback-sicher</strong> ist, ist schlichtweg falsch. Der Weg zu dieser Erkenntnis war für mich lang, eingeleitet durch die Unterhaltung zwischen Vedran und Carsten. Ich habe wirklich viel links und rechts dazugelernt, was ich auch hier nochmal für die Nachwelt festhalten wollte.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Am Ende ist es egal, ob TRUNCATE TABLE <strong>DDL</strong> oder <strong>DML</strong> ist. Im allgemeinen SQL Server Standard wird es beispielsweise als DML beschrieben, die meisten RDBMSs im Dialekt mit DDL. Wir einigen uns einfach auf <strong>DDL</strong> und gut ist. Viel spannender ist, was unter der Haube beim TRUNCATE TABLE Befehl passiert.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Bester Kommentar von Vedran <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f923.png" alt="🤣" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></strong></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Links aus dem Text</h2>


https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/statements?view=sql-server-ver17#data-definition-language

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/truncate-table-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver17

https://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/03/04/sql-server-rollback-truncate-command-in-transaction/

https://www.sqlshack.com/the-internals-of-sql-truncate-and-sql-delete-statements/

https://www.sqlshack.com/how-to-continuously-read-transaction-log-file-data-directly-in-a-sql-server-database-with-fn_dblog-and-fn_dump_dblog/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncate_(SQL)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/pages-and-extents-architecture-guide?view=sql-server-ver17


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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In sql server, truncate can be rolled back (if encapsulated within transaction). It is a logged operation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With DELETE we can specify the WHERE clause and some or all rows can be removed. All deleted rows are logged with BEFORE IMAGE/the data values. With TRUNCATE we can delete all rows or only the rows in one or more partitions, if we have a partition table. The only information logged is the pageid. The physical removing/releasing to unused pages happens in a background task after COMMIT. No data is stored in the log, so less and faster! And it is not possible to restore to point in time because no data is logged. The pageid in the log can already have being &#8218;released&#8216; to unused pages and therefore already used to data from another object &#8211; table/index. Before COMMIT the pages is still allocated to the table and still with data. If no explicit transaction is specified the transaction is already committed!</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8222;No data is stored in the log&#8220; and &#8222;not possible to restore to point in time&#8220; is both incorrect for TRUNCATE. The difference is, truncate logs only deallocation of pages, which is multiple orders of magnitude less (basically insignifficant) compared to DELETE which logs data that is deleted. That is why truncate is &#8222;instant&#8220;. If you delete eg. 10GB of data, you wait for 10GB to be written to transaction log, which takes time. Truncate logs maybe 1KB for deallocation info, which is instant. If you do not want to delete all rows, you can still use TRUNCATE by storing survivor rows aside before truncating, and inserting them back after truncate. Even better, you can use SWITCH into some dummy table (even with not-partitioned tables) to remove rows quickly, and then insert survivor rows back from that dummy into original table. That is the fastest way to delete when a smaller percent of rows needs to survive.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Obvious difference is that truncate removes all rows from table (&#8222;truncate table&#8220;) or from partition(s), when using &#8222;trancate table xy with partitions (&#8230;)&#8220;. You cannot choose which rows to delete, they all are gone. With delete you can have a WHERE clause to choose which rows to delete. Delete is more appropriate if you need to delete a small percentage of table rows (or partition rows).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Truncate is a metadata operation, requires a different lock (SCH_M, schema modification lock). If also has some restrictins regarding foreign keys etc. Check the documentation for the list of limitations: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/truncate-table-transact-sql</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is not an argument to call TRUNCATE a DDL statement because a certain lock is used! When statements are categorized, it must be based on what happens and not how a given database system solves the task. Data is deleted, the structure is preserved and only some data may be deleted. When one or more partitions are deleted, the condition is also well-known, but just limited. In previous versions of database systems &#8211; and perhaps still &#8211; a TRUNCATE was performed by a DROP TABLE + CREATE TABLE. Hence DDL rights. It just shows that it is problematic to categorize based on how it is performed and not based on what actually happens. If we look at the documentation for SQL Server, it is not mentioned that TRUNCATE is a DDL. We may have to recognize that a previous error categorization should not continue to call TRUNCATE a DDL, but recognize that it is a DML. We will also be free from erroneous claims about only deleting all rows, that space is not released, that the transaction cannot be rolled back, &#8230;. A DELETE operation without a user-defined transaction cannot be rolled back either! But DELETE is DML and not DDL. TRUNCATE is &#8218;created&#8216; for having af fast way of deleting rows, and extended for only deleting some of the rows &#8211; DML!!!</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">No, the SCH-M lock (the &#8222;king of all locks&#8220;) is not the sole reason why TRUNCATE is DDL. DML writes data (rows in user tables), while DDL writes metadata (rows in system tables, data that describes other/user objects). Truncate happens to write metadata (system tables) and thus is classified as DDL. See the doc: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/sql/sql-server-2012/ff848799(v=sql.110)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Can you tell which data is written to the system tables that is not written when removing rows by DELETE? The only additional information is, that with TRUNCATE of all rows without specifying partitions is, that the &#8218;identity&#8216; is reset to the initial values. Removing some or all rows with specifying partitions, this value is not reset to the initial value. Empty page are handled in the same way as empty page after DELETE! All indexes are preserved, the table definition is NOT changed, &#8230;.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Better than that &#8211; you can see for yourself! The exact difference and details are present in transaction log records after you do TRUNCATE and compare that to log records that DELETE generates. Use fn_dblog() function, but only on the test system because it is undocumented and might have an impact.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Or you are trying to say that Microsoft is wrong in documentation? If so, report it to MS so doc can be fixed. But in this case there is nothing to fix.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Or you are trying to argue with SQL Certified Master about SQL? Good luck Mr <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I say that MS is right in the documentations because they are not telling that TRUNCATE is as DDL, because they know that TRUNCATE is a DML!. Of course there is less in the log &#8211; it is the idea wit TRUNCATE!!!!!!!! Just te functionality and te reason for implementing TRUNCATE as an alternative to DELETE. But the log is NOT the system tables!!!!! So please tell which system tables are updated as they are updated when CRAETE, ALTER and DROP but NOT updated when INSERT, DELETE or UPDATE.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Vedran Kesegic</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">TRUNCATE modifies internal system tables sys.sysallocunits and sys.sysrowsets. DELETE modifies indexes and stats &#8211; see attached pictures. You could do that yourself using fn_dblog as instructed, but I did that for you so you don&#8217;t have to. If you want to know more about deep SQL Server internals you can attend one of my trainings, or trainings of other SQL Masters like Brent Ozar, Paul Randal (sqlskills), etc.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Carsten Saastamoinen-Jakobsen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Of course they are modified as INSERT DELETE and UPDATE modify this informations. But INSERT, DELETE and UPDATE are still only DML and not DDL. And I am not impressed of your job by showing me this information. If you was showing the same for the other DML statements it would be fine. So maybe you should modify your course material and also shows the same for the other DML statements!!!!</p>
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