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DBA Toolkit from the Cloud

I've previously blogged about a DBA toolkit on a USB stick. Now you can get the Sysinternals tools from the cloud. Just browse to http://live.sysinternals.com/ and click on the tool you need. It doesn't install, it just runs. Below is a screen capture of Process Monitor running from the the Sysinternals web page where Procmon.exe was clicked.

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Alternatively, you can run tools from a command prompt using syntax following this pattern:

C:\Windows\system32>\\live.sysinternals.com\tools\procmon

If you are running Vista with UAC enabled, you should run your command prompt as administrator because you'll get your results much faster. Running from a non-privileged command prompt is noticeably slower.

Published Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:59 PM by John Paul Cook

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Gennadi Gretchkosiy said:

Hmm... How about to put all of them in one ZIP file?

June 12, 2008 1:54 AM
 

John Paul Cook said:

Putting the files into a zip file isn't the point. That has always been an option. The idea here is of software as an internet delivered service. If you put the tools in a zip file, you have to transport the zip file and have it with you. Sure, you could have your tools on a USB memory stick, but you'd be tied to the memory stick. With software as a cloud delivered service, all you need is connectivity to have tools on demand.

June 12, 2008 8:13 AM
 

mjswart said:

This is very good news.

It's also a very timely post. I linked to this particular post today.

http://dbwhisperer.blogspot.com/2008/06/identifying-high-cpu-sql-processes.html

June 12, 2008 9:40 AM
 

Denis Gobo said:

>>Hmm... How about to put all of them in one ZIP file?

This is available, here is the direct link http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/SysinternalsSuite.zip

I wrote about this a while back here

http://sqlservercode.blogspot.com/2007/02/sysinternals-troubleshooting-utilities.html

And all the pstools accept "-accepteula" as an argument....

June 12, 2008 9:45 AM

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About John Paul Cook

John Paul Cook is both a Registered Nurse and a Microsoft SQL Server MVP experienced in Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle database application design, development, and implementation. He has spoken at many conferences including Microsoft TechEd and the SQL PASS Summit. He has worked in oil and gas, financial, manufacturing, and healthcare industries. Experienced in systems integration and workflow analysis, John is passionate about combining his IT experience with his nursing background to solve difficult problems in healthcare. He sees opportunities in using business intelligence to satisfy healthcare meaningful use requirements and improve patient outcomes. Contributing author to SQL Server MVP Deep Dives and SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Volume 2.

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