Specifications

90 CHAPTER 5 Consolidation and Monitoring
The three main dashboards for monitoring and managing resource utilization and consoli-
dation efforts are discussed in the next sections. These dashboards and viewpoints are
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The SQL Server Utility dashboard.
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The Managed Instance viewpoint.
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The Data-Tier Applications viewpoint.
Using the SQL Server Utility Dashboard
The SQL Server Utility dashboard is the starting place for obtaining summary information
about managed instances of SQL Server and deployed data-tier applications in the SQL Server
Utility. The summary of the data, as illustrated in Figure 5-6, is sectioned into nine parts and
can be viewed in the Utility Explorer Content pane by clicking a Utility Control Point, which is
the top node in the Utility Explorer tree.
FIGURE 5-6 The SQL Server Utility dashboard