Specifications

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3. On the Utility Explorer toolbar, click the Connect To Utility icon.
4. In the Connect To Server dialog box, specify a UCP instance, and then click Connect.
5. After you are connected, you can deploy data-tier applications, manage instances, and
congure global settings.
NOTE It is not possible to connect to more than one UCP at the same time. Therefore,
before attempting to connect to an additional UCP, click the Disconnect From Utility icon
on the Utility Explorer toolbar to disconnect from the currently connected UCP.
The Policy Tab
You use the Policy tab to view or modify global monitoring settings. Changes on this tab are
effective across the SQL Server Utility. You can view the Policy tab by connecting to a UCP
through Utility Explorer and then selecting Utility Administration. Select the Policy tab in the
Utility Explorer Content pane. Policies are broken down into three sections: Global Policies For
Data-Tier Applications, Global Policies For Managed Instances, and Volatile Resource Policy
Evaluation. To expand the list of values for these options, click the arrow next to the policy
name or click the policy title.
Global Policies For Data-Tier Applications
Use the rst section on the Policy tab, Global Polices For Data-Tier Applications, to view or
congure global utilization policies for data-tier applications. You can set underutilization or
overutilization policy thresholds for data-tier applications by specifying a percentage in the
controls on the right side of each policy description. For example, it is possible to congure
underutilized and overutilized settings for CPU utilization and le space utilization for data
les and logs. Click the Apply button to save changes, or click the Discard or Restore Default
buttons as needed. By default, the overutilized threshold is 70 percent, and the underutilized
threshold is 0 percent.
Global Policies For Managed Instances
Global Policies For Managed Instances is the next section on the Policy tab. Here you can set
global SQL Server managed instance application monitoring policies for the SQL Server Util-
ity. As illustrated in Figure 2-6, you can set underutilization and overutilization thresholds to
manage numerous issues, including processor capacity, le space, and storage volume space.