From 8a2e7cc4370e156865f81ce59c79137777de7b45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sqlworldwide Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 11:28:31 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update use-the-system-health-session.md The system_health Extended Events session keeps ten files with a maximum size of 100 MB. You can confirm this by looking at GUI properties or scripting the definition. ADD TARGET package0.event_file(SET filename=N'system_health.xel',max_file_size=(100),max_rollover_files=(10)), --- .../extended-events/use-the-system-health-session.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/relational-databases/extended-events/use-the-system-health-session.md b/docs/relational-databases/extended-events/use-the-system-health-session.md index 37fa2237060..e10826061da 100644 --- a/docs/relational-databases/extended-events/use-the-system-health-session.md +++ b/docs/relational-databases/extended-events/use-the-system-health-session.md @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The session collects information that includes the following information: ## View the system_health session data -The session uses both the ring buffer target and event file target to store the data. The event file target is configured with a maximum size of 5 MB and a file retention policy of 4 files. +The session uses both the ring buffer target and event file target to store the data. The event file target is configured with a maximum size of 100 MB and a file retention policy of 10 files. To view the session data from the ring buffer target with the Extended Events user interface available in [!INCLUDE [ssManStudioFull](../../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)], see [Advanced Viewing of Target Data from Extended Events in SQL Server - Watch live data](../../relational-databases/extended-events/advanced-viewing-of-target-data-from-extended-events-in-sql-server.md#watch-live-data). From 689da68af03449f6b48af314cf831c0fc22db738 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: William Assaf MSFT <74387232+WilliamDAssafMSFT@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 09:02:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update use-the-system-health-session.md Hi @sqlworldwide - after reviewing the source code, this is a little more complicated. I'm going to update the PR like this, then wait for some engineering confirmation. --- .../extended-events/use-the-system-health-session.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/relational-databases/extended-events/use-the-system-health-session.md b/docs/relational-databases/extended-events/use-the-system-health-session.md index e10826061da..7adbbead0b3 100644 --- a/docs/relational-databases/extended-events/use-the-system-health-session.md +++ b/docs/relational-databases/extended-events/use-the-system-health-session.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: The system_health Extended Events session is included with SQL Serv author: WilliamDAssafMSFT ms.author: wiassaf ms.reviewer: randolphwest -ms.date: 10/22/2023 +ms.date: 09/05/2024 ms.service: sql ms.subservice: xevents ms.topic: tutorial @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The session collects information that includes the following information: ## View the system_health session data -The session uses both the ring buffer target and event file target to store the data. The event file target is configured with a maximum size of 100 MB and a file retention policy of 10 files. +The session uses both the ring buffer target and event file target to store the data. The event file target is configured with a maximum size of 5 MB and a file retention policy of 4 files. In SQL Server Standard or Enterprise editions, the event file target has increased limits: a maximum size of 100 MB and a file retention policy of 10 files. To view the session data from the ring buffer target with the Extended Events user interface available in [!INCLUDE [ssManStudioFull](../../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)], see [Advanced Viewing of Target Data from Extended Events in SQL Server - Watch live data](../../relational-databases/extended-events/advanced-viewing-of-target-data-from-extended-events-in-sql-server.md#watch-live-data).