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Our free First Responder Kit (zip) is packed with scripts, worksheets, and checklists like:

  • sp_Blitz, sp_BlitzIndex, sp_BlitzCache – free health check scripts
  • White papers – on Availability Groups, Google Compute Engine, disaster recovery in the cloud, and more
  • Worksheets and e-books – like our SQL Server Setup Checklist and the HA/DR Worksheet

It’s totally free because we’ve been there too. We’re database administrators and developers who know how hard it is to keep SQL Server fast and reliable, and we want to make your job easier. Later, if you need consulting for tough pains that have you stumped, we hope you’ll remember us and stop by.

Instructions

Also known as the fine manual that you probably won’t read at first. You’ll regret that later. It’s okay. We’re the same way.

Health Check: sp_Blitz

Is my SQL Server healthy, or sick?

Speed Check: sp_BlitzFirst

Why is my SQL Server slow right now?

Query Check: sp_BlitzCache

Which queries have been using the most resources?

Index Check: sp_BlitzIndex

Are my indexes designed for speed?

Vital Stats: Power BI

Graph server and query performance over time.

Cloud Restores: sp_AllNightLog

How can I use the cloud for disaster recovery?

Query Trending: sp_BlitzQueryStore

How has my query plan changed over time?

Who's Doing What: sp_BlitzWho

Who’s running what queries right now?

Recent First Responder Kit Changes

How to Get Live Query Plans with sp_BlitzWho

Brent Ozar
sp_BlitzWho is our open source replacement for sp_who and sp_who2. It has all kinds of really neat-o outputs like how many degrees of parallelism the query is using, how much memory it’s been granted, how long it’s been waiting for memory grants, and much more. If you’re on SQL Server 2016 SP1 or newer, it…
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First Responder Kit Release: Precon Precogs

Erik Darling
This release comes to you from a hotel room in Chicago: The land of fiscal insolvency and one shooting per hour. It’s pretty nice, otherwise. This release is to get the pre-precon important stuff in. As much as I’d like to push all the recent contributions through, between travel, speaking, and uh… what do the…
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How to Log Wait Stats to Table with sp_BlitzFirst

Brent Ozar
When you’re analyzing SQL Server performance, one of the best places to start is wait stats. What’s your SQL Server waiting on? sp_BlitzFirst makes it really easy to trend this data over time for free with all currently supported versions of SQL Server (2008+). Just set up an Agent job to run this every 15 minutes:…
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How to Do a Free SQL Server Performance Check

Brent Ozar
Your client or boss just said, “Find out why this SQL Server is slow.” You’ve already done a free SQL Server health check, and now you wanna investigate deeper. Step 1: Download & run sp_BlitzFirst. Start with wait stats, which tell you what the SQL Server has been waiting on since the service was last…
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How to Do a Free SQL Server Health Check

Brent Ozar
Your boss or client came to you and said, “Give me a quick health check on this SQL Server.” Step 1: Download & run sp_Blitz. Go to our download page and get our First Responder Kit. There’s a bunch of scripts and white papers in there, but the one to start with is sp_Blitz.sql. Open…
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Getting Help with a Slow Server

Tara Kizer
StackExchange users often ask, “Why is my server slow?” Here’s a few tips to get better, faster answers. Server information You may have already included server information in your question, but it may not be sufficient. Run sp_Blitz to output a lot of server information fast. Transact-SQL EXEC sp_Blitz @OutputType = ‘markdown’, @CheckServerInfo = 1 1…
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First Responder Kit Release: Fully Hand Automated

Erik Darling
Did you know there are more issues closed in this FRK than there are planets in this solar system? Special thanks to Pluto for making that statement possible, and all the other planets that didn’t form. Also thanks to @mches for making the FIRST EVER contribution to sp_foreachdb, and @rabryst for hooking us up with some Linux Love in…
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First Responder Kit Release: Yukon Ho!

Erik Darling
We’re going to Alaska this month, so try not to find any bugs, okay? To celebrate, I’m channeling childhood nostalgia, and quoting a verse from one of my many Taco-Bell-dripping-stained Calvin and Hobbes tomes. We’ll never have to clean a plate, Of veggie goops and goos Messily we’ll masticate, Using any fork we choose! When…
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