
This option is used for the collection sets that upload data in cached mode The Cache directory is the directory where data is collected locally before uploading into the MDW. Select the DataCapture database created earlier. If you run the Set up data collection option without creating the MDW first, there will be no databases in the drop-down list, you will not be able to create a new one in this wizard and configure data collecting

In the second run, you configure the SQL Server instance for data collecting. Note that this sequence of actions and selecting the same option again is necessary. This time, select the Set up data collection option

Make sure SQL Server Agent is running.There are several features you should set up and/or enable: SQL Server Agent, Management Data Warehouse, and Data Collection SQL Server Integration Services must be installed How to set up Data Collector to monitor performanceĭata Collector is supported only in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and higher, in the Enterprise, Standard, Business Intelligence, and Web editions. In this part, we will give detailed steps to provide all necessary pre-requests and set up Data Collector We showed what data is collected and described the mechanisms used to collect, store, and purge the saved records. In the previous part of this article, we described SQL Server Data Collector, its features, and pre-defined collection sets.
