SQL Server Space Data And Log File Growth Auto-Grow History TSQL

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With is really simple post today, I wanted to show you how to see the space growth history in SQL Server. Please check out my related post on how to do space analysis with PowerBI and PowerShell .

How to get auto-grow events history

There is the easy UI method and the custom query method. Basically, we want something like this produced by the “Method 1” report below.

Method 1 Disk Usage Report:

The easiest way is to use the built-in SSMS report.

Right click on the database Report Disk usage Expand “Data/Log Files Autogrow Shrink Events” Method 2 TSQL Query:

This is a method that you can use if you want programmatic data capture. I just did a trace to get the SQL from what SSMS issued under the covers (ripped off from MS! ;-)).

Query 1- Overall space summary (shown at the top of the report) begin try declare @dbsize bigint declare @logsize bigint declare @database_size_mb float declare @unallocated_space_mb float declare @reserved_mb float declare @data_mb float declare @log_size_mb float declare @index_mb float declare @unused_mb float declare @reservedpages bigint declare @pages bigint declare @usedpages bigint select @dbsize = sum(convert(bigint,case when status & 64 = 0 then size else 0 end)) ,@logsize = sum(convert(bigint,case when status & 64 != 0 then size else 0 end)) from dbo.sysfiles select @reservedpages = sum(a.total_pages) ,@usedpages = sum(a.used_pages) ,@pages = sum(CASE WHEN it.internal_type IN (202,204) THEN 0 WHEN a.type != 1 THEN a.used_pages WHEN p.index_id = @reservedpages then (convert (dec (19,2),@dbsize) - convert (dec (19,2),@reservedpages)) * 8192 / 1048576.0 else 0 end) select @reserved_mb = @reservedpages * 8192 / 1048576.0 select @data_mb = @pages * 8192 / 1048576.0 select @log_size_mb = convert(dec(19,2),@logsize) * 8192 / 1048576.0 select @index_mb = (@usedpages - @pages) * 8192 / 1048576.0 select @unused_mb = (@reservedpages - @usedpages) * 8192 / 1048576.0 select @database_size_mb as 'database_size_mb' , @reserved_mb as 'reserved_mb' , @unallocated_space_mb as 'unallocated_space_mb' , (@reserved_mb + @unallocated_space_mb) as 'data_size' , @log_size_mb as 'transaction_log_size' , cast(@unallocated_space_mb*100.0/(@reserved_mb + @unallocated_space_mb) as decimal(10,2))as 'unallocated' , cast(@reserved_mb*100/(@reserved_mb + @unallocated_space_mb) as decimal(10,2))as 'reserved' , cast(@data_mb*100/(@reserved_mb + @unallocated_space_mb) as decimal(10,2))as 'data' , cast(@index_mb*100/(@reserved_mb + @unallocated_space_mb) as decimal(10,2)) as 'index_1' , cast(@unused_mb*100/(@reserved_mb + @unallocated_space_mb) as decimal(10,2))as 'unused'; end try begin catch select 1 as database_size_mb , ERROR_NUMBER() as reserved_mb , ERROR_SEVERITY() as unallocated_space_mb , ERROR_STATE() as data_size , 1 as transaction_log_size , ERROR_MESSAGE() as unallocated , -100 as reserved , 1 as data , 1 as index_1 , 1 as unused end catch Query 2 Auto-growth events shown at the bottom of the image

As you can see the data comes from reading the default trace file using the functionfn_trace_gettable and filtering it for EventClasses between 92 and 95 that correspond to auto-growth!

begin try if (select convert(int,value_in_use) from sys.configurations where name = 'default trace enabled' ) = 1 begin declare @curr_tracefilename varchar(500) ; declare @base_tracefilename varchar(500) ; declare @indx int ; select @curr_tracefilename = path from sys.traces where is_default = 1 ; set @curr_tracefilename = reverse(@curr_tracefilename); select @indx = patindex('%\%', @curr_tracefilename) ; set @curr_tracefilename = reverse(@curr_tracefilename) ; set @base_tracefilename = left( @curr_tracefilename,len(@curr_tracefilename) - @indx) + '\log.trc' ; select (dense_rank() over (order by StartTime desc))%2 as l1 , convert(int, EventClass) as EventClass , DatabaseName , Filename , (Duration/1000) as Duration , StartTime , EndTime , (IntegerData*8.0/1024) as ChangeInSize from ::fn_trace_gettable( @base_tracefilename, default ) left outer join sys.databases as d on (d.name = DB_NAME()) where EventClass >= 92 and EventClass <= 95 and ServerName = @@servername and DatabaseName = db_name() and (d.create_date < EndTime) order by StartTime desc ; end else select -1 as l1, 0 as EventClass, 0 DatabaseName, 0 as Filename, 0 as Duration, 0 as StartTime, 0 as EndTime,0 as ChangeInSize end try begin catch select -100 as l1 , ERROR_NUMBER() as EventClass , ERROR_SEVERITY() DatabaseName , ERROR_STATE() as Filename , ERROR_MESSAGE() as Duration , 1 as StartTime, 1 as EndTime,1 as ChangeInSize end catch Below is a screenshot of the TSQL query results. Event class 93 corresponds to Log file auto-growth and 92 for Data file.

I know that was a really quick post but I hope that you find it useful.