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SQL Server CPU usage available in sys.dm_os_ring_buffers DMV starting SQL Server 2019 RC on Linux

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Tejas Shah
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Aug 27, 2019
Sys.dm_os_ring_buffers DMV has been a key DMV used for monitoring SQL Server by built-in tools as well as third party monitoring utilities. When SQL Server 2017 was released on Linux, unfortunately t...
Updated Sep 04, 2019
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jeff_yao
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Sep 25, 2024

I believe the most accurate monitoring is from OS level performance counter. In my case, I use Counter Instance "\Porcess(_total)\% Processor Time" for the whole CPU while instance "\Porcess(sqlservr)\% Processor Time" for sql server process