As mentioned in the introduction, the SharePoint 2010 logging database is a major enhancement to monitoring, debugging, and protecting the health of the farm.
By default, the database is called WSS_Logging. This database should be the starting point for administrators to collect and analyze information.
In this recipe, we will access the database and run a view (that already is installed) against it.
You must have farm-level administrative permissions to the Central Administration site. You must have read and execute permissions as well to the WSS_Logging database in order to open and execute views.
1. Open up SQL Server Management Studio.
2. When asked for authentication, log in to the correct instance where SharePoint is running using your windows authentication credentials. If SQL authentication is the preferred method of connecting, use the appropriate User ID/Password.
3. Navigate to the
WSS_Loggingdatabase and...
