How can you identify if a database server is running properly?

How do you know if a database is healthy?

You have to monitor lots of performance counters, as well as other information like wait and file stats from inside SQL to really get a good server "health check". If by a health check, you mean checking the consistency of the database. Then you would need to run a DBCC CHECKDB against the database.

How do you check database performance?

To check SQL Server memory setting,1Start SQL Server Management Studio.2Right-click on your database instance and select “Properties”.3Click on “Memory” table in the “Server Properties” pop-up window.4Check the memory settings.Debugging SQL Server Performance - Jama Software

How do you check what is running in SQL Server?

You can view this by Right Clicking on Instance Name in SQL Server Management Studio and selecting “Activity Monitor”. Activity monitor tells you what the current and recent activities are in your SQL Server Instance.

How can I tell if a SQL Server service is running?

In SQL Server Configuration Manager, in the left pane, select SQL Server Services. In the results pane, right-click SQL Server Browser, or SQL Server Agent (MSSQLServer) or SQL Server Agent (<instance_name>) for a named instance, and then select Start, Stop, Pause, Resume, or Restart.