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Sql Server - how to get last server restart (DMV reset date/time)

I'm using some modifications to Glenn Berry's excellent DMV queries!

However, I would like to add to the resultset the 'last server restart', or to be more specific, the date/time the statistics for (all, the specific) DMV was reset.

Since it would be quite important to know last reset when looking at the statistics, I want to make absolutely sure the date/time is accurate and shown.

Question: How can you get the most accurate date/time of when a/all DMV statistic was reset?

Thanks! -D

Solution

  • Using a prior question (different key words), I ended up using this approach. As always, up to the individual what would be 'best' for them!

    SELECT create_date FROM sys.databases WHERE name = 'tempdb'

    source: Find out how long the sql server service has been running, from t-sql