Determining System and Server Information

General system and server information is available on the General page of the Server Properties dialog box (see Figure 6-1). The information on the General page helps you determine the following:

  • SQL Server edition

  • Operating system version

  • SQL Server version

  • Platform and chip architecture

  • Default language

  • Amount of RAM installed on the system

  • Number of CPUs

  • Root directory location for the selected instance

  • Default server collation

You also can obtain similar information using the extended stored procedure xp_msver. Execute the following command:

exec xp_msver "ProductName", "ProductVersion", "Language", "Platform", 
"WindowsVersion", "PhysicalMemory", "ProcessorCount"

Tip

Tip

You can use Query view to execute the command shown. Basic techniques for using this utility are covered in the section titled "Configuring SQL Server with Stored Procedures" in Chapter 4.

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