Find User or IP which changed config in SQL Server

  • In the errorlog I can see the config e.g : clr enabled has been changed from 0 to 1.

    How to check who made\ which IP made that change?

  • It should be in the default trace, if it didn't happen too long ago (default trace keeps a limited amount of events)

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • I was able to find the information from Standard reports\Configuration Change history in sql server 2012.

  • PJ_SQL (8/13/2016)


    I was able to find the information from Standard reports\Configuration Change history in sql server 2012.

    So, from the default trace. Good.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • It was from SQL Server Reports.

  • PJ_SQL (8/13/2016)


    It was from SQL Server Reports.

    And the one you used draws its data from the default trace. (the others query default trace, DMVs or system tables depending on the report)

    The point being that there's no where other than the default trace where the info you want is recorded, unless you have custom monitoring.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

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