This script is not 100% my own (although I can't remember where I got it from) but I have found it to be extremely useful in identiying databases that may require different autogrowth properties.
To get it working you need to have an Email server that the procedure dbo.sp_send_dbmail can use to send the results.
The parameter @DL is a semicolon separated list of recipients that will receive the Email.
Everything else is automated and doesn't need any further alteration.
DECLARE @filename NVARCHAR(1000);
DECLARE @bc INT;
DECLARE @ec INT;
DECLARE @bfn VARCHAR(1000);
DECLARE @efn VARCHAR(10);
DECLARE @DL VARCHAR(1000); -- email distribution list
DECLARE @ReportHTML NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE @Subject NVARCHAR (250);
-- Set email distrubution list value
SET @DL = 'test@mymail.com' -- Change these to the recipients you wish to get the email separated by a semi-colon
-- Get the name of the current default trace
SELECT @filename = CAST(value AS NVARCHAR(1000))
FROM ::fn_trace_getinfo(DEFAULT)
WHERE traceid = 1 AND property = 2;
-- rip apart file name into pieces
SET @filename = REVERSE(@filename);
SET @bc = CHARINDEX('.',@filename);
SET @ec = CHARINDEX('_',@filename)+1;
SET @efn = REVERSE(SUBSTRING(@filename,1,@bc));
SET @bfn = REVERSE(SUBSTRING(@filename,@ec,LEN(@filename)));
-- set filename without rollover number
SET @filename = @bfn + @efn
-- Any Events Occur in the last day
IF EXISTS (SELECT *
FROM ::fn_trace_gettable(@filename, DEFAULT) AS ftg
WHERE (EventClass = 92 -- Date File Auto-grow
OR EventClass = 93) -- Log File Auto-grow
AND StartTime > DATEADD(dy,-1,GETDATE()))
BEGIN -- If there are autogrows in the last day
SET @ReportHTML =
N'<H1>' + N'Auto-grow Events for ' +
CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('MachineName') AS NVARCHAR(128)) +
+ CASE WHEN SERVERPROPERTY('InstanceName') IS NULL
THEN ''
ELSE N'\' + CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('InstanceName') AS NVARCHAR(128))
END +
N'</H1>' +
N'<table border="1">' +
N'<tr><th>Start Time</th><th>Event Name</th>' +
N'<th>Database Name</th><th>File Name</th><th>Growth in MB</th>' +
N'<th>Duration in MS</th></tr>' +
CAST((SELECT
td = ftg.StartTime, '',
td = te.name, '',
td = DB_NAME(ftg.databaseid), '',
td = Filename, '',
td =(ftg.IntegerData*8)/1024.0, '',
td = (ftg.duration/1000)
FROM ::fn_trace_gettable(@filename, DEFAULT) AS ftg
INNER JOIN sys.trace_events AS te ON ftg.EventClass = te.trace_event_id
WHERE (EventClass = 92 -- Date File Auto-grow
OR EventClass = 93) -- Log File Auto-grow
AND StartTime > DATEADD(dy,-1,GETDATE()) -- Less than 1 day ago
ORDER BY StartTime
FOR XML PATH('tr'), TYPE
) AS NVARCHAR(MAX) ) +
N'</table>' ;
-- Build the subject line with server and instance name
SET @Subject = 'Auto-grow Events in Last Day ' +
CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('MachineName') AS NVARCHAR(128)) +
+ CASE WHEN SERVERPROPERTY('InstanceName') IS NULL
THEN ''
ELSE N'\' + CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('InstanceName') AS NVARCHAR(128))
END
-- Send email to distribution list.
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail @recipients=@DL,
@subject = @Subject,
@body = @ReportHTML,
@body_format = 'HTML',
@profile_name='SendMail' ; -- Change this to your profile name
END; -- If there are autogrows in the last day 
Set minimal autogrow values for datafiles and logfiles depending on the file size, thresholds for all databases
2016-01-07 (first published: 2015-06-08)
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