Collect the Connectivity Ring Buffer

Collect the Connectivity Ring Buffer

The connectivity ring buffer is a feature of SQL Server that keeps a history of login events.

This is the simple form of the query:

select * from sys.dm_os_ring_buffers
where ring_buffer_type='RING_BUFFER_CONNECTIVITY'

This longer form extracts XML elements into separate columns for easier readability and analysis:

;WITH RingBufferConnectivity as
(   SELECT
        records.record.value('(/Record/@id)[1]', 'int') AS [RecordID],
        records.record.value('(/Record/ConnectivityTraceRecord/RecordType)[1]', 'varchar(max)') AS [RecordType],
        records.record.value('(/Record/ConnectivityTraceRecord/RecordTime)[1]', 'datetime') AS [RecordTime],
        records.record.value('(/Record/ConnectivityTraceRecord/SniConsumerError)[1]', 'int') AS [Error],
        records.record.value('(/Record/ConnectivityTraceRecord/State)[1]', 'int') AS [State],
        records.record.value('(/Record/ConnectivityTraceRecord/Spid)[1]', 'int') AS [Spid],
        records.record.value('(/Record/ConnectivityTraceRecord/RemoteHost)[1]', 'varchar(max)') AS [RemoteHost],
        records.record.value('(/Record/ConnectivityTraceRecord/RemotePort)[1]', 'varchar(max)') AS [RemotePort],
        records.record.value('(/Record/ConnectivityTraceRecord/LocalHost)[1]', 'varchar(max)') AS [LocalHost],
		record_data
    FROM
    (   SELECT CAST(record as xml) AS record_data
        FROM sys.dm_os_ring_buffers
        WHERE ring_buffer_type= 'RING_BUFFER_CONNECTIVITY'
    ) TabA
    CROSS APPLY record_data.nodes('//Record') AS records (record)
)
SELECT RBC.*, m.text
FROM RingBufferConnectivity RBC
LEFT JOIN sys.messages M ON
    RBC.Error = M.message_id AND M.language_id = 1033
-- WHERE RBC.RecordType='Error' --Comment Out to see all RecordTypes
ORDER BY RBC.RecordTime DESC;

Run in SQL Server Management Studio and copy the results into Excel.