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UPDATE 2014/02/01: Script is now version 1.2 to accommodate CS collations

Happy new year, everyone! With this post, I will be sharing a script I wrote to examine how many files you have for an instance, where they are, how big they are, and how full they are. It will also help you to reclaim some space, if that’s your goal. The script outputs 1 row per file.

DISCLAIMER: I am not advocating you shrink the free space out of your files.  Generally, having free space is a good thing.  Also, there are negative consequences of doing a file-shrink.

My advice

• Disable auto-shrink!
• Don’t use this, or any other mechanism, to otherwise routinely shrink files.
• Use it as the far exception, not the rule.
• Try to plan ahead, size your files, your drives, etc.
• Understand the side-effects of shrinking a file!
  • This script will help give you information which will help you make a better decision.
  • There may be non-technical factors that influence  your decision on what to shrink or not shrink.
• Sometimes life happens… you may find that, in full awareness of the consequences, shrinking a file is the best option.

Perhaps I will blog about the effects of a fileshrink in a future post… Otherwise, there are many, many other posts on the matter.  A quick web-search will get you started.  I recommend Brent Ozar’s or Paul Randal’s, in particular.  Bottom line: it’s really bad for performance; don’t do it unless you understand the costs and they are outweighed by the benefits.  You’re the professional, and you’ll have to make that call, ultimately.

And that’s all I will say about that.

This script can also be used to snapshot space usage and trend it over time.  There are a lot of things you probably want to remove if you’ll be doing that… but there’s a lot of useful data there.

Highlights of the Script

• Supports Filestream/FileTable, Database Snapshots
• Understands Filegroups
• Visual representation (careful, it is normalized)
• Generates convenient commands you can choose to run
• Displays VLF info
• Written for SQL 2012… works in 2008 with minor tweaks
• Converts sizes to human-readable format (but preserves raw bytes for sorting, filtering, etc)

Implementation

3 primary DMOs:

• sys.master_files
  • I prefer this DMV… contains info for all DBs in one place
  • Only way to get info for offline databases
  • tempdb shows its initial size here, not its current size
  • For user databases, I’ve seen times when this was inaccurate
• sys.database_files
  • One view for each database
  • Only way to get info for Filestream data
• sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats
  • DMF… can’t use CROSS APPLY prior to SQL 2012
  • Only way to get true size, on disk, for database snapshots (NTFS sparse file)

Credit where Credit is Due

A big thanks to Ken Simmons and Tim Ford (cited at the bottom of this post) for their blog posts on the same topic. I derived many ideas and some coding techniques from their examples.

Output Sample

Additional columns:

And finally:

The entire result set can be found here:

The Script

/*
* Author: Ryan Snee
* Version: 1.2
* Date 20140201
* URL: http://sqlsnee.com/r/spaceused
*
* With inspiration from Tim Ford and Ken Simmons
* Tim's Original Script: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1629/determine-free-space-consumed-space-and-total-space-allocated-for-sql-server-databases/
* Ken's Original Script: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1510/script-to-determine-free-space-to-support-shrinking-sql-server-database-files/
*
* License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
* License Details: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deeD.en_US
*
* LIMITATIONS
*    No support for Hekaton
*    Modifications needed to work on SQL 2008 R2
*
* Does handle:
*    Snapshots
*    Filestream
*    Filegroups
*    Offline databases (partial support)
*
* Grabs Virtual Log File count
*
***************************
** Change History
**************************
** Version		Date			Author		Description	
** -------		--------		-------		--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
** 01.0			2013/12/27		Ryan		v1 Published
** 01.1			2014/02/01		Ryan		Fixed to work in a database with a CS collation

*
*/

SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE
	@LoopSafetyBefore int,
	@LoopSafetyAfter int,
	@sql nvarchar(max),
	@dbName sysname,
	@dbID int,
	@PrintMsg varchar(100),
	@Debug bit;

Set @Debug=0;

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#DBs') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
	DROP TABLE #DBs	
END

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#FileGroup') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN	
DROP TABLE #FileGroup
END

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#TMPSPACEUSED') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN	
DROP TABLE #TMPSPACEUSED
END

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#LogInfo') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
	DROP TABLE #LogInfo
END

CREATE TABLE #TMPSPACEUSED (
	 database_id		int
	,DBNAME				sysname
	,SPACEUSED			FLOAT
	,size				bigint
	,data_space_id		int
	,FileID				int
	,[type]				tinyint
	,[type_desc]		nvarchar(60)
	,Name				sysname
	,physical_name		nvarchar(260)
	,growth				bigint
	,is_percent_growth	bit
	,[max_size]			bigint
	,is_read_only		bit
	,[VLFs]				int				NULL

);

CREATE TABLE #LogInfo(
	RecoveryUnitID int,
	FileId tinyint,
	FileSize bigint,
	StartOffset bigint,
	FSeqNo int,
	Status tinyint,
	Parity tinyint,
	CreateLSN numeric(25,0)
);

create table #DBs (id int primary key not null, dbname sysname, is_distributor bit, state tinyint, user_access tinyint, is_read_only bit, source_database_id int NULL, isDone bit default 0)
create table #FileGroup(id int identity(1,1) primary key not null, DatabaseID int not null, data_space_id int, name sysname, is_read_only bit)

INSERT INTO #DBs (id, dbname, is_distributor, state, user_access, is_read_only, source_database_id, isDone)
select sdb1.database_id, sdb1.name, sdb1.is_distributor, sdb1.state, sdb1.user_access, sdb1.is_read_only, sdb1.source_database_id, 0
	from sys.databases sdb1
	left join sys.databases sdb2
	on sdb1.source_database_id=sdb2.database_id
	where 1=1
		AND sdb1.state=0 --Online
		AND sdb1.user_access =0
		AND sdb1.source_database_id is null OR (sdb2.state=0 and sdb2.user_access=0 )

WHILE EXISTS (SELECT dbname FROM #DBs WHERE isDone=0)
BEGIN
	SET @dbName= NULL
	SET @dbID= NULL

	select @LoopSafetyBefore=count(*) FROM #DBs WHERE isDone=0;

	--Do work here
	select top 1 @dbName= dbname, @dbID=id from #DBs WHERE isDone=0 order by dbname
	set @PrintMsg='--Scanning '+quotename(@dbName,']')

	if(@Debug=1)
	RAISERROR(@PrintMsg,0,0) WITH NOWAIT

	SET @sql=nchar(9) + N'
	USE '+QUOTENAME(@dbName)+';
	INSERT INTO #FileGroup (DatabaseID, data_space_id, name, is_read_only)
	select '+cast(@dbId as nvarchar(10))+', data_space_id, name, is_read_only from '+quotename(@dbName)+'.[sys].[filegroups];

	INSERT INTO #TMPSPACEUSED ([database_id], [DBNAME], [SPACEUSED], [size], [data_space_id], [FileID], [type], [type_desc], [Name], [physical_name], [growth], [is_percent_growth], [max_size], [is_read_only])
	Select '+cast(@dbID as varchar(50))+', '''+@DBName+''' as DBName, fileproperty(Name,''SpaceUsed'') SpaceUsed, size, data_space_id, file_ID, type, type_desc, Name, physical_name, growth, is_percent_growth, [max_size], is_read_only from '+quotename(@dbName)+'.[sys].[database_files]

	TRUNCATE TABLE #LogInfo;

	insert into #LogInfo
	exec(''dbcc loginfo'');

	update t
	SET t.[VLFs]=
	(select count(*) from #LogInfo LI
	where LI.FileID=t.FileID and t.database_id='+cast(@dbID as varchar(50))+')
	FROM #TMPSPACEUSED t
	WHERE [t].[database_id]='+cast(@dbID as varchar(50))+'	
			' 

	if(@Debug=1)
	print @sql

	--Execute our statement
	exec sp_executesql @sql;			

	UPDATE TOP (1) #DBs SET isDone=1 WHERE dbname=@dbName

	select @LoopSafetyAfter =count(*) FROM #DBs WHERE isDone=0;

	if(@LoopSafetyBefore<=@LoopSafetyAfter)
	BEGIN
		RAISERROR('Probable infinite Loop in databases',11,1) WITH NOWAIT
		BREAK
	END

END

;WITH a as(
SELECT 
	 vs.volume_mount_point AS [Drive]
	,vs.total_bytes as [DriveSize]
	,cast((cast(vs.available_bytes as decimal(32,4))/(cast(vs.total_bytes as decimal(32,4))))*100 as decimal(18,2)) as [VolumePercentFree]
	,vs.available_bytes as [DriveFreeBytes]
	,DB.database_id,
	[DB].NAME AS [Database],

	[FG].name AS [FileGroup],
	coalesce([D].NAME, [MF].[Name]) AS [LogicalFileName],
    CASE [MF].[type]
		WHEN 0 THEN 'DATA'
		ELSE [MF].[type_desc]
	END AS [FileType]

	--master_files seems like inaccurate some times.  Doesn't reflect true tempdb size, but rather its initial size
	--database_files or io_virtual_file_stats seem best, in general.  For Filestream, data_files is the only way.
	--For snapshots, io_virtual_file_stats is the best way to get the true size, on disk
	--master_files is the only option if the database is offline, in single_user mode, or otherwise unavailable

	,CASE 
		WHEN [MF].[type] = 2 --FileStream
			THEN ([D].size*8192)
		WHEN DB.source_database_id is not null
			THEN iovfs.size_on_disk_bytes
		ELSE --Everything else
			coalesce(iovfs.size_on_disk_bytes,(cast([MF].[size] as bigint)*8192))
	END AS [FileSizeBytes]

	,DB.source_database_id
	,coalesce([D].[type], [MF].[type]) as [type]
	,[D].[type_desc]
	,CASE
		WHEN (DB.source_database_id IS NOT NULL) OR ([D].[type]=2) THEN cast(0 as decimal(18,2))
		ELSE CAST(([D].size-[D].spaceused)*8192 AS DECIMAL(18,2))
	END AS [SpaceFree]
	,CASE
		WHEN (DB.source_database_id IS NOT NULL) THEN cast(iovfs.size_on_disk_bytes  as decimal(18,2))
		WHEN ([MF].[type]=2) THEN ([D].size*8192)
		ELSE CAST(([D].spaceused)*8192 AS DECIMAL(18,2)) 
	END AS [SpaceUsed]

	,CASE
		WHEN (DB.source_database_id IS NOT NULL) OR ([D].[type]=2) THEN cast(0 as decimal(18,2))
		ELSE CAST(([D].size - D.SPACEUSED )*100.00/([D].size) AS decimal(9,2))
	END AS [FilePercentFree]
	,CASE 
		WHEN (DB.source_database_id IS NOT NULL) OR ([MF].[type]=2) 
			THEN 'N/A'
		WHEN coalesce([D].is_percent_growth,[MF].[is_percent_growth]) =0
			THEN CAST((coalesce([D].[growth], [MF].[growth]) *8/1024) AS VARCHAR(30))+' MB'
		WHEN coalesce([D].is_percent_growth,[MF].[is_percent_growth]) =1
			THEN CAST(coalesce([D].[growth], [MF].[growth]) AS VARCHAR(30))+'%'
	END	AS [GrowAt]

	,CASE
		WHEN DB.source_database_id IS NOT NULL --DB is a snapshot.  Per BOL, use [D].SIZE to get max snapshot size
			THEN (coalesce([D].[size], cast([MF].[size] as bigint))*8192)
		WHEN ((coalesce([D].[max_size],[MF].[max_size])=0) AND ([D].[type]<>2)) --Autogrow is disabled.  File is as big as it's going to get.
			THEN coalesce(iovfs.size_on_disk_bytes,(cast([MF].[size] as bigint)*8192))
		WHEN coalesce([D].[max_size],[MF].[max_size])=-1 --No limit
			THEN NULL
		WHEN coalesce([D].[max_size],[MF].[max_size])=268435456 --Max size possible in SQL Server
			THEN NULL
		ELSE			
			(coalesce([D].[max_size],[MF].[max_size])*8192)
	END AS [MaxSizeBytes],

	CASE
		WHEN vs.available_bytes is null --We can't even get volume info for inaccessable databases
			THEN null

		WHEN ((DB.source_database_id IS NOT NULL) and ([D].[type]<> 2) and (([D].[size]*8192) > (vs.available_bytes + iovfs.size_on_disk_bytes))) --DB is a snapshot.  Per BOL, use [D].SIZE to get max snapshot size. Here, we've over-provisioned.  Number below will be negative.
			THEN ((vs.available_bytes + iovfs.size_on_disk_bytes)-([D].[size]*8192))
		WHEN ((DB.source_database_id IS NOT NULL) and ([D].[type]<> 2) and (([D].[size]*8192) <= (vs.available_bytes + iovfs.size_on_disk_bytes))) --DB is a snapshot. Per BOL, use [D].SIZE to get max snapshot size.
			THEN (cast([D].[size] as bigint)*8192)
		WHEN (([D].[max_size]=0) AND ([D].[type]<>2)) --Autogrow is disabled.  File is as big as it's going to get.
			THEN coalesce(iovfs.size_on_disk_bytes,(cast([MF].[size] as bigint)*8192))
		WHEN (([D].[max_size])=-1 OR ([D].[max_size]=268435456)) --No limit/Max size possible in SQL Server
			THEN
				CASE
					WHEN ([D].[type]=2) --When it's a filestream file, use database_files + availble bytes on the volume
						THEN
							(vs.available_bytes + ([D].size*8192))
				ELSE
					(vs.available_bytes + coalesce(iovfs.size_on_disk_bytes,(cast([MF].[size] as bigint)*8192)))

				END
		ELSE	
			CASE
				WHEN (([D].[type]<> 2) and (([D].[max_size]*8192) > (vs.available_bytes + coalesce(iovfs.size_on_disk_bytes,(cast([MF].[size] as bigint)*8192))))) --Not Filestream and the max size > current size + freespace on the volume
					THEN (vs.available_bytes + coalesce(iovfs.size_on_disk_bytes,(cast([MF].[size] as bigint)*8192)))
				WHEN (([D].[type]=2) AND (([D].[max_size]*8192) > (vs.available_bytes + ([D].size*8192)))) --Filestream and the max size > current size + freespace on the volume
					THEN vs.available_bytes + ([D].size*8192)
				ELSE
					([D].[max_size]*8192)
				END
	END AS [EffectiveMaxBytes],
	[DB].recovery_model_desc AS [RecoveryModel],
	coalesce([D].PHYSICAL_NAME, [MF].[Physical_Name]) AS [PhysicalName],
	CASE 
		WHEN [DB].name='tempdb'					THEN	'--Don''t Shrink tempdb Online.  It is known to cause corruption.  Must start SQL in Single-User Mode.'
		WHEN [DB].name='model'					THEN	'--Don''t shrink model'
		WHEN [DB].name='master'					THEN	'--Don''t shrink master'
		WHEN [DB].name='msdb'					THEN	'--Don''t shrink msdb'
		WHEN [DB].[state]<>0					THEN	'--Database is not ''Online'''
		WHEN [DB].[is_read_only]=1				THEN	'--Database is read_only and cannot be modified'
		WHEN DB.source_database_id IS NOT NULL	THEN	'--Can''t shrink a snapshot'
		WHEN [FG].[is_read_only]=1				THEN	'--Filegroup is read-only'
		WHEN [D].[type]=2						THEN	'use '+quotename([DB].[Name])+';'+char(13)+char(10)+'CHECKPOINT;'+char(13)+char(10)+'GO'+char(13)+char(10)+'sp_filestream_force_garbage_collection  @dbname = '''+[DB].[Name]+'''  , @filename = '''+[D].[Name]+''';'
		ELSE 
			CASE
				WHEN [D].type_desc='LOG' --If it's a log file, shrink it as much as possible
					THEN 'USE ['+[DB].name+']; DBCC SHRINKFILE (N'''+[D].name+''' , 1);'
				WHEN (max(cast([D].spaceused as bigint)) OVER(PARTITION BY [FG].name, DB.database_id, [D].[type]))>=[D].size --If the biggest amount of space used (out of all the files in the filegroup) is larger than our file is, we are not going to GROW the file
					THEN '--Not going to grow our file'
				ELSE 'USE ['+[DB].name+']; DBCC SHRINKFILE (N'''+[D].name+''' , '+cast(ceiling((max(cast([D].spaceused as bigint)) OVER(PARTITION BY [FG].name, DB.database_id, [D].[type]) * 8 / 1024.0)) as nvarchar(100))+');'  --Otherwise, shrink all files in the filegroup to the greatest number of MB used (out of all the files in the filegroup)
			END
	END AS [ShrinkCmd],

	CASE 
		WHEN [DB].name='tempdb'					THEN	'--Don''t change tempdb'
		WHEN [DB].name='model'					THEN	'--Don''t change model'
		WHEN [DB].name='master'					THEN	'--Don''t change master'
		WHEN [DB].name='msdb'					THEN	'--Don''t change msdb'
		WHEN [DB].name='dba_admin'				THEN	'--Don''t change dba_admin'
		WHEN [DB].[state]<>0					THEN	'--Database is not ''Online'''
		WHEN DB.source_database_id IS NOT NULL	THEN	'--Can''t change a snapshot'
		WHEN [D].[type]=2						THEN	'--Filestream has no autogrow'
		WHEN [DB].[is_read_only]=1				THEN	'--Database is read_only and cannot be modified'

		ELSE 
			CASE [D].type
			WHEN 0
			THEN 
				CASE
					WHEN [D].growth=65536 AND [D].is_percent_growth=0
						THEN ''
						ELSE 'ALTER DATABASE ['+[DB].name+'] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N'''+[D].name+''', FILEGROWTH = 524288KB )'
				END
			ELSE 
				CASE WHEN [D].growth=32768 AND [D].is_percent_growth=0
					THEN ''
					ELSE 'ALTER DATABASE ['+[DB].name+'] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N'''+[D].name+''', FILEGROWTH = 262144KB )'
				END
			END

	END AS [AutoGrowth]
	,CASE
		WHEN [DB].name='tempdb'					THEN	'--Don''t change tempdb'
		WHEN [DB].name='model'					THEN	'--Don''t change model'
		WHEN [DB].name='master'					THEN	'--Don''t change master'
		WHEN [DB].name='msdb'					THEN	'--Don''t change msdb'
		WHEN [DB].[state]<>0					THEN	'--Database is not ''Online'''
		WHEN DB.source_database_id IS NOT NULL	THEN	'--Can''t change a snapshot'
		WHEN [DB].[is_read_only]=1				THEN	'--Database is read_only and cannot be modified'

	ELSE
		CASE 
			WHEN ([DB].recovery_model=3 AND [D].FileID= min(D.FileID) OVER(PARTITION BY DB.database_id)) THEN 'ALTER DATABASE ['+[DB].name+'] SET RECOVERY FULL'
			WHEN ([DB].recovery_model=1 AND [D].FileID= min(D.FileID) OVER(Partition BY DB.database_id)) THEN 'ALTER DATABASE ['+[DB].name+'] SET RECOVERY SIMPLE'
			ELSE ''
		END
	END AS [RecoveryModelCmd]
	,[DB].log_reuse_wait_desc
	,CASE
		WHEN [MF].[type]=1
			THEN [D].[VLFs]
		ELSE 0
	END AS [VLFs]

	,CASE 
	WHEN [DB].name='tempdb'					THEN	cast(0 as bigint)
	WHEN [DB].name='model'					THEN	cast(0 as bigint)
	WHEN [DB].name='master'					THEN	cast(0 as bigint)
	WHEN [DB].name='msdb'					THEN	cast(0 as bigint)
	WHEN DB.source_database_id IS NOT NULL	THEN	cast(0 as bigint)
	WHEN [D].[type]=2						THEN	cast(0 as bigint)

	WHEN [DB].[is_read_only]=1				THEN	cast(0 as bigint)
	WHEN [DB].[state]<>0					THEN	cast(0 as bigint)
	WHEN [FG].[is_read_only]=1				THEN	cast(0 as bigint)

	ELSE 
		CASE
			WHEN [D].type_desc='LOG' --If it's a log file, shrink it as much as possible
				THEN [D].size-[D].spaceused  --Not neccessarily, but a good guess
			WHEN (max(cast([D].spaceused as bigint)) OVER(PARTITION BY [FG].name, DB.database_id, [D].[type]))>=[D].size --If the biggest amount of space used (out of all the files in the filegroup) is larger than our file is, we are not going to GROW the file
				THEN 0
			ELSE [D].size-(max(cast([D].spaceused as bigint)) OVER(PARTITION BY [FG].name, DB.database_id, [D].[type]))
		END
	END AS [ReclaimablePages]
FROM     sys.databases [DB]

				 inner JOIN sys.master_files [MF]
           ON [DB].database_id= [MF].database_id

         left JOIN #TMPSPACEUSED D
           ON [DB].database_id = D.database_id
		   AND [D].FileID = [MF].[file_id] 
		outer APPLY sys.dm_os_volume_stats([DB].database_id, [MF].[File_ID]) vs
		left join #FileGroup FG
		on [D].data_space_id=[FG].data_space_id
		and DB.database_id=[FG].DatabaseID
		outer apply sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats([DB].database_id, [D].[FileID]) iovfs	

), b as (

select 

	[a].[Drive] as [MountPoint]

	,CASE 
		WHEN (a.DriveSize) > 1073741824000 THEN CAST(CAST(((a.DriveSize) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' TB'
		WHEN (a.DriveSize) > 1048576000 THEN CAST(CAST(((a.DriveSize) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' GB'
		ELSE CAST(CAST(((a.DriveSize) / 1024.0/1024) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' MB'
	END AS [DriveSize]

	,CASE
		WHEN ([a].[DriveFreeBytes]) > 1073741824000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[DriveFreeBytes]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' TB'
		WHEN ([a].[DriveFreeBytes]) > 1048576000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[DriveFreeBytes]) / 1024.0/1024/1024) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' GB'
		ELSE CAST(CAST((([a].[DriveFreeBytes]) / 1024.0/1024) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' MB'
	END AS [DriveFreeSpace]
	,nchar(9621)+replicate(nchar(9608),floor((100-VolumePercentFree)/10))+replicate(nchar(9601),ceiling(VolumePercentFree/10))+nchar(9615) as [VolumePercentUsed]
	,[a].[database_id] as [DatabaseID]
	,[a].[Database] as [DatabaseName]
	 ,CASE
		WHEN (sum([a].[FileSizeBytes]) OVER(PARTITION BY [a].[database_id])) > 1073741824000 THEN CAST(cast((((sum([a].[FileSizeBytes]) OVER(PARTITION BY [a].[database_id])) /1024.0 /1024.0/1024.0/1024.0)) as decimal(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' TB'
		WHEN (sum([a].[FileSizeBytes]) OVER(PARTITION BY [a].[database_id])) > 1048576000 THEN CAST(cast((((sum([a].[FileSizeBytes]) OVER(PARTITION BY [a].[database_id])) /1024.0/1024.0/1024.0)) as decimal(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' GB'
		ELSE CAST(cast((((sum([a].[FileSizeBytes]) OVER(PARTITION BY [a].[database_id])) /1024.0 / 1024.0)) as decimal(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' MB'

	END AS [DatabaseSize]
	,[FileGroup] as [FileGroupName]
	,[LogicalFileName]
	,[FileType]
	,CASE 
		WHEN ([a].[FileSizeBytes]) > 1073741824000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[FileSizeBytes]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' TB'
		WHEN ([a].[FileSizeBytes]) > 1048576000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[FileSizeBytes]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' GB'
		ELSE CAST(CAST((([a].[FileSizeBytes]) / 1024.0/1024) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' MB'
	END AS [FileSize]

	,CASE WHEN (a.source_database_id IS NOT NULL) OR ([a].[type]=2) THEN 'N/A'
		WHEN ([a].[SpaceFree]) > 1073741824000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[SpaceFree]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' TB'
		WHEN ([a].[SpaceFree]) > 1048576000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[SpaceFree]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' GB'
		ELSE CAST(CAST((([a].[SpaceFree]) / 1024.0/1024) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' MB'
	END as [SpaceFree]

	,CASE
		WHEN ([a].[SpaceUsed]) > 1073741824000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[SpaceUsed]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' TB'
		WHEN ([a].[SpaceUsed]) > 1048576000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[SpaceUsed]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' GB'
		ELSE CAST(CAST((([a].[SpaceUsed]) / 1024.0/1024) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' MB'
	END as [SpaceUsed]

	,CASE WHEN (a.source_database_id IS NOT NULL) OR ([a].[type]=2) THEN 'N/A'
		ELSE nchar(9621)+replicate(nchar(9608),floor((100-FilePercentFree)/10))+replicate(nchar(9601),ceiling(FilePercentFree/10))+nchar(9615)
	END as [FilePercentUsed]
	,[a].[GrowAt]		

	,CASE
		WHEN ([a].[MaxSizeBytes]) > 1073741824000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[MaxSizeBytes]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' TB'
		WHEN ([a].[MaxSizeBytes]) > 1048576000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[MaxSizeBytes]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' GB'
		ELSE CAST(CAST((([a].[MaxSizeBytes]) / 1024.0/1024) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' MB'
	END as [MaxSize]

	,CASE
		WHEN ([a].[EffectiveMaxBytes]) > 1073741824000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[EffectiveMaxBytes]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' TB'
		WHEN ([a].[EffectiveMaxBytes]) > 1048576000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[EffectiveMaxBytes]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' GB'
		ELSE CAST(CAST((([a].[EffectiveMaxBytes]) / 1024.0/1024) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' MB'
	END as [EffectiveFileMax]

	,nchar(9621)+replicate(nchar(9608),floor((CAST(100*((cast(a.SpaceUsed as decimal(18,2)))/(cast(a.EffectiveMaxBytes as decimal(18,2)))) AS decimal(18,2)))/10))+replicate(nchar(9601),ceiling((100-(CAST(100*((cast(a.SpaceUsed as decimal(18,2)))/(cast(a.EffectiveMaxBytes as decimal(18,2)))) AS decimal(18,2))))/10))+nchar(9615) as [UsedPercentOfEffectiveMax]

	,CASE
		WHEN ([a].[EffectiveMaxBytes]-[a].[SpaceUsed]) > 1073741824000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[EffectiveMaxBytes]-[a].[SpaceUsed]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' TB'
		WHEN ([a].[EffectiveMaxBytes]-[a].[SpaceUsed]) > 1048576000 THEN CAST(CAST((([a].[EffectiveMaxBytes]-[a].[SpaceUsed]) / 1024.0/1024.0/1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' GB'
		ELSE CAST(CAST((([a].[EffectiveMaxBytes]-[a].[SpaceUsed]) / 1024.0/1024) AS DECIMAL(18,2)) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ' MB'
	END as [AvailableSpaceToUse]

	,[a].[PhysicalName]
	,[a].[ShrinkCmd]
	,[a].[AutoGrowth]
	,[a].[RecoveryModel]
	,[a].[RecoveryModelCmd]
	,CASE
		WHEN [a].[type]=1
			THEN [a].[log_reuse_wait_desc]
		ELSE ''
	END AS [LogReuseWait]
	,CASE
		WHEN (([a].[type]=1) and ([a].[VLFs] is not null))
			THEN cast([a].[VLFs] as varchar(50))
		WHEN (([a].[type]=1) and ([a].[VLFs] is null))
			THEN 'unknown'
		ELSE ''
	END AS [VLFCount]
	,sum(ReclaimablePages) OVER(PARTITION BY a.database_id, a.FileGroup) as [ReclaimableInTheFilegroup]

	--Raw data
	,a.DriveSize as [drive_size]
	,[a].[DriveFreeBytes] as [drive_free_bytes]
	,sum([a].[FileSizeBytes]) OVER(PARTITION BY [a].[database_id]) as [db_size]
	,[a].[FileSizeBytes] as [file_size_bytes]
	,CASE
		WHEN (a.source_database_id IS NOT NULL) OR ([a].[type]=2) THEN NULL
			ELSE a.SpaceFree
		END as [space_free]
	,[a].SpaceUsed as [space_used]
	,[a].[MaxSizeBytes] as [max_size_bytes]
	,[a].[EffectiveMaxBytes] as [effective_max_bytes]
	,ReclaimablePages

from a
)

select 
	 [MountPoint]
	,[DriveSize]
	,[DriveFreeSpace]
	,[VolumePercentUsed]
	,[DatabaseID]
	,[DatabaseName]
	,[DatabaseSize]
	,[FileGroupName]
	,[LogicalFileName]
	,[FileType]
	,[FileSize]
	,[SpaceFree]
	,[SpaceUsed]
	,[FilePercentUsed]
	,[GrowAt]
	,[MaxSize]
	,[EffectiveFileMax]
	,[UsedPercentOfEffectiveMax]
	,[AvailableSpaceToUse]
	,[PhysicalName]
	,[ShrinkCmd]
	,[AutoGrowth]
	,[RecoveryModel]
	,[RecoveryModelCmd]
	,[LogReuseWait]
	,[VLFCount]

	--Other columns, not displayed, but useful for filtering/ordering:
		--,[ReclaimableInTheFilegroup]
		--,[drive_size]
		--,[drive_free_bytes]
		--,[db_size]
		--,[file_size_bytes]
		--,[space_free]
		--,[space_used]
		--,[max_size_bytes]
		--,[effective_max_bytes]
		--,[ReclaimablePages]
from b
WHERE 1=1
	--AND MountPoint='G:\'
	--AND DatabaseName LIKE 'AdventureWor%'
	--AND DatabaseName not in ('master','model','tempdb','msdb')
	--AND RecoveryModel = 1 --1=Full
	--AND FileGroupName='PartitionFG9'

ORDER BY [ReclaimableInTheFilegroup] DESC, [DatabaseID] ASC, FileGroupName ASC

DROP TABLE #TMPSPACEUSED
DROP TABLE #DBs
DROP TABLE #FileGroup
DROP TABLE #LogInfo

“Filegroup Aware”

One of the things I’m most proud of with this script is actually easy to miss… the sort order.  I’m not an expert on filegroups, but based on my understanding of SQL’s proportional file-fill algorithm, you want to try to keep the files in a filegroup as close as possible to the same size.  As such, the script works as follows:

1. It finds the file in each filegroup that’s using the most space
2. The script attempts to shrink all files to that size
3. No files are grown (that would defeat the purpose of freeing-up space)

Based on how much the script estimates can be reclaimed in the whole filegroup, the results are sorted (by filegroup), with the biggest space-savers on top.  If you aren’t using explicit filegroups, don’t worry- the files with the most free space will float to the top.

Below is a picture from my slide-deck to help you visualize the calculation:

The green space is summed for the filegroup, and the filegroup with the most “free space” (calculated as described above) will be on top.  All the files in a filegroup will sort together.

Ratio Bar

The last thing I wanted to point out is visual ratio bar:

It’s a normalization of a ratio, like a percentage, but with a resolution of 10 instead of 100.  Having 100 characters resulted in too much scrolling, so I opted for just 10.  I tried to find a word for this, but had no success.  There’s a word for a ratio normalized to 1,000 (permillage) and one for 10,000 (permyriad), but I found nothing for 10.  I wanted to call it a perdecage, but Google/Bing don’t seem to agree with me that it’s a real word.

As with any normalization, I wanted to point out that, while useful, it can be misleading.  A file with 1MB free of 10 MB will look the same as a file with 100GB out of 1 TB.  It’s not really a problem, but an observation.

For anybody wondering how I did it, here’s the magic line:

nchar(9621)+replicate(nchar(9608),floor((100-FilePercentFree)/10))+replicate(nchar(9601),ceiling(FilePercentFree/10))+nchar(9615)

For reference, the Unicode characters are as follows:

• nchar(9621): “▕”
• nchar(9608): “█”
• nchar(9601): “▁”
• nchar(9615): “▏”

So we have vertical bars on either end, and 10 characters between.. each either a full bar, or a “bottom 1/8 of a bar”, depending on the ratio.

Comparability with SQL 2008/2008 R2

There are two changes needed for the script to run in versions prior to 2012

1. Wrapper function- you can’t use correlated parameters for DMFs like sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats prior to 2012.  The workaround is to create a user-defined wrapper function for it.
2. dbcc loginfo- A new column was added to its output in 2012, [RecoveryUnitId].  The definition of the temp table in the script, #LogInfo, must be modified to remove that column if running it pre-2012.

These changes can be found in the second script below.

The full script can be found here: SpaceUsage.txt.
And a SQL 2008 version: SpaceUsage2008.txt.

Please let me know if you found this script useful or if you have any suggestions to improve it.

LLAP,
Ryan

A few sources I’d like to cite for contributing ideas:

• http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1510/script-to-determine-free-space-to-support-shrinking-sql-server-database-files
• http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1629/determine-free-space-consumed-space-and-total-space-allocated-for-sql-server-databases

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