title Name Element for Server (DTA) description In the dta utility, the Name element for Server contains the name of the server where the databases you want to tune reside. author rwestMSFT ms.author randolphwest ms.date 03/01/2017 ms.service sql ms.subservice tools-other ms.topic reference ms.collection data-tools helpviewer_keywords Name element dev_langs XML Name Element for Server (DTA) [!INCLUDE SQL Server] Contains the name of the server where the databases you want to tune reside. Syntax ...code removed here... <Server> <Name>...</Name> Element Characteristics Characteristic Description Data type and length string, between 1 and 255 characters. Default value None. Occurrence Required once per Server element. Element Relationships Relationship Elements Parent element Server Element (DTA) Child elements None. Example For an example of how this Name element is used, see Server Element (DTA). See Also XML Input File Reference (Database Engine Tuning Advisor)