I have been tasked to manage a non-critical SQL Server 2005, which is a
backend for multiple SharePoint instances. Using a free monitoring tool, I
want to automate the basic monitoring...like SQL Service monitoring, disk
space availability etc.

I want to run this free tool on my XP machine (preferably as a service). I
know there are lot available. Can someone suggest the best :-)

Thanks in advance


J Justin

That’s interesting. Other than perfmon I haven't see a single free tool for
monitoring like this. You can find plenty of scripts but you will need to
put them into something useful for your requirements.

--

Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
Solid Quality Mentors

"J Justin" <JJustin (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

Hello J Justin,

Was wondering if you found an answer to your monitoring situation? I seek a simalar free monitor tool but in a more simply up/down read-only form. I simply want an html presentation of SQL Server up/down - red light, green light display for the Operations team to view. Alerts via email would be a nice to have but not necessary.

What did you find??




J Justin wrote:

Monitoring SQL Server availability
04-Feb-10

I have been tasked to manage a non-critical SQL Server 2005, which is a
backend for multiple SharePoint instances. Using a free monitoring tool, I
want to automate the basic monitoring...like SQL Service monitoring, disk
space availability etc.

I want to run this free tool on my XP machine (preferably as a service). I
know there are lot available. Can someone suggest the best :-)

Thanks in advance


J Justin

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:43 AM
J Justin wrote:

Monitoring SQL Server availability
I have been tasked to manage a non-critical SQL Server 2005, which is a
backend for multiple SharePoint instances. Using a free monitoring tool, I
want to automate the basic monitoring...like SQL Service monitoring, disk
space availability etc.

I want to run this free tool on my XP machine (preferably as a service). I
know there are lot available. Can someone suggest the best :-)

Thanks in advance


J Justin

On Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:54 PM
Andrew J. Kelly wrote:

That???
That???s interesting. Other than perfmon I have not see a single free tool for
monitoring like this. You can find plenty of scripts but you will need to
put them into something useful for your requirements.

--

Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
Solid Quality Mentors


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