HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 application guide (T4283-96014, January 2006)

Monitoring Microsoft SQL Server38
• Database Type
• Databases - To learn more about a database, click its link in the Databases table.
• Update Element Data - To update the displayed properties, click the Update Element
Data button at the bottom of the screen. The management server gathers new and changed
details from the element and then redraws the topology with the updated information.
Properties of a SQL Server Database
You can view the properties of a SQL Server database by doing the following:
1. Access Application Viewer by clicking Tools > Storage Essentials > Application Viewer.
2. Click the Sybase instance in Application Viewer.
3. Click the Properties tab.
4. In the Databases table, click a database you want to learn more about.
The following properties are displayed:
• Name Detected
• Install Date
• Vendor
• Discovery Status
• Record Created
• Contacted
• OID
• Description
• Type
• SQLServer Instance - To learn more about the instance, click its link.
Properties of a SQL Server Database File
You can view the properties of a SQL Server database file by doing the following:
1. Access System Manager.
2. Double-click the SQL Server icon in System Manager.
3. Click the Topology tab.
4. Double-click the database file in the topology displayed.
Viewing Topology for a SQL Server
This section describes the following:
• ”Accessing the Topology Tab” on page 38
• ”About the Topology Tab” on page 39
Accessing the Topology Tab
Access the Topology tab by doing one of the following: