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

Monitoring Microsoft SQL Server36
2. Click the SQL Server instance in Application Viewer.
3. Click the Properties tab.
4. In the Databases table, click a database.
5. In the Database Instance table, click the database instance you want to learn more about.
The following properties are displayed:
• Vendor
• Contacted
• Record Created
• Discovery Status
• Install Date
• Name Detected
• OID
• DB Logical
• VxVolume
• Disk Partition
• Logical Drive
• File Path
• Status
• Data File Path
• Type
Viewing Events for SQL Server
You can view events pertaining to a SQL Server database and its dependent elements, such as
storage systems by doing the following:
1. Access Application Viewer by clicking Tools > Storage Essentials > Application Viewer.
2. Expand the node for the SQL Server database from which you want to obtain event information.
3. Click Path Events.
The events for that SQL Server database and its dependent elements are displayed in the right
pane.
The management server provides the following information about the events:
• ID- The identification number assigned to the event
• Element - The source of the event. An element can be a switch, host, application, fabric or
anything else on the network.
• Severity - Provides the severity level
• Time - The time the event was recorded.
• Summary Text - A brief explanation of the event. When you click the summary text, the details
of the event are displayed.
• Element Type - Specifies whether the source of this event is an application, a host, etc.