Chapter 18 Proactively Monitoring SQL Server 2008 with System Center Operations Manager 2007

System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007, also known as SCOM, provides the best-of-breed approach to proactively monitoring and managing a SQL Server 2008 infrastructure. Through the use of monitoring and alerting components, OpsMgr helps to identify specific environmental conditions before they evolve into problems.

OpsMgr provides a timely view of important conditions in SQL Server 2008, as displayed in Figure 18.1, and intelligently links problems to knowledge provided in the monitoring rules. Critical events and known issues are identified and matched to technical reference articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for troubleshooting and quick ...

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