Event Manager for SQL Server

Enterprise Edition

SQL Sentry Event Manager® is the ultimate scheduling, alerting and response system for optimizing schedule performance of database servers and related IT resources. Event Manager provides DBAs with "Outlook-style" visibility and functionality for managing SQL Agent jobs, Windows Tasks, and Oracle jobs in increasingly complex cross-platform environments. Event Manager for SQL Server does not replace SQL Server Agent scheduler. In fact, that is a key differentiation between Event Manager and most other scheduling products. With Event Manager there are no agents to install and manage on each server. Event Manager for SQL Server provides a visual display of SQL Agent jobs along with other events across the enterprise so that the DBA can “see” how they relate to one another and optimize the schedules more efficiently.

Designed in response to the needs of high performance database environments, Enterprise Edition (EE) delivers the tools and productivity necessary to manage intricate and voluminous job streams, including support for geographically distributed deployments and configuration of powerful cross-server event chains. Event Manager includes visual schedule management, schedule performance monitoring, alerting and response actions, graphical reporting, and advanced chaining and queuing for SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, Oracle (8i, 9i, 10g) and Windows Task Scheduler.

The calendar view provides a clear picture of event schedules via an Outlook-style GUI, providing unprecedented visibility and control over scheduling issues that can impact server performance. The comprehensive and reliable notification system generates alerts for failures, long-running or hung events, schedule collisions and more, so DBAs can minimize the time spent on routine chores while maximizing the time devoted to more valuable, strategic efforts.

If one finds they do not require the advanced features of Event Manager EE, then the Standard Edition is an excellent starting point. The Standard Edition can be easily upgraded to the Enterprise Edition if the needs of the organization change. For more detail, view the comparison matrix.

Feature Highlights

Visual Schedule Management
See your complex event schedules in a whole new light with Event Manager's robust, Outlook-style visual calendar with drag-and-drop rescheduling. The flexible interface allows simultaneous display of multiple calendars and graphs, and supports both full and split screen modes. Slice and dice schedules across servers with the Global Calendar, Group Calendars, and Custom Event Views. Easily assess contention levels across "shared resources" such as file storage areas, tape libraries, network segments, etc.

Alerting and Response System
Event Manager EE employs the most comprehensive and reliable notification system available today for SQL Server and Oracle, providing a wide variety of response actions to any event status, runtime or performance condition. You can even generate notifications for Windows Task Scheduler, Reporting Services, and other event sources.

SSIS and DTS Support
Enable detailed logging for both SSIS and DTS packages with a few clicks, and view the results on the SQL Sentry calendar and history list views alongside any other events on a server. Accessing error details for failed package steps has never been simpler!

Cross-platform Support
Using a plug-in architecture, Event Manager EE seamlessly integrates event data from SQL Server, Oracle, Windows Scheduler and others together in one console, so you get the full picture. Event Manager doesn't replace your existing schedulers, it makes them work better.

Chaining and Queuing
Easily enforce dependencies between SQL Server, Oracle and Windows Scheduler across your environment. Event Manager is the first system enabling automation and integration across different scheduling systems, ensuring precise control over which events run and when.

Schedule Performance Monitoring
Link any Windows performance counter directly to an event or custom view and see the impact any combination of events is having on Windows servers or shared resources. Counters are instantiated as needed for minimal server and network overhead.

Graphical Reporting
Event runtime graphs enable quick trend analysis, and Gantt-style performance graphs highlight the events competing for resources and causing end user performance problems. Event history and other list views can be easily exported to .HTML, .XML, or .CSV format.

Benefits

Easy to install and use.
SQL Sentry Event Manager mirrors your existing SQL Server Enterprise Manager or Management Studio configuration, so you don't have to redefine all of your servers and groups -- just open Event Manager and you are ready to go.

Distributed "Agent-less" deployment.
New agents are not needed on each server! SQL Sentry Event Manager communicates with your existing scheduling agents and organizes the data gathered in an easy to understand manner. In addition, the Event Manager Server service, Console and Database can all be installed on the same server or on unique servers.

100% .NET based application.
Built from the ground up using .NET technologies, SQL Sentry uses a lightweight, multi-threaded architecture which incurs minimal overhead on monitored servers.

Lower database administration costs.
By using SQL Sentry Event Manager the amount of manual labor typically required to perform mundane schedule management and troubleshooting tasks is greatly reduced, allowing DBA's to spend more time proactively managing their servers.

Reduce down time.
Delivering better information about event performance and runtime statistics and enabling the DBA to easily "level" event schedules eliminates costly failures, and minimizes resource contention and downtime caused by schedule conflicts and overruns.

Improve application performance.
Make smarter scheduling decisions by seeing and understanding the impact that events have on production resources, and easily eliminate schedule contention via drag-and-drop to ensure applications run at optimal levels.

Pricing

SQL Sentry Event Manager is licensed per individual monitored instance. First year annual software maintenance is required and provides technical support via e-mail and phone, fixes and updates and free version upgrades.

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