Event Manager for Task Scheduler

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 Windows Task Scheduler does not replace Task 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 Task Scheduler provides a visual display of Windows Tasks 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.

SQL Sentry Event Manager Enterprise Edition (EE) for Task Scheduler delivers the tools and productivity necessary to manage intricate and voluminous Windows task streams including support for geographically distributed deployments and configuration of powerful cross-server task chains.  Event Manager EE for Task Scheduler includes visual schedule management, schedule performance monitoring, alerting and response actions, graphical reporting, and advanced chaining and queuing for Windows tasks.  The calendar view provides a clear picture of Windows task schedules via an Outlook-style GUI giving unprecedented visibility and control over scheduling issues that can impact server performance.

Event manager allows the specification of non-zero exit codes as success for a task, providing granular control over any response Event Manager takes.

If one finds they do not require the advanced features of Event Manager EE for Task Scheduler, 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 control. 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 for Windows Task Scheduler employs the most comprehensive and reliable notification system available today, providing a wide variety of response actions to any task status, runtime or performance condition.

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
vent 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! 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, Event Manager 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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SQL Sentry Event Manager, Enterprise Edition License $ Maintenance $ Savings $ Discount % Event Manager EE License for Windows Task Scheduler $295 $59 Quick Start 5-Pack, includes: (5) Event Manager EE for SQL Server licenses (5) Event Manager EE for Windows Task Scheduler licenses $2,995 included ($4,475) 61%