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Default Parameters for SqlAzuDbUpTimeTest

In most production environments, it is essential to monitor the uptime of critical database instances in the infrastructure. By tracking the uptime of each of the database instances, administrators can determine what percentage of time a database instance has been up. Comparing this value with service level targets, administrators can determine the most trouble-prone areas of the infrastructure.

In some environments, administrators may schedule periodic reboots of their database instance. By knowing that a specific database instance has been up for an unusually long time, an administrator may come to know that the scheduled reboot task is not working on a database instance.

This SqlAzuDbUpTimeTest test monitors the uptime of the target Microsoft SQL Azure Database instance.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the SqlAzuDbUpTimeTest test.

  • The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

  • In the DATABASE NAME text box, enter the name of a specific Microsoft SQL Azure database server instance that is to be monitored. The default value of this parameter is “default”. To monitor a Microsoft SQL Azure database server instance named “CFS”, enter this as the value of the Database Name parameter.

  • Specify the name of a SQL Azure database user with the “View Server State” role in the USER text box.

  • Specify the password of the specified User in the PASSWORD text box.

  • Confirm the Password by retyping it here in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

  • If the Microsoft SQL Azure database server being monitored is an SSL-enabled server, then set the SSL flag to Yes. If not, then set the SSL flag to No.

  • By default, none is displayed in the DOMAIN text box. If the ‘SQL server and Windows’ authentication has been enabled for the server being monitored, then the Domain can continue to be none. On the other hand, if ‘Windows only’ authentication has been enabled, then, in the Domain text box, specify the Windows domain in which the managed Microsoft SQL Azure database server exists. Also, in such a case, the User and Password that you provide should be that of a user authorized to access the monitored Microsoft SQL Azure database server.

  • In some Windows networks, NTLM (NT LAN Manager) may be enabled. NTLM is a suite of Microsoft security protocols that provides authentication, integrity, and confidentiality to users. NTLM version 2 (“NTLMv2”) was concocted to address the security issues present in NTLM. By default, the ISNTLMV2 flag is set to No, indicating that NTLMv2 is not enabled by default on the target Microsoft SQL Azure database server host. Set the ISNTLMV2 flag to Yes if NTLMv2 is enabled on the target host.

  • By default, the REPORT MANAGER TIME flag is set to Yes, indicating that, by default, the detailed diagnosis of this test, if enabled, will report the shutdown and reboot times of the device in the manager’s time zone. If this REPORT MANAGER TIME flag is set to No, then the shutdown and reboot times are shown in the time zone of the system where the agent is running(i.e., the system being managed for agent-based monitoring, and the system on which the remote agent is running - for agentless monitoring).

  • The DD FREQUENCY parameter refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 1:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD FREQUENCY .

  • Once the above values are provided, click on the UPDATE button to register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.