The MsSqlTest reports the availability and responsiveness of the primary MS SQL server in a cluster. This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the MsSqlTest.

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

• The USER text box denotes a database user who is assigned the Sysadmin role.

• In the PASSWORD text box, specify the password associated with the above user name (can be ‘NULL’). Here, ‘NULL’ means that the user does not have any password.

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

• Enter the name of the database to connect to in the DATABASE text box. The default is "master".

• In the QUERY text box, specify the select query to execute. The default is " select * from master.dbo.spt_monitor".

• The CASE text box takes the value of "upper" or "lower" depending upon the case-sensitivity of the SQL server installation. The default is "upper".

• In the INSTANCE text box, enter the name of a specific MS SQL instance that is to be monitored. The default value of this parameter is "default". To monitor an MS SQL instance named "CFS", enter this as the value of the INSTANCE parameter. 

• Once the necessary values have been entered, clicking on the UPDATE button will 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.