The BackupSqlTest reports the availability and responsiveness of the MS SQL server (to clients) that serves as a backup server in an MS SQL server cluster. This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the BackupSqlTest.

• 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 name.

• 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 CLUSTERNAME text box, specify the IP/hostname of the primary (active) MS SQL server in the cluster.

• In the CLUSTERPORT text box, specify the port at which the primary (active) MS SQL server in the cluster listens.

• 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.