SQL management tool

SQLServerCentral is supported by Red Gate Software Ltd.

Popular Topics

Home

Members

Calendar

Who's On

Home » SQL Server 2008 » SQL Server Newbies » SQL management tool

SQL management tool

Rate Topic

Display Mode

Topic Options

Author

Message

davidshephard

Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 9:14 AM

Valued Member

Group: General Forum Members
Last Login: Friday, April 20, 2012 1:03 PM
Points: 51, Visits: 71

Hi all, I work in an environment with about 20 sql databases on 10 servers I need a cheap or free tool that allows me to manage/monitor all SQL instances on all servers.

Thanks. Smile

Post #1005288

WayneS

Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 9:20 AM

SSCertifiable

Group: General Forum Members
Last Login: Today @ 4:38 PM
Points: 6,368, Visits: 8,230

You might want to take a look at the series of Server Overview articles here.
They use SSIS, so it's all free (except for the time required to implement).

I use this... I have an Excel spreadsheet waiting in my email every morning to review all of the servers. I do in 10 minutes what it would take most of a day to accomplish all of it manually.

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links: For better assistance in answering your questions, How to ask a question, Performance Problems, Common date/time routines,
CROSS-TABS and PIVOT tables Part 1 & Part 2, Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2, Splitting Delimited Strings

Post #1005293

Grant Fritchey

Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 12:24 PM

SSChampion

Group: General Forum Members
Last Login: Today @ 3:04 PM
Points: 13,375, Visits: 25,159

SQL Server and Windows offers a whole bunch of monitoring and management stuff for free. Perfmon and server-side traces can be used to keep an eye on your systems. If you have Enterprise, you can start putting the Data Collector to work collecting performance monitoring on your production systems. You can put on all kinds of checks with Policy Management. It's easy enough to schedule specific checks through SQL Agent and set up alerts that will generate emails... You really can build out monitoring for all your servers for effectively nothing.

That said, if you're really interested in something lightweight and inexpensive, you should take a look at Red Gate SQL Response.

----------------------------------------------------
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." Theodore Roosevelt
The Scary DBA
Author of: SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning
SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled
and
SQL Server Execution Plans

Product Evangelist for Red Gate Software

Post #1005471

Stejones

Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 12:32 PM

SSC-Enthusiastic

Group: General Forum Members
Last Login: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:34 PM
Points: 150, Visits: 302

If you put in the time SQL Nexus can provide alot of information.

http://sqlnexus.codeplex.com/

Post #1005484

Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 1:53 PM

SSC-Dedicated

Group: Administrators
Last Login: Today @ 6:14 PM
Points: 31,421, Visits: 13,734

These are separate functions. Monitor could be a lot of stuff, and lots of tools. SQL Response (I work for REd GAte), Server's Alive, What's Up, multiple packages here. Depends on what you want/need.

Manage, is there something beyond SSMS you need? PBM is a great tool, and there are home grown solutions that can help as well. Lots of articles on this site dealing with the topic.

Follow me on Twitter: @way0utwest

Forum Etiquette: How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help

Post #1005548

106919046

Posted Wednesday, August 17, 2011 12:45 AM

Forum Newbie

Group: General Forum Members
Last Login: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 2:14 AM
Points: 7, Visits: 18

Hey, as far as I know, there is no freeware can manage database. All SQL management tool is commercial and they are not cheap.
I always believe in Acronis and Paragon, they are the top leader in the field.
But some inexpensive software can also do the job, like EASEUS TODO BACKUP SERVER, they are easy to use and contain a lot of impressive featues. BigGrin

Hope I can help! Tongue

Post #1160944

« Prev Topic | Next Topic »

Permissions