Monitoring SQL Server availability

I have been tasked to manage a non-critical SQL Server 2005, which is a
backend for multiple SharePoint instances. Using a free monitoring tool, I
want to automate the basic monitoring...like SQL Service monitoring, disk
space availability etc.

I want to run this free tool on my XP machine (preferably as a service). I
know there are lot available. Can someone suggest the best :-)

Thanks in advance


J Justin

That???

That???s interesting. Other than perfmon I have not see a single free tool for
monitoring like this. You can find plenty of scripts but you will need to
put them into something useful for your requirements.

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Andrew J. Kelly   SQL MVP
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free monitoring tool

Hello J Justin,



Was wondering if you found an answer to your monitoring situation?  I seek a simalar free monitor tool but in a more simply up/down read-only form.  I simply want an html presentation of SQL Server up/down - red light, green light display for the Operations team to view.  Alerts via email would be a nice to have but not necessary.



What did you find??