IBM Performance Management

Configuring the Microsoft SQL Server agent

You must configure the Monitoring Agent for Microsoft SQL Server so that the agent can collect data from the application that is being monitored.

Before you begin

You can install and configure the Microsoft SQL Server agent locally by using the command prompt interface. Ensure that the agent is installed on the server that is being monitored.

About this task

The Microsoft SQL Server agent is a multiple instance agent; you must configure and start each agent instance manually.

To configure the agent, complete the following tasks: