| Operating systems support |
Windows XP, Vista, 7, Windows 8/10 (desktop), Server 2003, 2008, 2012 and newer. |
| What kind of unified database interfaces are supported? |
ODBC, OLE DB, IDAPI or Oracle Call Interface. |
| Does the product support desktop database formats? |
Yes: Access, DBF, Excel, Paradox. |
| Does the product support any DBMS-specific features? |
Yes, for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Sybase, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Interbase/Firebird. |
| Can I monitor my server availability with this monitoring tool? |
Yes, use "SQL event" with your server connection. Check reports "FAIL" when server is not accessible. |
| Can I monitor a few servers at once? |
Yes, you should create a few events with different connection properties. |
| Can the monitoring tool help me to analyze my server performance? |
Yes, the monitoring tool provides detailed information about execution time and data fetching time for each event's check. |
| Can I monitor CPU loading at my server? |
Yes, you should use performance counter for
remote system as an event definition. |
| Can I do something with my table if number of rows exceeds critical? |
Yes, just define required operation as an event's action. |
| I want to run an external tool for some database event. Is it possible with DTM DB Event tool? |
Yes, you should specify mentioned program in the action section of the event definition. |
| Can I check that my server response time is greater than acceptable? |
Yes, you can use check execution time as condition. |
| What kind of reports this monitoring tool provide? |
Project report (html, example), detailed execution report
(text or Excel) and cumulative/summary report (html, example). |
| Does the report include data fetching time? |
Yes, as well as check execution time, action time and total event time. |
| Does the monitoring software creates execution reports automatically? |
No, the user should specify output file name to create the reports. |
| Can the program create one report file per day? |
Yes, $DATE$ and $TIME$ macros can be used as a part of the report file name. |