SQL Hoo
ok Usage Settup NOTE: SQL Hook should be insta
alled in its entirety before
e attempting tto follow thiss document. Please referr to the SQL nstructions fo
or the install gguide. Hook In
nstallation In
Open tthe SQL Hook Client application Addingg/Modifying a Monitored
d SQL Instance Doublee click Server\\Instance Entry Select <<Add New Daatabase> from
m the list on tthe left hand side. Now fil l in the entryy form. 
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Alias – Aliass is a readable
e name for the SQL Instancce. It should be unique. Server\Instaance – This is the SQL Instaance Server\Instance – if tthe default instance, then it can be justt the server name Port – Port should only b
be used if non
n‐standard an
nd the SQL Br owser is not running Trusted Con
nnection – This is the manner in which tto connect too the SQL Insttance, either via a Trusted windows connection or via a SQL u
user account.. onnect to thee SQL Instancee if Trusted Connection is not selected. SQL Username – This is tthe SQL User account to co
SQL Passwo
ord – This is th
he SQL User p
password to cconnect to th e SQL Instancce if Trusted C
Connection iss not selected
d. Comments –
– These comm
ments can be
e used to save
e some inform
mation about the SQL Instaance Active – The
e active flag in
ndicates whe
ether the SQL Instance is avvailable to bo
oth the SQL H
Hook Monitorr and the SQL Hook Clientt Alert Email – This is the e
email addresss used to send
d Alerts to When yyou have com
mpleted the e
entry form, cliick Save. When you click SSave a basic cconnectivity ttest will take place, if the SQL Insstance is available, the enttry will be savved – This maay take a mom
ment as it is p
populating all the required back end information for the SQL Instance
e. In casees where the ccurrent user d
does not have
e access to W
WMI queries oon the target server, you can specify a W
WMI Proxy user fo
or the SQL Instance by clickking the WMI Proxy button
n. n now click Close. You can
You can
n go in and ch
hange these ssettings at an
ny time, with tthe exceptionn of the Serveer\Instance w
which is locked
d once you save. TTo modify the
e Server\Instaance you will need to delette the entry aand create a n
new one. To mod
dify an entry, you would open the Serve
er\Instance EEntry page an d select the A
Alias or Serveer\Instance fro
om the list on
n the leftt (Alias or Serrver\Instance depends on a setting in O
Options page) . The entry form will fill in with the
e settings from the entry, you can thenn make modiffications and cclick Save. To deleete an entry, select it from
m the list on th
he left and click Delete. To cleaar history for an entry, select an entry ffrom the list o
on the left annd click Clear History NOTE: You can onlyy add as manyy instances as your license
e will allow.
Editing Threshold Moni toring ert you when a performancce counter vaalue exceeds a set limit. To Threshold Monitoring is the proccess SQL Hook takes to ale
et alerted eve
ery time a perrformance co unter spikes, the alerts aree triggered frrom an make ssure that a user doesn’t ge
average value over a period of time. As everyy system is diffferent, by deefault, no threesholds are configured. NOTE: Before you sset thresholdss on your cou
unters, you sh
hould establiish a baselinee, to do this, sset up the SQ
QL Instance to
o monito
or and allow SSQL Hook to capture the vvalues over aa period of tim
me during avverage load. Once you havve the baselin
nes (nominal)) values, you should set th
he thresholdss up to be abo
ove the baseeline. To editt your thresho
olds, open Ale
ert Setup and
d double click Edit Threshoold Monitorin
ng. From the dropdown in the upper right, select your SQ
QL Instance. ormance coun
nters to set up Threshold M
Monitoring onn are sorted b
by Object Name, you can cchange the Your avvailable perfo
sortingg by clicking o
on the headerr. To Monitorr a particular performancee counter, tickk the Monitorr box. You will then be pre
esented with the Setup Mo
onitor Items w
window. From
m here you caan set up you
ur monitoring criteria: 
Operator – Here you sho
ould select the
e type of ope
erator your m onitoring will use (=, <>, <<, >,>=. =<) 
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Threshold –
– This is the numeric limit yyou have assigned to the pperformance counter d is exceeded
Email Flag –
– If ticked, an alert will be ssent by emaill if the counteer is threshold
d as well as an
n entry on the
e Alerts page,, if not ticked, then no email will be sen
nt, but an enttry will still bee made on thee Alerts page. When yyou are finish
hed, click Save
e – You shoulld then repeaat for all the ccounters you w
wish to monitor. Editing Non‐Metric Mon
nitoring Non‐M
Metric Monitoring is the mo
onitoring SQLL Hook perforrms which is nnot directly reelated to the performancee counters, an
nd instead
d focuses on o
other types of alerts, such as no backup
ps being perfoormed lately,, xp_cmdshell being activee etc. By defaultt, all non‐mettric alerts are active from ssetup. Open A
Alert Setup an
nd double clicck Edit Non‐M
Metric Monito
oring. From t he dropdown
n in the upper right, selectt your SQL Instancce. nge whether you monitor a non‐metricc alert or not, either tick o r untick the eentry as needed. To chan
Repeatt the steps ab
bove for all monitored SQLL Instances.