SQL Event Logger

The SQL Event Logger allows you to log events to a SQL server database on an another computer from multiple servers that are running Application Center. You can configure the SQL Event Logger to log events found in a particular WMI namespace and of a particular severity. The SQL Event Logger supports hot enabling or hot disabling of logging.

Requirements

The computer hosting the SQL Server database must have:

• Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1 (SP) and SP2 hotfixes.
• Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 or later.

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If you are doing a remote installation of the SQL database, you must be running under an Administrators account on the SQL server in order for the SQL database Setup program to work properly.

The computers running the SQL Event Logger must have:

• Microsoft Windows 2000 with SP1 and SP2 hotfixes.
• Microsoft Application Center 2000 1.0.

Installation

There are four steps to installing the SQL Event Logger:

1. Install the SQL database—run Createdb.cmd.
2. Install the SQL Event Logger—run Loggersetup.cmd.
3. Install the replication application—run Create.cmd.
4. Configure the SQL Event Logger.

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   • See the Readme.txt file for detailed installation instructions.
   • All programs must be installed from the command line.