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9 Database maintenance options
9.1 Introduction
Screenshot 130 - Database Options
Through the „Database Maintenance Options‟ node, you can select and configure the database
backend to use for the storing of monitoring results data. You can choose between MS Access
and MS SQL Server as a database backend. In the case of SQL Server, you can also specify the
type of authentication to use when logging onto the database (SQL Server authentication or
Windows authentication).
Windows NT authentication mode allows you to log onto the SQL Server database using your
Windows account details. The SQL Server authentication mode allows you to log on to the
database using the SQL Server account details (i.e., the credentials stored in ACL tables of SQL
Server).
For more information on the authentication modes supported by SQL Servers visit
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/SQL_Server_2000_Authentication.html
Support for SQL Server database backend is only available during evaluation and in the
Consultants/Enterprise editions of GFI Network Server Monitor.
9.2 Configuring the database backend
To configure the database backend used by GFI Network Server Monitor, right click on the
„Database Maintenance Options‟ node and select „Properties‟.