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9.5 Non-Windows Network Environment Security

If you are not using Windows Active Directory for domain management, you may need to take

additional steps to ensure SQL Sentry will work properly. The primary means by which this is

accomplished is using Windows pass-through authentication.

SQL Server authentication can be used for any watched SQL Server connection in a non-Windows

network using a connection's "Monitoring Service Connection Properties" context item.

SQL SENTRY CLIENT

In non-Windows networks, in order to connect to watched SQL Servers using the SQL Sentry Client

you must either:

1. Use SQL Server authentication for any SQL Server registrations, or the SQL Server connection.

2. Use Windows pass-through authentication. This means the Windows user using the SQL Sentry

Client must also exist on the target SQL Server computer. The user name and password on each

computer must match exactly.

SQL SENTRY MONITORING SERVICE

Pass-through authentication is the only means by which the SQL Sentry Monitoring Service can collect

Windows performance counters or watch Windows Task Scheduler in a non-Windows network

environment. Therefore the service user account must exist both on the service computer and all

monitored computers, and the user name and password must match exactly.

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