Lives up to the hype
Updated April 28, 2020
Lives up to the hype
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SQL Sentry
SQL Sentry started out being used by one division/group and has now expanded to another group and working on expanding to additional areas. It is being used to proactively discover database related issues and manage SQL jobs across different database servers.
- SQL job management.
- SQL server monitoring.
- Alerting.
- Windows task management.
- Object hierarchy.
I personally haven't looked at others although some other departments have used Idera solution and then switched to SQL Sentry.
SolarWinds SQL Sentry Feature Ratings
Using SQL Sentry
5 - Database administrators and their backup/managers
3 - Database Administrators, need to understand servers and software
- monitoring
- event chains for jobs
- troubleshooting
- none
- working on getting other departments using SQL Sentry
- increased efficiency with troubleshooting
- easier job management with event chains
Evaluating SQL Sentry and Competitors
Not Sure
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Prior Experience with the Product
features make it the best product
I wouldn't change it
SQL Sentry Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Change management was a small part of the implementation and was well-handled - we just use it to let everyone know what is happening when we upgrade or implement in case they get alerts for jobs or servers.
- forgetting to make sure we change database name when installing since ours is SQLSentry
- making sure others update the client on their laptop
SQL Sentry Support
Pros | Cons |
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Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
No - don't need it, lots of documentation online and video tutorials
years ago we had an issue with event chains hanging up and not seeing that the jobs were completing so we worked with SentryOne team to write a query to run automatically to mark jobs as completed if needed. Learned a lot from the SentryOne team.
Using SQL Sentry
Pros | Cons |
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Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- event chains
- monitoring
- conditions and settings at the different levels