Shared Resource Views

Event Manager provides you with the power and productivity to optimize even the largest SQL Server enterprises quickly and easily. When nightly backup jobs contend for SAN, NAS or other network resources, causing IO performance problems or errors, grab the visual power of the Event Manager "shared resource view".

For example, you can easily create a custom calendar listing all of your server backup jobs across the entire enterprise that write to the same SAN or NAS, and eliminate any contention you see with just a few clicks! Event Manager even ships with several pre-configured sample views for various compressed backup systems to make getting started a breeze, including Quest LiteSpeed, Idera SQLsafe, and Red-Gate SQL Backup.

For more information see Better Server Backups and Eliminating Backup Contention.

How Does the Shared Resource View Work?
The events which have scheduling conflicts will automatically show up on the shared resource calendar view with an orange background. From here, you simply drag-and-drop future event instances within the calendar to eliminate the scheduling conflicts and reduce or eliminate any associated contention. As you drag-and-drop event instances to open slots on the calendar, Event Manager changes the backgrounds to white, denoting “no conflicts”.

When all events in your Event Manager shared resource view have a white background, you know you have a “leveled” schedule. A leveled schedule ensures that any bottlenecks and associated errors are minimized.