Event Forwarding

Event forwarding is another multiserver feature that allows a single SQL Server instance to process events for other servers in your SQL Server environment. This involves the designation of an alerts management server to which other servers can forward their events. You enable the alerts management server by right-clicking the SQL Server Agent node and selecting Properties. When the Properties page appears, you click the Advanced page (see Figure 13.23).

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FIGURE 13.23 Configuring event forwarding.

To configure event forwarding, you select the Forward Events to a Different Server option on the Advanced page. You can then enter ...

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