Online Documentation for SQL Administrator for SQL Server

Compare server configurations


Compare Server Configurations Wizard allows you to save current server configuration which includes server information, server properties, global configuration settings, server principals, databases, databases principals and permissions. .Using this wizard you can also:

  • compare saved and current configurations of a single server and then update the server on the basis of the saved configuration,
  • compare current configurations of two different servers and then update one server on the basis of another server,
  • compare saved configurations of two different servers,
  • compare two saved configurations of a single server.

 

If a saved configuration is no longer needed you can delete it.

 

All saved configurations are stored in the database that is set as SQL Administrator Repository.

 

To run the wizard, select the Tools | CompareConfigurations Compare Configurations... main menu item or click the CompareConfigurations Compare Configurations... button on the toolbar.

 

The wizard consists of the following steps:

Selecting operation

Saving configuration

Setting saving configuration options

Viewing save configuration information

Executing saving configuration operation

Comparing configurations

Specifying configurations for comparing

Setting comparing configurations options

Executing comparing operation

Viewing comparison results

Selecting server to update

Specifying destination file name

Viewing update information

Executing updating operation

Deleting configuration

Selecting server for deleting configuration

Selecting configurations to delete

Viewing delele configuration information

Executing delete configuration operation

 

 

Availability:

Full version

Yes

Free version

No

Note: To compare all features of the Full and the Free versions of SQL Administrator, refer to the Feature Matrix page.