zabbix and DB

[snmp.girl]

hi,
I want to use zabbix for the first time and I want to know if I can use it to monitor my data base (any kind , such as sql server , mysql ) and specially to send me a trap or an alarm in case of depassing using a limited capacity for my database.

thanks

[napel25]

I do with current stable version by using external checks. It works quite well. It takes some scripting and programming.

Except the templates are not useful anymore. To monitor a database, you need to send the database name with the check. When most databases have different names, most checks you make are unique.

But the xml import and a xml parser can do some work for you...