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title: MSSQL default checks and policies
description: The Agent Client Collector provides the following default checks and policies for MSSQL Metrics monitoring.
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product: Agent Client Collector
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topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [ACC-M default checks and policies, ACC-M reference, Agent Client Collector reference, Agent Client Collector, IT Operations Management]
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# MSSQL default checks and policies

The Agent Client Collector provides the following default checks and policies for MSSQL Metrics monitoring.

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Type

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Check

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Description

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Usage and Usage Example

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Output

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Metric

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app.metrics-mssql-query

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Generic MSSQL query class which accepts a query and dumps metrics.

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winchecks metrics-mssql-query \(options\)-d, --database DATABASE Database schema to connect to \(required\)

 -q ,--query The query to execute, should return a list metric name and value, for example SELECT METRIC\_NAME, VALUE FROM GV$SYSMETRIC

 -h, --host HOST Host name to connect to, defaults to localhost

 -r, --port PORT Port to connect to, defaults to 1433

 -s, --scheme SCHEME Metric naming scheme, text to prepend to .$parent.$child,

 **Usage Example**

 `.winchecks metrics-mssql-query -d master -H localhost -p 1437 -q "select name,size from sys.database_files"`

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Custom metrics defined in the parameters, which also contain value and timestamp.

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