The "ManageEngine SQL Health Monitor" free tool will address this monitoring requirement. The ManageEngine SQL Health Monitor tool, monitors important parameters of MS SQL database. The tool fetches comprehensive data about the MS SQL database servers and presents them as visually elegant graphs and reports. The relevant data, graphs and reports are displayed in a desktop tool dashboard providing wealth of information about the real-time functioning of the Database.

Key Benefits:
1. Monitor Performance and Availability of SQL Servers version - MS SQL 2005 server and MS SQL 2008 server
2. Auto discovery of SQL servers in the network
3. Agent-less monitoring of SQL Servers
4. Alert DB administrator based on threshold setting

The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this database management software.