You can view the status of any active MS SQL Server DataServer broker, server groups, and auxiliary processes through the management console. Most of the broker instances provide a status view, enabling you to monitor the status of multiple brokers simultaneously.

To see the status of a broker, the broker must be running or have been running.

To view the status of an MS SQL Server DataServer broker:

  1. Click Resources in the management console menu. All resources managed by your console appear in the grid frame.
  2. Filter or search for the MS SQL DataServer broker whose status you want to view.
  3. From the list, click MS SQL DataServer broker. The MSS DataServer details page appears.
  4. In the Operations views section of the page, click Status.

A Status summary and summary details appear and provide the information described in MS SQL Server DataServer broker property status summary and details.