FMS is pleased to provide you with this Reviewer's Guide to assist in your evaluation of this exciting new member of the FMS family of integrated development products. Additional documentation is included with the Total Visual Agent 2000 product, including a printed User s Guide and full online help facilities. For a zipped copy of the reviewer's guide in Microsoft Word 97 format and print quality bitmaps, click here . Introduction Microsoft Access databases, sometimes called Jet Engine databases, are becoming more and more pervasive throughout most organizations. For optimal performance and to prevent corruption, these databases require periodic compaction and repair.
Most experts recommend daily maintenance to insure their integrity.
However, the developer of the applications are usually long gone and not involved with the system administrator's need to maintain these databases. In an enterprise where databases may be scattered across multiple machines, such maintenance chores are extremely difficult to accomplish consistently. Total Visual Agent 2000 addresses this need by executing automated, scheduled tasks on multiple databases across a network. Tasks can be executed on a user-defined schedule once, hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. A complete audit trail is maintained for all the tasks and if an unexpected problem occurs, an email is automatically sent to the system administrator.