diff --git a/devices/toolkit/archiver.py b/devices/toolkit/archiver.py
index 35012767add234b2b0421b359bfacf19ca6b9155..e16fae507cb1e6e23afcaf8559874ab30005892c 100644
--- a/devices/toolkit/archiver.py
+++ b/devices/toolkit/archiver.py
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ class Archiver():
         except Exception as e:
             raise Exception("Error in selecting configuration! Archiving framework will not be updated!") from e
 
+    def get_hdbpp_libname(self, device_name:str):
+        """
+        Get the hdbpp library name used by the Configuration Manager or by the EventSubscribers
+        Useful in the case of different DBMS architectures (e.g. MySQL, TimescaleDB)
+        """
+        device = DeviceProxy(device_name)
+        config_list = device.get_property('LibConfiguration')['LibConfiguration'] # dictionary {'LibConfiguration': list of strings}
+        libname = str([s for s in config_list if "libname" in s][0].split('=')[1])
+        return libname
+    
     def apply_selector(self):
         """
         Apply the customized strategy defined by the selector