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Monitor dashboards and overview screens
Product Overview » Monitor dashboards and overview screens
Being effective in database operations are one of the key focus areas for the dbWatch database operations team. This chapter will focus on the dashboards or overview screens used by our internal database operations team, what information they show, how they are used…
Dashboards
Customization » Web server » Dashboards
Dashboard overview The main page for the dashboards: User and login To view dashboards, you need to login with a user that has at least read privileges on web. Default dashboards These are the default dashboards: Instance status: This dashboard…
Product Overview
Product Overview
Product Overview In Product Overview, we will look into architecture and structure and give an overview of how the application operates. Chapters: Architecture File Structure Network and communications Database Operations Philosophy Monitor Dashboards and…
Issues and troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Guide » Issues and troubleshooting
High CPU usage on database Occasionally when investigating resource-consuming SQL statements running on your system, you may find that some of them belong to the dbWatch application. For example, a SQL statement that has the highest value of spent CPU time. In most…
Network and communications
Product Overview » Network and communications
Network and communications Default ports and protocol dbWatch Control Center uses by default port 7100/tcp for client to node and node to node connections. This can be configured to a different port. On each node there is a node.connections file that both lists what…
Cluster and replication
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by category » Cluster and replication
Jobs in the Cluster and replication category Control Center Jobs Description Oracle Blocking detector for RAC Checks if a session is waiting on a TX (transaction) lock. (RAC only) Memory session load for RAC Records the…
Email and SMS
Customization » Extensions and 3rd party integrations » Email and SMS
Configure In the dbWatch Monitor, go to the “Server”->”Server Extensions” menu. An item called “E-mail extension” should now be visible. To configure the extension, select it and click “Configure”. You should now see the initial configuration screen…
Disabling and Enabling Views
Using Control Center » Disabling and Enabling Views
You can enable or disable modules from your dbWatch Control Center by unticking their check boxes. If you check Views, you will see the default set up of modules that are visible. Once you disable all the modules, you’ll only be left with the Report Module. …
Schema growth and information
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for PostgreSQL » Schema growth and information
Name: Schema growth and information Platform: Postgres Category: Capacity Description: Collects detailed schema growth rate information. Long description: Collects detailed schema growth rate…
Tablespace growth and information
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for PostgreSQL » Tablespace growth and information
Name: Tablespace growth and information Platform: Postgres Category: Capacity Description: Shows an overview of tablespace growth and statistics. Long description: Shows an overview of tablespace growth and…
Locks held and statistics
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for PostgreSQL » Locks held and statistics
Name: Locks held and statistics Platform: Postgres Category: Performance Description: Shows locks held statistics. Long description: Task shows locks held statistics. Version: 1.6 Default…
Network Ports and Services
Advanced Topics » Product Security » Network Ports and Services
Network Ports and Services Default ports and protocol dbWatch Control Center uses by default port 7100/tcp for client to node and node to node connections. This can be configured to a different port. If enabled the webserver can run. Default port is 8080. On each…
Privileges and actions map
Using Control Center » Domain Configuration » Privileges and actions map
Overview of actions and required privilege Instance is the specific database instance. Instance system is a predefined security group controlling the overall instance monitoring and management. Domain configuration is a predefined security group controlling the…
Disk and Memory usage
Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server » Disk and Memory usage
This allows you to get an overview and drill down into disk and memory usage on the database instance. ← Sessions performance / Backups →
Repository management and monitoring
Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package » Repository management and monitoring
Introduction The SQL Performance package creates tables in the dbWatch schema/database on each database instance where the SQL Statistics job is installed and scheduled. The process combines two parts of dbWatch Control Center. The monitoring is used to schedule the…
Security and Compliance package
Installing and using premium packages » Security and Compliance package
Security and Compliance package The Security and Compliance package is an optional extra cost module in dbWatch Control Center that allows automated detection and reporting on security and compliance-related issues where database instances are not conforming to best…
Extensions and 3rd party integrations
Customization » Extensions and 3rd party integrations
Configuring extensions and 3rd party integrations Email Contact support if you want to make sure you have installed the latest version of your extension. ← Reports / Email and SMS →
Session load (8i and 9i)
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Session load (8i and 9i)
Name: Session load Platform: Oracle Category: Performance Description: Records the number of active sessions over time. Long description: Task records the number of active sessions over a period of…
Lazy writer and checkpoint statistics
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Lazy writer and checkpoint statistics
Name: Lazy writer and Checkpoint statistics Platform: Sqlserver Category: Performance Description: Monitors ‘Checkpoint pages/sec’, ‘Lazy writes/sec’ and ‘Page life expectancy’ by…
Table and index scan collector
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for PostgreSQL » Table and index scan collector
Name: Table and index scan collector Platform: Postgres Category: Performance Description: Shows locks held statistics. Long description: This job collects table and index scan statistics for all schemas i all…
Table and index scan statistics
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for PostgreSQL » Table and index scan statistics
Name: Table and index scan statistics Platform: Postgres Category: Performance Description: This task gathers scan statistics on tables and indexes from pg_stat_all_tables view. Long description: Statistics from…
Installing and using premium packages
Installing and using premium packages
Additional packages dbWatch Control Center also provides additional premium packages to cover specific areas. They may be specific only to one or a few of the platforms supported by dbWatch Control Center. More details are found on the pages specific to the package.…
Check database and server principal mapping
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Check database and server principal mapping
Name: Check database and server principal mapping Platform: Sqlserver Category: Maintenance Description: Checks if the database owner (dbo) is maped into any Server Login (server principal). Long…
Installation of the Security and Compliance package
Installing and using premium packages » Security and Compliance package » Installation of the Security and Compliance package
Installation of the Security and Compliance package The Security and Compliance package is a premium package that comes with extra cost. If you want to get this package and its not part of your current license, please contact sales@dbwatch.com. To install the…
Security and Compliance package on SQL Server
Installing and using premium packages » Security and Compliance package » Security and Compliance package on SQL Server
The Security and Compliance package The Security and Compliance package provides a detailed evaluation of your Microsoft SQL Server’s security and compliance, managed via dbWatch Control Center. It offers in-depth insights into your server’s security and…
Using Control Center
Using Control Center
In this section, we will cover the user interface, the different modules, and how they are used. When we start dbWatch Control Center we will by default start-up in the monitoring view: We have the top menu, where we find the configuration of client connections…
Database operations philosophy
Product Overview » Database operations philosophy
The reasons for database operations The value of database operations comes from the value of the systems the databases support. . In a typical operation, the value of the managed systems is much greater than the resources used on the operations side. Running a…
About dbWatch Control Center
About dbWatch Control Center
dbWatch Control Center is a highly scalable software solution that helps enterprises monitor and manage large database servers efficiently, providing total control over all database operations, performance, and resource usage. dbWatch Control Center will give you the…
Instance details
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Instance details
When navigating to an individual database instance, you get the instance details overview: This dashboard is intended to give an overview of what monitoring jobs are installed and how they are performing. The top tabs let you switch between the instance details…
Web server
Customization » Web server
Control Center can be configured to serve dynamic web content over http. This is intended for dashboards or live reports, and for data export used for integration purposes. Webserver configuration Webserver setup Configuring anonymous webaccess Mountable web…
Monitoring
Using Control Center » Monitoring
In this section, we’ll be familiarized with how the Monitoring Module works. When opening the monitoring module on its initial state, you get the status dashboard: The status dashboard is intended to provide a quick overview of the current state of your…
Architecture
Product Overview » Architecture
Architecture components The dbWatch installation consists of three components: dbWatch Monitor/Client serves as the front-end GUI dbWatch Server is the core business logic and central hub of the system dbWatch Framework contains stored objects in the registered…
Customization
Customization
dbWatch Control Center is designed to be customizable and much of the contents are developed inside the product In this section, we will go over how you can customize different parts of the product. To proceed, click on of the topics below: Customize dbWatch Views…
Web data export
Customization » Web server » Web data export
You can export data from dbWatch through http for easy access by others (tools or humans). Data can be made available formatted as json or csv. Data export might require anonymous webaccess configured. Any data formatted as a table in the dashboard will support data…
Web dashboard editor (beta)
Customization » Web server » Web dashboard editor (beta)
Web dashboard editor (currently in beta) Web dashboard editor is an additional addon module to dbWatch Control Center, that allows the customer to create their own dashboards displaying data about their database environment. While it is in beta, it is open for…
Web configuration
Customization » Web server » Web configuration
To enable the Web server, go to the “Server” -> “Domain Configuration” menu. Expand the domain, Nodes, Server, and right-click on the server you want to run the webserver on. Select “Edit webserver” In the Configure…
Automated maintenance package
Installing and using premium packages » Automated maintenance package
Automated Maintenance Package The Automated Maintenance Package is an additional package for dbWatch Control Center, designed to streamline routine database maintenance tasks. By automating essential upkeep, this package helps ensure optimal database performance and…
Configuration
Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server » Configuration
Configuration gives an overview of the current setup of the database instance, including parameters and uptime statistics. ← dbWatch alerts / Parameters →
Job details
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job details
When you click on one of the jobs in the job tree, you can see a more detailed job overview. The idea of this overview is to show current and historical state, configured parameters and how the job is behaving on other database instances. In the top left…
Server activity
Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server » Server activity
Server activity is a dashboard to get an overview of current sessions and statistics from multiple performance counters viewed together. There is also a menu to kill sessions or view last sql statements. ← Internal repository / Blocking sessions…
Initial Domain Setup
Getting Started » Initial Domain Setup
All dbWatch Servers are part of a domain. This domain is unique for each customer and it is specified in the dbWatch license. Every dbWatch installation must have one of the dbWatch Servers specified as the Domain Controller. The first time a you start the dbWatch…
[Database name] (database server)
Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server » Configuration » Uptime statistics » [Database name] (database server)
This gives an overview of up and down periods for the database server. You can right-click on the screen to switch between different ways to display uptime: Like uptime per week: ← Uptime statistics / (instance) →
Service groups
Using Control Center » Instance management » Service groups
In dbWatch you can organize instances in servicegroups Instances placed in the same servicegroup should provide a common service of some sort. For example this can be instances belonging to the same cluster. Servicegroups may also be placed inside other…
Management
Using Control Center » Management
In this section, we’ll be familiarized with how the Management Module works. Examples in this documentation are from Microsoft SQL Server, but this is available on all platforms, however, contents are platform and license dependent. When opening the management…
Notes
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts » Notes
Notes on jobs are information that DBA’s and the Control Center system save to better document a system setup and known behaviour. When you open notes on a job, it will start off as a blank note. The top field is for personal notes and the contents are stored…
[Instance name] (instance)
Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server » Configuration » Uptime statistics » [Database name] (database server) » [Instance name] (instance)
This gives an overview of when the database instance has been up or down. ← [Database name] (database server) / Maintenance periods →
Job menus
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job menus
Each job has a set of menus. They can be accessed if you right-click on a job. This gives you several options. “Run now” will trigger the job now, outside of the normal schedule. “Details” will open the job report, providing details about…
Sessions
Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server » Sessions
Sessions gives an overview of the current logged in sessions on the system. Right-click on any line in the table allows you to kill the session or see what the last SQL is. You can also drill down to sessions grouped by Host, Login, Program or Database. …
Scheduled reports
Using Control Center » Reporting » Scheduled reports
Scheduled reports are defined to be generated at specified intervals, and can be automatically emailed to you when they are completed. Create a scheduled report To create a scheduled report see Generate Report. Configure a scheduled report Once a report has been…
Groups Configuration
Using Control Center » Instance management » Groups Configuration
How to get here You can access the group configurations going to Server —> Server Configuration —> Group Configuration. Overview The Group Configuration view consists of two main parts. On the left side you can see a tree structure showing the groups,…
Management on SQL Server
Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server
When opening the management module in its initial state, you get the status dashboard: This will give an overview of the system, displaying some instance information, the largest databases, logical reads, session load, and memory usage. When a graph indicates…
Release notes
About dbWatch Control Center » Release notes
dbWatch Control Center (2024-10-07) Download Improvements MS SQL Server – Job “Database disk capacity”. New parameter “combine thresholds”. This parameter allows you to combine the conditions of both the “alarm threshold…
Node to Node communication
Advanced Topics » Product Security » Node to Node communication
dbWatch Control Center is composed of a set of nodes that speak to each other using a layered protocol. This document describes these layers and how they interact to achieve security and reliability. The dbWatch monitor is also a node and has all the behavior…
Domain Configuration
Using Control Center » Domain Configuration
How to get here The Domain Configuration can be accessed by going to Server > Domain Configuration. Overview The Domain Configuration dialog lets you configure domain-wide settings. The concepts listed are: Domain – Lets you configure domain…
Customize View using FDL
Customization » Monitoring » Customize View using FDL
Before proceeding to this section, you must be familiar with Farm Data Language. To give you an overview, Farm Data Language is a type of query dbWatch uses to read and display data to its user. Think of it as your query tool when using dbWatch. How to edit…
Cloud router
Product Overview » Architecture » Cloud router
Introduction The dbWatch Control Center is structured around a network of nodes dedicated to managing server infrastructure. While these nodes effectively communicate within a single network, cross-network communication poses a unique challenge. To address this, we…
The modules of Control Center
Using Control Center » The modules of Control Center
We have seven default modules available when you start dbWatch Control Center. This article will only introduce you to what these instances are and give a brief description of them. You need to be familiar with the navigation tree to better understand how these modules…
User integration with Active Directory
Using Control Center » Domain Configuration » Managing users » User integration with Active Directory
Overview Integrating dbWatch Control Center with Active Directory (AD) enables centralized authentication and management. This guide outlines the steps required to configure dbWatch for AD integration, including file setup and certificate import. The integration uses…
Using SQL Performance package on PostgreSQL
Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package » Using SQL Performance package on PostgreSQL
Navigating to the SQL Performance package dashboard Once the SQL statistics job is installed and have collected data, you can navigate to the dashboard. It is located in the management interface for that database instance. The pictures and descriptions are from…
Using SQL Performance package on MySQL
Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package » Using SQL Performance package on MySQL
Navigating to the SQL Performance package dashboard Once the SQL statistics job is installed and have collected data, you can navigate to the dashboard. It is located in the management interface for that database instance. The pictures and descriptions are from…
Using SQL Performance package on Oracle
Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package » Using SQL Performance package on Oracle
Navigating to the SQL Performance package dashboard Once the SQL statistics job is installed and have collected data, you can navigate to the dashboard. It is located in the management interface for that database instance. The pictures and descriptions are from…
Jobs for PostgreSQL
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for PostgreSQL
Control Center Jobs Description Availability Backup check – pg_dump Checks that there exists an up to date backup file. Backup check – WAL Checks that the WAL files have been backed up. DBMS…
Using SQL Performance package on SQL Server
Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package » Using SQL Performance package on SQL Server
Navigating to the SQL Performance package dashboard Once the SQL statistics job is installed and have collected data, you can navigate to the dashboard. It is located in the management interface for that database instance. The pictures and descriptions are from SQL…
Capacity
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by category » Capacity
Jobs in the Capacity category Control Center Jobs Description Oracle ASM disk statistics Checks ASM disks for status and statistics. ASM diskgroup space Checks ASM diskgroups space statistics. Monitor SYS.AUD$…
Licensing terms
Licensing terms
dbWatch End User License Agreement 1. PARTIES This License and Services Agreement (“Agreement”) is between dbWatch AS, organization number 991 500 456 Norway (“dbWatch”), and the Customer, which is the entity or person whose name and contact details as it…
Sensitive Data Transmitted
Advanced Topics » Product Security » Sensitive Data Transmitted
Sensitive Data Transmitted dbWatch Control Center will, by its nature log into database instances and run queries on the database instances it manages. Key data accessed is primarily data related to statistics on the behavior of the database instance, and not actual…
Product Security
Advanced Topics » Product Security
Introduction on dbWatch Control Center regarding product security dbWatch AS has implemented reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to help protect against security incidents and privacy breaches involving a dbWatch product, provided those…
Cloud router security
Product Overview » Architecture » Cloud router » Cloud router security
Introduction Robust Security Despite Exposure to Threats: Designed for internet accessibility, the cloud router operates under the assumption that it could be compromised. This perspective has shaped its security architecture to ensure that users remain protected,…
Monitoring
Customization » Monitoring
Custom monitoring and editing monitoring jobs dbWatch has two types of monitoring jobs that can detect issues in the database instances. They are referred to as Engine jobs and “No-engine jobs”. Engine jobs are jobs that run inside the database engine,…
Tree navigation
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Tree navigation
On the left side of the dbWatch monitor, you will see a tree structure. There are 2 component that lets your group and filter instances. Top level of the tree, there is a “Grouping” panel. Below it is a quick text based filter. Grouping This is always…
Application Modules
Advanced Topics » Application Modules
About application modules The dbWatch framework is easy to extend and expand with tasks, alerts, reporting and administration to support specific applications. An application module is a bundle of tasks, alerts, reports and administration xml files to allow dbWatch to…
SQL Performance package
Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package
SQL Performance package SQL Performance module is an optional extra cost module in dbWatch Control Center that allows for historical monitoring and analysis of SQL Statements in the database instance. Currently supported platforms: MS SQL Server 2014 and…
Backup of dbWatch
Troubleshooting Guide » Backup of dbWatch
When we think about backup of dbWatch, this involves several different parts of the software and installation: dbWatch Server and configuration files dbWatch Server places its configuration files and workarea in “C:\ProgramData\dbWatchControlCenter\” by…
Configuration parameters
Customization » Monitoring » Editor for engine jobs » Configuration parameters
Configuration parameters are the parameters a user can use to control the behavior of a job. This can be thresholds for alerting, items to ignore, and other types of adjustments that make it easy to create a good fit between a standardized job and a custom database…
Edit Report Templates
Using Control Center » Reporting » Edit Report Templates
Report Selection When you click on Server -> “Reporting” on the toolbar and then select “Edit Report Template”, you will see a list of all available report templates. Select the report template you wish to edit and click “OK”.…
Managing security groups
Using Control Center » Domain Configuration » Managing security groups
Security groups This is were you define the groups that users and roles can have privileges on. There are some predefined security groups: Security group name Description All Instances A group containing all instances in this dbWatch…
Unit4 Agresso
Advanced Topics » Application Modules » Unit4 Agresso
Installation guide for Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle platforms The dbWatch Agresso Module is based on the dbWatch Engine Framework and can be installed during the initial installation of the dbWatch Framework. If the MS SQL Server or Oracle instance where the…
Definition Mapping
Troubleshooting Guide » Definition Mapping
dbWatch 12 dbWatch Control Center Definition Changes Tasks and Alerts Jobs Tasks provide statistics and growth rates for your database, which allows for better planning and performance analysis of how your system is behaving.…
Versioning
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts » Versioning
All jobs and most resource files in Control Center have a version to differentiate between new and old jobs. It is used to upgrade jobs, and most jobs are auto-upgraded. Engine jobs have upgrade scripts built in, to alter tables and update changes to PL/SQL or TSQL…
Adding SQLServer instances with kerberos
Using Control Center » Instance management » Adding a SQLServer Instance » Adding SQLServer instances with kerberos
Using the kerberos authentication option requires some additional setup. We need dbwatch user added to the domain: First we create a dbwatch user that is a normal domain user. We set a passord, and make sure it dont expire. And we must add this user to the…
Main procedure SQL Server
Customization » Monitoring » Editor for engine jobs » Implementation » Main procedure SQL Server
We will use the “Test alert” as example code, as its only purpose is to generate alarms and warnings, but uses many underlying functions. We go through it in steps, and include the full routine at the end. For historical reasons some code will refer to…
Instance management
Using Control Center » Instance management
In instance management we focus on the process of adding, removing and managing instances and instance groups. You will need to add database instances to dbWatch Control Center in order to monitor, manage and create reports from your database instances. There are 4…
High activity monitor
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » High activity monitor
Name: High activity monitor Platform: Sqlserver Category: Performance Description: Collects SQL instance CPU usage, CPU usage of other processes, logical and physical reads, and active processes count on the SQL Server…
Jobs grouped by category
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by category
Jobs by category Jobs in Control Center are grouped by category to make it easier for users to locate the right monitoring job. The categories are: Availability Jobs that checks that the database and database related processes are functioning Capacity – Jobs…
Control Center Jobs
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs
Jobs (older dbWatch versions Tasks and alerts) are the cornerstone of the dbWatch Monitoring module. Jobs perform the actual monitoring of the database instance. There are two types of Monitoring in dbWatch. The Basic and Standard monitoring. To see each monitoring…
Network Controls
Advanced Topics » Product Security » Network Controls
Network Controls dbWatch Control Center deploys several methods of network control. 1. Node authentication (clients and servers) using certificate infrastructure built up around the Domain CA system 2. The built-in firewall to restrict incoming connections on an IP…
Instance Configuration
Using Control Center » Instance management » Instance Configuration
How to get here Instance Configuration can be accessed by going to Server > Server Configuration > Instance Configuration, or by right clicking on an instance and selecting Configure Instance from the popup menu. Main view The instance configuration view consists…
Managing users
Using Control Center » Domain Configuration » Managing users
A user can have roles and grants. A grants is set of privileges on a “Security group”, while roles are a set of grants or other roles or security groups. A “Security group” is a set of database instances and/or servers. Four roles are…
Transaction statistics
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for PostgreSQL » Transaction statistics
Name: Transaction statistics Platform: Postgres Category: Performance Description: Gathers information on commits and rollbacks in the databases and generates statistics. Long description: Task gathers…
Product Description
Advanced Topics » Product Security » Product Description
Product Description dbWatch Control Center is a database operations software intended to monitor, manage, maintain and report on database instances across multiple database platforms and physical locations. A dbWatch Control Center environment has at its core a…
Implementation
Customization » Monitoring » Editor for engine jobs » Implementation
The implementation steps are the most important section. It consists of code blocks that creates the contents of the job. Typically at least one table and a procedure. You can right-click on the “Implementation” tree element to add new code blocks. You…
Operating System
Advanced Topics » Product Security » Operating System
Operating System dbWatch Control Center supports: Windows Server 2008 and newer Windows 10 and newer Linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS It could work fine on older or newer versions. Please check the install guides for more detailed information. Install guide on…
Segment size collector (all segments -- aggregate 9i)
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Segment size collector (all segments -- aggregate 9i)
Name: Segment size collector (all segments — aggregate) Platform: Oracle Category: Capacity Description: Collects size and number totals on all segment types per segment-owner and tablespace_name. Long…
Alert log check (java for 10g)
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Alert log check (java for 10g)
Name: Alert log check (java) Platform: Oracle Category: Availability Description: This check reads and looks for errors in the database alert log. Uses embedded java to read files. Long description: This check…
Alert log check (java)
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Alert log check (java)
Name: Alert log check (java) Platform: Oracle Category: Availability Description: This check reads and looks for errors in the database alert log. Uses embedded java to read files. Long description: This check…
Listener log check (java)
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Listener log check (java)
Name: Listener log check (java) Platform: Oracle Category: Availability Description: This checks and reads errors in database listener log. Using embedded java to read. Long description: Task checks and reads…
Multi-server setup
Getting Started » Multi-server setup
Multi-server setup In most setup one dbWatch Server serve all the roles, where the most common are Domain CA, Instance hub and Webserver. However, in more complex environments more than one dbWatch Server will be connected in one domain, where one server has the role…
No-engine jobs
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts » Job types » No-engine jobs
No-engine jobs No-engine jobs consists of a series of steps (defined in xml files), and each step retreives data and/or performs some computation on the data. The last step will also set a status and a text describing the current state of the job. The steps can be a…
Segment size collector (all segments -- aggregate)
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Segment size collector (all segments -- aggregate)
Name: Segment size collector (all segments — aggregate) Platform: Oracle Category: Capacity Description: Collects size and number totals on all segment types per segment-owner and tablespace_name. Long…
Temporary database space usage
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Temporary database space usage
Name: Temporary database space usage Platform: Sqlserver Category: Capacity Description: Checks space usage in tempdb database, and collects statistics including size of data and transaction log files. Long…