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Get instance configuration with CCC
Advanced Topics » Control Center Commandline » Get instance configuration with CCC
Prerequisites Before you can get instance configuration through CCC you need to go through the steps described in Setting up a CCC node Getting instance configuration get_instance.script has the following input parameters: server – specify server IP and port,…
Register instance configuration with CCC
Advanced Topics » Control Center Commandline » Register instance configuration with CCC
Prerequisites Before you can get instance configuration through CCC you need to go through the steps described in Setting up a CCC node Registering instance configuration register_instance.script has the following input parameters: server – specify server IP…
Add instance with CCC
Advanced Topics » Control Center Commandline » Add instance with CCC
Prerequisites Before adding instances through CCC you need to go through the steps described in Setting up a CCC node The properties for the instance to add are defined in a file (default is “instance.properties”). The syntax is key/value pairs seperated…
Instance action script with CCC
Advanced Topics » Control Center Commandline » Instance action script with CCC
Instance action script The instance action script (instance_action.script) can do the following commands: Connect You can connect an already registered and disconnected instance using the connect action. It is the same as what happens if you right-click on an…
FDL with CCC
Advanced Topics » Control Center Commandline » FDL with CCC
Prerequisites Before running fdl through CCC you need to go through the steps described in Setting up a CCC node First we need to specify the fdl query to execute. This is done by editing the “fdl.script” file. The query is specified after the query?=…
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…
Set metadata with CCC
Advanced Topics » Control Center Commandline » Set metadata with CCC
Prerequisites Before settings metadata through CCC you need to go through the steps described in Setting up a CCC node Metadata is defined in a file (default “metadata.properties”) ← Add instance with CCC / Install jobs with CCC…
Install jobs with CCC
Advanced Topics » Control Center Commandline » Install jobs with CCC
Prerequisites Before installing jobs through CCC you need to go through the steps described in Setting up a CCC node ← Set metadata with CCC / Get instance configuration with CCC →
Start/stop webservice with CCC
Advanced Topics » Control Center Commandline » Start/stop webservice with CCC
*Not available in general release. You need the 22.03.2024 build or later. *Note: The term service in this context is an internal service in dbWatch, not a Windows service. Prerequisites First you need to go through the steps described in Setting up a CCC node You…
[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 →
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…
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…
Instance status
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Instance status
Name: Instance status Platform: Sqlserver Category: Availability Description: This alert checks if the instance has been restarted since the last check Long…
Adding MySQL Instance with Super Privilege Error
Troubleshooting Guide » Adding MySQL Instance with Super Privilege Error
MySQL Super Privilege Error When adding an instance for MySQL 5.0 or over, you may encounter the following error: This error happens when dbWatch Control Center is creating a user. This error appears indicating that the user has no super privilege rights. There…
Setting up a CCC node
Advanced Topics » Control Center Commandline » Setting up a CCC node
To setup a ccc node you first need to download the ccc scripts and extract them in a catalog that you want to be the ccc workarea. In the following example we have downloaded the scripts to “E:/tmp/scripts” and our Control Center installation is located in…
Changing Instance Group
Using Control Center » Instance management » Groups Configuration » Changing Instance Group
Changing a group can be done when you created an instance under a default group name and change it to another corresponding group. To change the groups base on your newly created group, you can check Group Configuration. Changing Group of an Instance Once a group has…
Instance memory statistics
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Instance memory statistics
Name: Instance memory statistics Platform: Oracle Category: Performance Description: Collects statistics on instance memory. Long description: Task collects statistics on instance…
Instance error log
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Instance error log
Name: Instance error log Platform: Sqlserver Category: Availability Description: Reads and checks the Instance error log file by using the sp_readerrorlog stored procedure. Long description: The sp_readerrorlog…
Instance memory check
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Instance memory check
Name: Instance memory check Platform: Sqlserver Category: Performance Description: This job checks the target memory value of the SQL Server instance, and gives a warning/alarm if the instance is not able to allocate a…
Instance memory usage
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Instance memory usage
Name: Instance memory usage Platform: Sqlserver Category: Performance Description: Collects total memory usage and data cache memory usage for SQL Server instance. This dbWatch task can be configured to automatically reduce…
Instance alert log
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Instance alert log
Name: Instance alert log Platform: Oracle Category: Availability Description: Reads and checks errors in the X$DBGALERTEXT performance view contained in the XML decoded version of the XML version of Alert log…
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 →
Adding an Oracle Instance
Using Control Center » Instance management » Adding an Oracle Instance
Oracle Prerequisites !1. Oracle databases need to have a listener process running and also allow for an external login with sysdba user or user with enough privileges. 2. You need a privileged user, such as sys as sysdba, another user with sysdba privileges or…
Adding a SQLServer Instance
Using Control Center » Instance management » Adding a SQLServer Instance
How to get here To open the “Add Instance Wizard”, click on the “Plus (+)” sign on the bottom left of the dbWatch Client. Select Instance Type and Input Connection Details Specify the host and port number. dbWatch will attempt to…
Adding a PostgreSQL Instance
Using Control Center » Instance management » Adding a PostgreSQL Instance
How to get here To open the “Add Instance Wizard”, click on the “Plus (+)” sign on the bottom left of the dbWatch Client. This will bring up the “Add Instance” wizard, which will guide you through the following steps. Select Instance Type and Input…
Adding a MySQL Instance
Using Control Center » Instance management » Adding a MySQL Instance
How to get here To open the “Add Instance Wizard”, click on the “Plus (+)” sign on the bottom left of the dbWatch Client. This will bring up the “Add Instance” wizard, which will guide you through the following steps. Select Instance Type and Input…
Instance error log (AWS)
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Instance error log (AWS)
Name: Instance error log (AWS) Platform: Sqlserver Category: Availability Description: Reads and checks the Instance error log file by using the AWS rdsadmin.dbo.rds_read_error_log stored procedure. Long…
Instance memory check (noschema)
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Instance memory check (noschema)
Name: Instance memory check Platform: Sqlserver Category: Performance Description: This task collects the size of memory objects that are currently allocated by the SQL Server Long description: The alert checks…
Instance memory usage (MS2005 / MS2008)
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Instance memory usage (MS2005 / MS2008)
Name: Instance memory usage Platform: Sqlserver Category: Performance Description: Collects total memory usage and data cache memory usage for SQL Server instance. This dbWatch task can be configured to automatically reduce…
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…
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,…
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 for each domain on the left side tree are: Nodes –…
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…
Instance error log file size check
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Instance error log file size check
Name: Instance error log file size check Platform: Sqlserver Category: Capacity Description: Checks the size og the Instance error log file by using the extended stored procedure xp_cmdshell. Long…
Restore configuration backup
Troubleshooting Guide » Restore configuration backup
The configuration files in dbWatch are continously backed up using git. Reverting to an old backup Step one If you don’t have git tools installed, you can download them here Step two After stopping the dbWatch Server, use a command prompt (that understands…
Integration with SSMS
Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package » Using SQL Performance package on SQL Server » Integration with SSMS
When analyzing a SQL statement, the choice “Show query plan (using SSMS)” appears on SQL Server. This is for opening a query plan in SQL Server Management Studio. Clicking on this will not open anything, if it is not setup correctly. There is a monitor.xml…
Bulk installing instances
Using Control Center » Instance management » Bulk installing instances
CSV File Format You can add instances in bulk. The prerequisite is to have a CSV file with the following…
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…
User integration with Active Directory
Using Control Center » Domain Configuration » Managing users » User integration with Active Directory
The user integration with Active Directory offloads the password verification and storage from the dbWatch Control Center domain controller to Active Directory. Port openings To allow the correct communications between the dbWatch Server and the Active Directory…
Exporting configuration from 12 to CC
Advanced Topics » Exporting configuration from 12 to CC
Exporting database instance configuration from dbWatch 12 to CC A version of 12.9.1 or above is needed for this. The idea is that you can export the instance configuration from a dbWatch 12.9.x installation to install the same instances in dbWatch Control Center, as…
Auto-discover with different default port
Using Control Center » Autodiscover » Discovering Database Instances » Auto-discover with different default port
We’ll look deeper into how auto-discover works. First of all, you need to be familiar with what file the data is being stored in. The default directory can be found in “C:\ProgramData\dbWatchControlCenter\config\server” and it’s in file…
Control Center Commandline
Advanced Topics » Control Center Commandline
CCC.exe – the Control Center Commandline CCC.exe is a command intended to run on the commandline or terminal to trigger USL scripts. The intention of CCC is to use it for integration and automation purposes to access the capabilities of dbWatch for other 3rd…
dbWatch alerts
Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server » dbWatch alerts
dbWatch alerts is a list of monitoring jobs in the database in warning or alarm state for this database instance. Example: This is handy so you know you are working on the right database instance when you are correcting issues. You can interact with the…
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…
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 (v 5.2 or later). To configure the extension, select it and click “Configure”. You should now see the initial…
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…
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…
Maintenance periods
Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server » Configuration » Uptime statistics » Maintenance periods
This is where you can add maintenance periods to correct the uptime report for known scheduled maintenance periods that should not count as part of the report. Right click on the maintenance periods to create a new known maintenance period. This allows you fine…
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…
Monitoring Engine
Using Control Center » Instance management » Instance Configuration » Monitoring Engine
The monitoring section of the Configure Instance view looks different depending on if you have a monitoring engine (i.e a database) defined on the instance. With engine: Without engine: Text may vary a bit depending on the database type. Button…
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 Privilege All instances A list of instances containing all instances added to…
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…
Collation check
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Collation check
Name: Collation check Platform: Sqlserver Category: Availability Description: Checks if there is a collation conflict with temp tables and table variables. Long description: You may get a collation conflict when…
User connections check
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Sybase » User connections check
Name: User connections check Platform: Sybase Category: Performance Description: Checks the configuration setting of the ‘number of user connections’ from the master.dbo.syscurconfigs table against the number of…
User connections check (12)
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Sybase » User connections check (12)
Name: User connections check Platform: Sybase Category: Performance Description: Checks the configuration setting of the ‘number of user connections’ from the master.dbo.syscurconfigs table against the number of…
Release notes
About dbWatch Control Center » Release notes
dbWatch Control Center (2024-03-11) Download Important note Linux release is available as an apt repository, see Linux install guide All clients and servers need to be upgraded in a multi-server setup before the connection will resume due to network…
[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) →
JDBC Properties
Using Control Center » Instance management » Instance Configuration » JDBC Properties
It is possible to set properties for the JDBC driver on specific instances. You can find this under “Advanced Driver Setup” when adding SQL instances or under “Edit parameters” in the JDBC panel in the Configure Instance dialog. The driver…
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…
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…
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…
Example architecture designs
Product Overview » Architecture » Example architecture designs
Basic setup The most basic setup is where a dbWatch Server service is configured with all functions in the same node, and the client is either local or installed on a separate computer. Example drawing: The pictured architecture is similar to the design and setup…
capitalize function
Advanced Topics » FDL – Farm Data Language » Functions » capitalize function
Description Capitalizes a string Example Get and capitalize all instance names instance/name/capitalize() instance/capitalize(name) Syntax capitalize(expression) value/capitalize() ← concat function / distinct function →
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…
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 disk capacity
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Database disk capacity
Name: Database disk capacity Platform: Sqlserver Category: Capacity Description: Checks free space on drives where data and transaction log files are defined. An alarm (or warning) is raised if the percentage limit is…
Job templates
Customization » Monitoring » Job templates
Creating templates Template functionality makes it possible to automate installation and configuration of jobs across the entire database farm you are managing. The configuration interface is available in the menu Server -> Server Configuration -> Edit job…
distinct function
Advanced Topics » FDL – Farm Data Language » Functions » distinct function
Description Removes duplicates from a set of values Example Get the set of versions for all instances distinct(instance/version) instance/distinct(version) ← capitalize function / mkstring function →
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…
Log shipping monitor (secondary)
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Log shipping monitor (secondary)
Name: Log shipping monitor (secondary) Platform: Sqlserver Category: Cluster and Replication Description: Monitor the secondary database in each log shipping configuration. Long description: Monitor the…
Metadata properties
Customization » Property System » Metadata properties
You can put metadata on instances, and this metadata will be automatically available in FDL. To add metadata to an instance, right click on it and select “Configure”. Then click on the “Metadata” tab. Here you can add key/value pairs by…
Log shipping monitor (primary)
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Log shipping monitor (primary)
Name: Log shipping monitor (primary) Platform: Sqlserver Category: Cluster and Replication Description: Monitor the primary database in each log shipping configuration, including information about the last backup file and…
FDL – Farm Data Language
Advanced Topics » FDL – Farm Data Language
Introduction to Farm Data Language Farm Data Language or FDL for short is the query language used in dbWatch to find information about objects. FDL is formerly known as DBWQL. This topic should be considered as the advanced part of dbWatch. It is also the central…
upper function
Advanced Topics » FDL – Farm Data Language » Functions » upper function
Description Converts a string to uppercase Example Get all hostnames as uppercase instance/hostname/upper() instance/upper(hostname) Syntax upper(expression) value/upper() Parameters Type Description Expression Expression giving a…
lower function
Advanced Topics » FDL – Farm Data Language » Functions » lower function
Description Converts a string to lowercase Example Get all hostnames as lowercase instance/hostname/lower() instance/lower(hostname) Syntax lower(expression) value/lower() Parameters Type Description Expression Expression giving a…
Installation of SQL Performance package
Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package » Installation of SQL Performance package
Requirements for installation dbWatch Control Center release 2022-09-29 / 501 or newer License that includes SQL Performance module. It can be as the separate “SQL Performance Package” license or as part of a larger licence package. It is included in…
trim function
Advanced Topics » FDL – Farm Data Language » Functions » trim function
Description Strips empty spaces from the beginning and end of a string Example Get all hosts without leading or trailing spaces instance/host/trim() instance/trim(host) Syntax trim(expression) value/trim() Parameters Type Description …
Pause
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Pause
Monitoring in dbWatch have two “levels” of pause. You can pause the monitoring on an instance altogether, meaning that the monitoring jobs will not execute. Or you can pause the alert forwarding, meaning that the jobs will execute but dbWatch will not send…
Uptime statistics
Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server » Configuration » Uptime statistics
Control Center provides uptime statistics reports, and this is the interface to look at uptime periods for an instance and add scheduled maintenance periods that will be taken into consideration when uptime statistics is generated for this report. ← Registry…
Advanced static parameters
Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server » Configuration » Parameters » Advanced static parameters
Advanced static parameters will need an instance restart to take effect. You can configure these by right-clicking on the parameter and choose configure. ← Advanced dynamic parameters / Registry parameters →
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…
Check database recovery mode
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Check database recovery mode
Name: Check database recovery mode Platform: Sqlserver Category: Availability Description: Checks if all databases are running in FULL or SIMPLE recovery mode. Long description: Checks if all databases are…
FAQs
Additional Resources » FAQs
In this section – you will find the frequently asked questions regarding the dbWatch. Do you offer an evaluation copy of your product? - Yes, we do offer a 30-day trial for a maximum of 25 database instances of any database platforms supported. We can also…
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…
concat function
Advanced Topics » FDL – Farm Data Language » Functions » concat function
Description Concats a number of strings Example Get all hosts and append the domain “.dbwatch.com” instance/concat(host, '.dbwatch.com') Syntax concat(string1, string2, …) ← trim function / capitalize function…
Troubleshooting issues in SQL Performance package
Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package » Repository management and monitoring » Troubleshooting issues in SQL Performance package
Graph issues with monitoring has been switched off If for some reason dbWatch Control Center has not been connected to a database instance running SQL Performance package for an extended time, you can get odd statistics errors in the graphs. It will look like a linear…
Installing on Linux
Getting Started » Installing on Linux
dbWatch Server Prerequisites Installation of dbWatch on Linux requires X11 for the graphical installation. Installation executable will fallback to console installation if X11 is not available, otherwise console installation is available with -c switch after…
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…
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 →
SQL statistics
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for PostgreSQL » SQL statistics
Name: SQL statistics Platform: Postgres Category: Performance Description: Collects performance statistics for the SQL statements. Long description: Collects performance statistics for SQL statements from…
No-engine jobs
Customization » Monitoring » No-engine jobs
No-engine jobs No-engine jobs are monitoring jobs that does not run in the database engine. No-engine jobs are jobs that run on the dbWatch Server, and typically run a SQL statement and process the result of this statement in javascript. Example code for different…
Properties on Instances
Advanced Topics » FDL – Farm Data Language » Available properties » Properties on Instances
Instances are available under server through the instance property server/instance All instances have the following properties: Name Description Return type Typical values Extra name The given name of the instance String…
SQL statistics
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for PostgreSQL » SQL statistics
Name: SQL statistics Platform: Postgres Category: Performance Description: Collects performance statistics for the SQL statements. Long description: Collects performance statistics for SQL statements from…
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…
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…
Parameters
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts » Parameters
Most of the monitoring jobs will have parameters. This is used controllable thresholds to adjust the monitoring job behavior and to better align it with the database instance and the preferences of the DBA. This is an example from the “Agent jobs check”…
Jobs for MS SQL Server
Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server
Control Center Jobs Description Availability Agent Jobs Check Checks whether there exists jobs on the SQL server which have not been executed, or have failed during execution. Agent Jobs Check for MS2000 Checks whether there…
Worksheet
Using Control Center » Worksheet
One of the truly unique features of dbWatch is its integrated SQL Worksheet, which, although simple in operation has some sophisticated applications, including cross-database queries. The SQL Worksheet is not developed from a developer-centric perspective and therefore…
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…
Discovering Database Instances
Using Control Center » Autodiscover » Discovering Database Instances
The dbWatch Autodiscover feature scans your network and locates database instances that are available. You will find the Autodiscover feature under the “Autodiscover” tab on the left-most side of the dbWatch Monitor. In the Autodiscover view, you have 3…