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About dbWatch Control Center

dbWatch Control Center is a highly scalable software solution helping enterprises monitor and manage large numbers of database servers efficiently, providing total control over all aspects of operation, performance, and resource usage. dbWatch Control Center will give…

Fresh Installation of dbWatch Control Center

Troubleshooting Guide » Fresh Installation of dbWatch Control Center

After installing a newer version of dbWatch Control Center, you may encounter problems such as an expired license or a locked account due to forgetting the admin credentials. Here’s a simple guide on doing a fresh installation of dbWatch Control Center.…

Resetting dbWatch Control Center Admin Account

Troubleshooting Guide » Resetting dbWatch Control Center Admin Account

Before resetting your admin account, you must be familiar with your working directory. By default, dbWatch Control Center will create a directory in C:\ProgramData\dbWatchControlCenter .If you are not sure, you can open the dbWatch Logo or go to Help > About dbWatch.…

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…

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…

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…

Internal Control Center firewall

Advanced Topics » Internal Control Center firewall

The internal firewall Mostly used for advanced configurations, where nodes are placed in locations facing internet traffic, there is a built-in firewall in Control Center. You access the firewall configuration in the domain configuration dialog for each node.…

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…

Upgrade dbWatch

Using Control Center » Domain Configuration » Upgrade dbWatch

If you have dbWatch version 2023-06-27 or later, it is possible to semi automatically upgrade the dbWatch Servers. *Only available for Windows Servers. For linux, look here. In the Domain Configuration dialog, select the Upgrade tab. Click on the Check button to…

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…

dbWatch engine alert

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » dbWatch engine alert

Name: dbWatch engine alert Platform: Sqlserver Category: Internal Internal Description: This procedure gathers statistics per database. Long description: This alert returns warning/alarm if there are several…

dbWatch engine alert

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for PostgreSQL » dbWatch engine alert

Name: dbWatch engine alert Platform: Postgres Category: Internal Description: Collects database uptime statistics. Long description: Version: 1 Default schedule: 15m Requires…

dbWatch Server activity alert

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » dbWatch Server activity alert

Name: dbWatch Server activity alert Platform: Sqlserver Category: Internal Internal Description: This procedure gathers statistics per database. Long description: This alert returns warning/alarm if the dbWatch…

Adding or changing license

Using Control Center » Domain Configuration » Adding or changing license

Adding or changing license To add or change the license, you need to start the domain configuration window. (Server->Domain Configuration) In this window, click on “Upload license” and point it to the license .json file you received from dbWatch.…

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…

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…

Using OS Authentication

Using Control Center » Instance management » Adding a SQLServer Instance » Using OS Authentication

When connecting to Microsoft SQL Server instances it is possible to login with Windows Authentication (called OS Authentication in dbWatch). The accout used is the same account as the dbWatch Control Center service runs as. Per default the dbWatch Control Center…

Getting Started

Downloading the latest version of Control Center You can get a download link to the latest version of dbWatch Control Center by registering for a free evaluation copy Wait for dbWatch’s Confirmation Email. Follow the steps and link in that email. There are…

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…

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. …

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…

Installing and using additional modules

Additional modules dbWatch Control Center also provides additional packages or modules 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…

Installing on Windows

Getting Started » Installing on Windows

dbWatch Server Prerequisites Windows Server (VMWare virtual server or AWS EC2 supported) Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2019, or Windows 10 or Windows 11 8 GB RAM 4 CPU cores 10 GB hard drive space dbWatch Engine Prerequisites 500 Mb free space in…

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…

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…

Migration

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by category » Migration

Jobs in the Migration category Control Center Jobs Description Oracle Optional Statistics migration Migrates statistics from a number of tasks from dbWatch version 12 to dbWatch CC. MS SQL…

Release notes

About dbWatch Control Center » Release notes

dbWatch Control Center (2023-09-27) Download Important note Linux release is now available as an apt repository, see Linux install guide Only the server installation is available on Linux in this release (no graphical client or CCC scripting engine) New…

Versions Summary

About dbWatch Control Center » Versions Summary

Other Existing Documentations If you are looking for dbWatch’s online documentation for Enterprise Manager, you can proceed with the following link: dbWatch Enterprise Manager Version 12.9 dbWatch Enterprise Manager Version 12.8 dbWatch Enterprise Manager…

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…

Pre implementation

Customization » Monitoring » Editor for engine jobs » Pre implementation

“Pre implementation” is used to issue grants or create objects as another user, before the implementation step. Its optional, and in this example used to issue grants that is needed by the implementation procedure. “Execute as user” is the…

Sensitive Data Stored

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Sensitive Data Stored

Sensitive Data Stored dbWatch Control Center stores usernames and passwords needed to connect to database instances it monitors. The data is encrypted on the disk of the dbWatch Server. ← Sensitive Data Transmitted / Auditing →

Additional Resources

Here are an additional resources that might help you. You can check all the FAQS on our website. Go to dbWatch/faq You can access our FAQs on this site. Go to FAQs Section To check our video libarary, you can access the link provided: dbWatch/videos ← Fresh…

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…

Console installation on Ubuntu

Getting Started » Installing on Linux » Console installation on Ubuntu

Before you start The installer for dbWatch Control Center requires root to run. However, when we want to run the software under a different user once installed. I will run all the first steps as user root for documentation simplicity. You can use sudo instead. This…

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…

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…

Audit Logging

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Audit Logging

Audit Logging Auditing in dbWatch Control Center is available to enable. Currently, 3 log levels are available: 0=no logging, 1 = log statements triggered by user actions, 2 = log all statements by user actions and other database interactions. Audit logs are stored…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

Remote Connectivity

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Remote Connectivity

Remote Connectivity dbWatch Control Center servers are by default configured to allow connections on port 7100/TCP. This communication is encrypted and several network controls are available to restrict traffic. Communication is only available to approved nodes,…

Database Farm Management Additional Resources

Additional Resources » Database Farm Management Additional Resources

Blogs For farm management, we have different blogs discussing this topic: From SQL Instance Management to Database Farm Management dbWatch Control Center for managing Database Farms Does managing database server farms differ from database instances? Tips: How you…

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…

Auditing

Advanced Topics » Auditing

DbWatch supports auditing of all statements that are executed on the database instances from dbWatch. There is currently no graphical way of turning this feature on, so it involves manually editing the server_configuration.xml file. Stop the dbWatch Server and take a…

Installation of SQL Performance package

Installing and using additional modules » 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…

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…

SQL Performance package

Installing and using additional modules » SQL Performance package

SQL Performance package SQL Performance module is an optional 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 newer Oracle 11g and…

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…

Example engine jobs

Customization » Monitoring » Editor for engine jobs » Example engine jobs

Example jobs To simplify development efforts for customers we provide example jobs with comments that should help development efforts. To use, right-click on the link and save as. Make sure its an xml file, with the name you want. You can edit it as its xml to change…

Statistics migation

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Statistics migation

Name: Statistics migration Platform: Oracle Category: License and compliance Description: Migrates statistics from a number of tasks from dbWatch version 12 to dbWatch CC. Long description: Migrates statistics…

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 Mountable web pages The following pages can be…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

Maintenance

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by category » Maintenance

Jobs in the Maintenance category Control Center Jobs Description Oracle Framework Engine framework is used when upgrading earlier versions of dbWatch. Ensures the dbWatch Engine and dbWatch Server run compatible…

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…

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…

Troubleshooting issues in SQL Performance package

Installing and using additional modules » 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…

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…

Jobs for Sybase

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Sybase

Control Center Jobs Description Availability Database backup Checks backup status of all databases. Database status Checks status of all databases defined on the system. The following incidents triggers a warning or an…

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…

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…

Creating a user

Using Control Center » Domain Configuration » Managing users » Creating a user

To create a user, right click on the “Users” element in the tree in “Domain Configuration” This will open the add user dialog: Where you add a username and password: If you want to add a user that uses Active Directory for password…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Reports

Customization » Reports

Before proceeding to this topic, you must be familiar with generating a report. You can check it out by click on the link. Customizing your Report by changing the logo and Company Name To customize, your report. First click “Server” on the upper ribbon of…

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…

Repository management and monitoring

Installing and using additional modules » 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…

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…

Framework

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Framework

Name: Framework Platform: Oracle Category: Maintenance Maintenance Description: Engine framework is used when upgrading earlier versions of dbWatch. Ensures the dbWatch Engine and dbWatch Server run compatible…

Importing resources

Customization » Importing resources

Much of the functionallity in dbWatch is defined in xml files, including report specifications, task specifictions and management specifications. That means that functionallity can be modified by supplying new xml files to dbWatch. There are two ways of doing…

Using SQL Performance package on SQL Server

Installing and using additional modules » 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…

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 –…

Framework

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for PostgreSQL » Framework

Name: Framework Platform: Postgres Category: Maintenance Description: dbWatch engine framework job (for internal use only). Used for patching or upgrading of dbWatch engine framework. Long description: dbWatch…

Statistics migation

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Statistics migation

Name: Statistics migration Platform: Sqlserver Category: Compliance Description: Migrates statistics from a number of tasks from dbWatch version 12 to dbWatch CC. Long description: Migrates statistics from a…

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…

Hardware Specifications

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Hardware Specifications

Hardware Specifications dbWatch Server Prerequisites Windows Server or Linux Ubuntu Server(VMWare virtual server supported) 8 GB RAM 4 CPU cores 1 GB HD Space (for dbWatch) dbWatch Engine Prerequisites 500 Mb free space in each database instance. SQL…

File Structure

Product Overview » File Structure

Files stored in the users home directory The dbWatch Monitor stores files in the “.dbwatch/.monitor/” catalog in the users home directory. This directory contains the following directories: config Config files crypto Cryptographic keys data Currently…

Disclaimer

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Disclaimer

Disclamer The information contained in this Product Security Wiki is for reference purposes only. Nothing contained in this document or relayed verbally to any customer will be deemed to amend, modify or supersede the terms and conditions of any written agreement…

Job concepts

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts

This section will try to explain more in-depth some of the concepts used in monitoring jobs in Control Center. There are currently two types of jobs, engine jobs, and no-engine jobs. The main difference between them is where processing occurs. Engine jobs do the…

Engine jobs

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts » Job types » Engine jobs

Engine jobs Each engine Job consists of a set of objects (procedures, tables, etc) that are installed on the monitored database instance. The main procedure will be triggered by the dbWatch Server, This procedure will then perform a check or collect statistics…

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…

Troubleshooting Guide

In this section, we’ll discuss about: dbWatch Backup Restoring Configuration Backup Fault Finding Guide Issues and Troubleshooting Definition Mapping ← Integration for Brent Ozar’s First Responder Kit / Backup of dbWatch…

Framework (MS2000)

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Framework (MS2000)

Name: Framework Platform: Sqlserver Category: Maintenance Description: dbWatch engine framework task (for internal use only). Used for patching or upgrading of dbWatch engine framework. Long…

Framework

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Framework

Name: Framework Platform: Sqlserver Category: Maintenance Description: dbWatch engine framework job (for internal use only). Used for patching or upgrading of dbWatch engine framework. Long…

Consolidation

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by category » Consolidation

Jobs in the Consolidation category Control Center Jobs Description MS SQL Server Optional Database statistics This procedure gathers statistics per database.

Analyze tables

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for PostgreSQL » Analyze tables

Name: Analyze tables Platform: Postgres Category: Maintenance Description: dbWatch engine framework job (for internal use only). Used for patching or upgrading of dbWatch engine framework. Long description: This…

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,…

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…

Truncate transaction log

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MS SQL Server » Truncate transaction log

Name: Truncate transaction log Platform: Sqlserver Category: Capacity Description: This procedure truncates the transaction log for the dbWatch database. Long description: This procedure truncates the…

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…

Compliance

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by category » Compliance

Jobs in the Compliance category Control Center Jobs Description MS SQL Server Optional MS SQL Server patch status Checks latest updates for Microsoft SQL Server.