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dbWatch Control Center Features

Monitor, Manage, Report, and Maintain in One Tool

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All your database instances in a single pane of glass

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On boarding

Start Quickly

Out-of-the-box set up to monitor your databases immediately
  • Quick: Deloy out-of-the-box and start monitoring in hours.
  • Monitor: Over 100 monitoring jobs cover all aspects of your databases.
  • Up to date: Automatic updates with version control.
The start screen for beginning with dbWatch
Guided Installation
Example of how dbwatch monitors databases
Section of Monitoring Screen
Control Center Monitoring

Complete Overview

Monitor all your instances in a single pane of glass
  • Central:See all your database instances’ real-time and historical performance.
  • Proactive:Address potential issues before they cause downtime.
  • Cross-platform:Apply DBA knowledge across database platforms.
Database Management

Manage

Simplify workflows and manage multiple databases seamlessly
  • Unified: Manage all your platforms on one interface.
  • Improve workflows: Switch easily between monitoring and management.
  • Scale vertically or horizontally: Grow knowing maintenance remains simple.
An example of managing databases in dbwatch.
Database Management Screen
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Dashboard with Status Metrics
DATABASE DASHBOARDS

See your Metrics

Real-time insights and full control
  • Insights: Identify recurring issues and analyze performance trends with real-time and historic metrics.
  • Informed Decisions: Use metrics to optimize and manage your database environment effectively.
  • Update Stakeholders: Real-time database information dashboard via a secure remote connection.
Control Center Reporting

Automate and deliver reports

Get the data without the manual work
  • Deliver Insights: Automate, schedule, and generate reports to keep stakeholders informed.
  • Customize Reports: White-label and brand reports to align with your organization.
  • Leverage Pre-Built Insights: Access report bundles for database health, uptime, backup status, and more.
  • An example of a health check report.
    Database Instance Report
    Example of how the secure access feature looks.
    Giving secure access to individual users.
    Secure Access

    Multi-layered Security

    Protect Your Database Management Environment
  • Secure Environment Protect your environment with multi-layered security, including two-factor authentication, encrypted communications, and strict DBA controls.
  • Control Access Grant specific stakeholders time-limited access to limited areas.
  • Access Structure secure access across databases without inbound firewall openings.
  • Control Center Integrations

    Get Alerts and Access all Data

    Integrate with Service Now and add server extensions to software
  • Set Up Alerts Respond quickly to database issues by configuring alerts via SMTP for email notifications.
  • Integrate Seamlessly Use Farm Data Language (FDL) to access and integrate your database data efficiently.
  • Ensure Compliance Leverage FDL to redact critical data and add a presentation layer to support GDPR compliance.
  • integrations
    Installing Integrations
    Example of database architecture with dbWatch
    Connect to onpremise and cloud databases
    Control Center Architecture

    Reliable Database Structure

    Monitor all your instances in a single pane of glass
  • Multiple Platforms and sites: Manage database instances across on-premises, cloud, and multi-site environments.
  • Adapt to Your Needs: Utilize a flexible architecture that fits your unique setup and adjusts security settings per zone.
  • Scale with Ease: Expand horizontally or vertically to match your growing database requirements.
  • Automated Maintenance Package

    Automated Maintenance Package

    Historic and real-time data
  • Automate Maintenance Save time and ensure healthy database instances with automated maintenance jobs.
  • Prevent Downtime Keep systems up to date and running smoothly with pre-defined automation routines.
  • Streamline Operations Leverage a library of maintenance jobs for efficient and error-free database management.
  • Example of the automated maintenance at work.
    Status of all Database Instances
    A compliance report from dbWatch.
    A Security and Compliance Report Page
    Security and Compliance Package

    Stay Secure and Compliant

    Keep your data secure in complex multi-zone environments
  • Automate Compliance: Detect and report security and compliance issues in SQL Server environments automatically.
  • Follow Best Practices: Help your databases adhere to industry standards across your entire infrastructure.
  • Access Secure Features: Leverage secure access features included with dbWatch, with additional compliance tools for SQL Server as an add-on.
  • SQL Performance Package

    Tune Performance

    Historic and real-time data
  • Monitor Historical Performance: Track and analyze past database performance with detailed SQL statement monitoring.
  • Identify Issues: Pinpoint misbehaving SQL statements and resolve slow performance efficiently.
  • Gain Actionable Insights: Investigate past performance problems with clarity to ensure timely resolutions.
  • Example of performance turning in the dbWatch software.
    SQL Performance Package Overview

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    Keep your data secure in complex multi-zone environments.

    “dbWatch helps us manage our growing database farm. It is flexible, easy to adapt and customize, and matches the dynamic nature of our operations”
    Dan Westby
    Head of IT Operations, Sector Alarm