Get started with dbWatch

Installing dbWatch on Windows

Run the installer as admin

Set the directory for your dbWatch installation or just use the default path

Tick upgrade if you have an old or existing dbWatch version installed but if you don't. Just click Next.

Install the dbWatch server and the service, you can specify your own listener port or just use the default port.

Set a password for the default admin user

Enter license key

Accept the license agreement

dbWatch is now ready to install on your machine

Successfully installed dbWatch

Start the dbWatch monitor

Input the password you specified for the default admin user

We've succesfully installed dbWatch on our windows machine.

Installing dbWatch on Linux

Create a new directory for dbWatch: sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/dbWatch
Then input the root or super user password
Change the owner of the directory to the user dbwatch: sudo chown dbwatch.dbwatch /usr/local/dbWatch
Change the access mode of the directory by executing: sudo chmod 750 /usr/local/dbWatch
Download the installer file by running the command: wget https://download.dbwatch.com/download/Latest/dbWatch_unix_12_6_15.sh --no-check-certificate
Grant permission to execute the installer by running: sudo chmod +x dbWatch_unix_12_6_15.sh
Run the installation file by typing: sudo ./dbWatch_unix_12_6_15.sh
A window will appear, specify your preferred destination directory for dbWatch.
In this window you can choose to upgrade to an existing dbWatch installation. Right now, we’re doing a fresh install so let’s continue by clicking next.
We will install a new dbWatch server and use the default port.
Input your preferred password for the default admin user.
Enter the license key
Accept the agreement
Everything’s set we can now install dbWatch on our machine.
And now we’ve completed installing dbWatch on Linux. Let’s start the dbWatch monitor.
We have successfully configured and started dbWatch in Ubuntu.

Adding a SQL Server instance

Select MS SQL Server button and tick Add Database Instance
Pick whether the instance you will monitor is for Development, Test or Production. Specify your hostname, port number, authentication mode and credentials. Click Next.
Choose the display name for this instance you wish to monitor, Installing advanced monitoring means that a dbwatch database will be created with the monitoring framework installed on the instance. Input your login credentials it must have sa or sysadmin role.
Select the set of tasks you wish to install that will be used to monitor our SQL Server instance.
We're now ready to add the sql server instance on our dbWatch monitor.
We've succesfully added the SQL server instance

Adding a PostgreSQL instance

Select PostgreSQL button and tick Add Database Instance

Specify the display name for this instance and the group it belongs to. Tick the monitoring checkbox then continue.

Specify the host, credentials and the port number for this instance.

Set a user and password for the dbWatch user

Select the tasks you wish to install that will be used to monitor the PostgreSQL instance.

We're now ready to add the PostgreSQL instance on dbWatch

Successfully added the PostgreSQL instance

Adding an Oracle instance

Select Oracle button and tick Add Database Instance

Specify the group where the instance belongs to, hostname, port number, SID, authentication mode and credentials for this instance.

Specify display name for this instance, Installing advanced monitoring means that a dbwatch database will be created with the monitoring framework installed on the instance. Specify the schema owner and password.

Select the tasks you wish to install which is used to monitor the Oracle instance.

We're now ready to add the Oracle instance on dbWatch

Successfully added the Oracle instance

Adding a MySQL instance

Select MySQL button and tick Add Database Instance

Specify given name for the MySQL instance and select a grouping which the instance belongs to. Tick Monitoring.

Specify the hostname, credentials and the port number

Specify the database to be used by dbWatch and set a username and password.

Select the tasks you wish to install which will be used to monitor the MySQL instance

We're now ready to add the MySQL instance in dbWatch
Successfully added the instance

Adding a Sybase instance

Select the Sybase button and tick Add Database Instance

Specify given name for the Sybase instance and select a grouping which the instance belongs to. Tick Monitoring.

Specify the hostname, credentials and the port number

Specify the database to be used by dbWatch and set a username and password.

Select the tasks you wish to install which will be used to monitor the Sybase instance

We're now ready to add the Sybase instance in dbWatch

Succesfully added the Sybase instance

Performance Monitoring

Capable of checking disk and memory usage
Monitor CPU usage
Analyse performance and disk growth rate
Top level view of database farm

Basic Monitoring with dbWatch

In this episode you will learn the basics on how to monitor your cpu, memory usage and various charts that will help you stay on top of your database farm with the help of dbWatch.

Monitoring active query sessions

In this episode you will learn how you can track different query sessions running on your database instances.

Database Management

Full overview of all hardware resource
Management of database performance reports
Management of tasks and alerts
Able to manage jobs on the management module

Getting Started with dbWatch

Step By Step Installation Guide

Learn how you can add database instances on dbWatch

Performance Monitoring

Basic Monitoring with dbWatch

Monitoring active query sessions

Database Management

Managing database instances

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