Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) - Updated December 12, 2014

Start Using DPA 9.0

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Install/Upgrade/Migrate Zone

• DPA PI System Requirements Guide
• Moving an DPA PI Server to Another Machine
• Installing DPA on UNIX or Linux Machines
• Un-installing DPA on UNIX/Linux Machines
• Upgrading DPA on UNIX/Linux Machines
• Upgrading DPA on Windows
• Installing DPA on Windows
• SSL Setup for Ignite
• DPA - Java VM Needed
• Un-installing DPA on Windows

Latest Blogs

• Would You Rather Captain the Queen Mary or the Titanic?
• High CPU on a Database Server - Should You Be Concerned?
• The Importance of Standards
• Big Data - What Does It Mean for the Database Professional
• The Importance of Baselining - And Baselining Often!
• Moving Databases to the Cloud
• Making Performance Metrics Make Sense to Your Business
• It's Always the Databases' Fault!
• Performance Optimization for Every Database Instance
• Performance Metrics for SQL Server 2014
• Upgrading to SQL Server 2014
• Optimizing the Database for Faster Application Performance
• Solving Oracle enq: TM Contention Wait Events
• SQL Server Clustering Alternative Options
• Logical Read

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Make The Most Of DPA

• Customer Training Program - Changing and Growing in 2015!
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Most Recent / Popular KBs

• Using Newer DB2 Polling Tables
• Protecting Against "POODLE" Security Vulnerability (CVE-2014-3566)
• Gen3 Offline Key Activation
• DPA Repository - Data Retention Policy
• Using Custom SQL Alerts
• Key DPA Directories and Files
• Timezones - Setting Timezones in DPA
• Excluding Data from DPA Collection
• DB2 KEEPFENCED and FENCED_POOL Configuration Parameters
• Connecting to SQL Server Using Named Pipes - DPA 8.0
• Logging DPA User Activity
• JDBC Driver Makes Monitoring Oracle 8i and 12c Mutually Exclusive
• Monitoring an Oracle 12c Database
• Monitoring an Oracle Database in an Amazon RDS Environment
• Script to Create the X$ Views for Monitoring Oracle Amazon RDS
• DPA User Authentication and Permissions Using LDAP
• Monitoring SQL Server Instance in Amazon RDS
• Linux 64-bit with Java 1.7 32-bit - Unable to Start DPA
• Downgrading DPA

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DPA How To Articles

• Configuring SMTP Mail Server for Outgoing Email
• How to Monitor More Than 250 Instances with DPA
• How to Register an Instance with the Same Server and Instance Name
• How to Change the Display Name for an Instance in DPA GUI
• How to Find SQL Server Job from Program Shown in DPA
• Splitting up an Existing Repository
• Configure DPA to Monitor DB2 10.5
• Enabling SNMP Monitoring in SCOM
• How Hot Blocks in Oracle Cause Cache Buffers Chains Latches Contention
• Understanding How System Resources Affect SQL Server Performance
• How Parsing in Oracle Causes Contention for Shared Pool and Library Cache Latches
• What SQL Server Clustering Can and Cannot Do
• Response Time Analysis: How to Improve Database Performance by Measuring User Experience

DPA Video Zone

• Thwack Videos
• DPA Overview for VM option
• DPA Overview for Oracle Databases
• DPA Overview for Microsoft SQL Server
• View Historical Blocking in SQL Server
• Utilize DPA Storage IO to Find Performance Issues
• Oracle Standard Edition Performance Monitoring
• How to Use DPA to Virtualize SQL Servers
• Database Performance Analyzer for SQL Server
• Database Performance Analyzer - Customer Case Study
• Improve DevOps Shared Metrics with DPA
• Oracle Standard Edition Performance Monitoring Tool

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DPA Documentation

• Administrator Guide
• Online Administrator Guide
• Release Notes
• Datasheet for SQL
• Datasheet for Oracle
• Datasheet for DB2
• Datasheet for Sybase
• Reports and Alerts
• Case Studies
• Whitepapers
• Toolkits

DPA Releases

• General Availability of DPA v9.0
• Beta Release of DPA v9.0 - Part-2
• Beta Release of DPA v9.0 - Part-1
• General Availability of DPA v8.3.407

Troubleshoot DPA

• SolarWinds DPA Stops Working After Uninstalling Ignite
• Can't See Plans on SQL Server 2014
• DPA Will Not Start
• DPA Trouble Shooting / Sending Log Files to SolarWinds Support
• Oracle Bug #5166445 Causes DPA Plan Capture to Fail
• Latching Problems In Oracle 9.2.0.6, 9.2.0.7 and 10.1
• Missing SQL Statistics When Monitoring SQL Server 2005
• Data Truncation Errors in DPA Logs Related to Alerts
• Troubleshooting WMI Configuration for SQL Server Resource Metrics
• DPA Crashed and Will Not Restart
• Mutex Lock Gathering Oracle Statistics
• DPA Errors When Collecting Plan Information
• Error Install Oracle 11g on CentOS - libmawt.so: Can’t Load IA 32-bit .so on IA 32bit Platform
• Why Won't DPA Display Some SQL Server Graphical Plans?
• Error or Unsuccessful When Trying to Register a Microsoft SQL Server for Monitoring

What We Are Working on DPA

• What We Are Working On After 9.0
• Suggest New Features for DPA

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