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Additionally, on the actions items bar, you can find the following options:
- Edit Instance Properties - Allows you to change select properties for this instance.
- Refresh data - Forces the system to collect data off-schedule so you can have the latest information for this instance.
- Disable Monitoring - Allows you to temporarily stop monitoring this instance.
- Decommission / Recommission - Allows you to decommission or recommission this instance.
- Remove - Allows you to remove instances that you no longer want to monitor.
If you click the drop-down arrow next to the instance name, you can choose a different instance to access its respective details.
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Information available on the Instance Details view
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Health Check Recommendations
This section provides you with specific health check recommendations for the selected instance. SQL Inventory Manager groups these health checks by type, and orders them by level of criticality; where:
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To view what health checks are performed by SQL Inventory Manager, refer to What Health Checks are available in SQL Inventory Manager? |
Applications
SQL Inventory Manager periodically takes a sampling of the applications connecting to each SQL Server instance. This sampling occurs approximately once every hour. The Applications list on the Instance Details view includes the name of the application along with the timestamp of the most recent sampling that included that application. You can also manually add an application to track using Add Application. For more information about this feature, see Manage instance applications.
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- Create Application Alias - Change the default name of the application to an alias that displays in the Applications list.
- Hide - Allows you to prevent SQL Inventory Manager from displaying this application in the list. Click Unhide to display any hidden applications.
Top bar graphs
These graphs provide insight of the most important databases for your instance, based on databases size and how busy they are (transactions per second).
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- Top Databases by Size (MB)
- Top Databases by Activity (Transactions per second)
Instance summary and status
On the right side of the Instance Details view, you can see a section that provides general information for your instance.
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Click the pencil icon next to the Instance Summary title and you can access the options for editing your instance properties such as owner, location, comments, and credentials. For more information, refer to Edit instance properties. |
Instance Databases
At the bottom section of the Instance Details view, SQL Inventory Manager displays a list of all databases available as well as any decommissioned databases on this instance.
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- Edit Tags - Access your database tags to add or assign new tags to your selected database.
- Disable Monitoring - Temporarily stop monitoring of this instance. When you choose this option, you will no longer receive alert notifications from this database until you enable its monitoring again.
- Decommission - Allows you to decommission this database. Decommissioned databases appear below the Databases list.
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