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In the single instance dashboard, you can find the following sections:

• History Range Control
• Alert and Health Summary
• Prescriptive Analysis SummaryServer status
• Server properties
• Service status
• File use
• Databases roll up view
• Charts
• Category views

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• Prescriptive Analysis
• Alert Timeline
• Alert Categories
• Charts

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History Range Control

SQL Diagnostic Manager also includes a new History Range Control, located at the top of the Web Console and in the option History Browser in the Desktop Console, both can be modified and be designated a specific start time and date as well as a current snapshot.

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Alert and Health Summary

In this section, you find the health index, the alert status, and the user sessions from SQL Diagnostic Manager. Also, includes shortcuts to filter data through Sessions, Queries, Resources, and Databases.

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Prescriptive Analysis Summary

The prescriptive summary shows the previous analysis information and the resulting recommendations summary. You can click any category under Recommendation Summary to be redirected to the Analyze tab in the desktop console

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In this section view the status of your monitored SQL Server and its alerts.

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Properties

In this section view the most important characteristics of your monitored SQL Server instance.

Instance Name

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Displays the name of the monitored SQL Server instance or its friendly name assigned in the desktop console.

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Assign a friendly name to your instance that is meaningful to you and easy to identify.

SQL Version

Indicates the current SQL Server SQL Server version including service pack and build information on this SQL Server SQL Server instance.

SQL Edition

Indicates the current SQL Server SQL Server edition, including Enterprise, Business Intelligence, or Standard, installed on this SQL Server SQL Server instance.

Running since

Indicates the timestamp associated with the most recent restart of this SQL Server SQL Server instance.

Clustered

Indicates whether this SQL Server SQL Server instance is part of a cluster. If it is part of a cluster, SQL Diagnostic Manager displays the name of the active node.

Processors

Indicates the total number of processors associated with this SQL Server SQL Server instance and how many of these processors are currently in use.

Host

Indicates the name of the server hosting this SQL Server SQL Server instance.

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Indicates the current operating system on the server hosting this SQL Server instance.

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Memory (GB)

Indicates the total amount of memory on the server hosting this SQL Server SQL Server instance.

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In this section view the status of the SQL Server services:

• SQL Server Service
• SQL Agent Service
• Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) Service

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Host OS

Indicates the current operating system on the server hosting this

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Size

Displays the allocated data space in GB for this SQL Server instance.

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Log File (Used GB)

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Database count

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The Databases roll up view shows the monitored databases for the selected instance. Information provided includes:

Database

Displays the database name.

Creation Date

Displays database creation date and time.

Data Size (MB)

Displays the size of all data files used in this SQL Server instance.

Log Size (MB)

Indicates the current size of the log files on this SQL Server instance.

Status

Indicates the operational status of the database such as Normal, Offline, or Suspect.

If you click any row of the Database roll up view, SQL Diagnostic Manager directs you to the databases tab of the single instance dashboard for more details.

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data size of the server.

Log Size

Displays the log size of the server.

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Prescriptive Analysis

The Prescriptive Analysis panel shows a summary of the performed Analyses, this panel shows the Date, the Duration, the Task Type, the number of recommendations, the Priority, and you can click the Show Recommendations to review the list of recommendations of each Analysis.

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Alert Timeline

This graph shows a summary of the alert categories, CPU, Memory, I/O, Databases, Logs, Queries, Services, Sessions, Virtualization, Operational and Custom. This graph is color-coded depending on the status of the alerts inside each category.

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Alert Categories

This alert timeline view allows you to easily identify the highest alert for your monitored SQL Server instance and the highest alert for a specific category.

Configure the Alert Category graph, following these steps:

• Click Edit, located next to the Alert Timeline graph.
• Check or uncheck the checkboxes located under the Visible column.
• Or, reorganize the Order column with the listed numbers preferred.
• Click Save.

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Charts

The single instance dashboard includes the following charts:

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Response Time 

The Response Time chart displays the response time (in milliseconds) it takes a Select SQL statement to go to the SQL Server instance and back.  This chart indicates the current speed and congestion of the network as well as the speed with which SQL Server processes small queries.  To obtain additional key diagnostic statistics for sessions on your SQL Server instance, click the chart and you’re directed to the Sessions > Overview view.  This view contains various charts like the Response Time (ms), Session Activity, and Blocked Sessions.

SQL Server CPU Activity 

The SQL Server CPU Activity chart displays the percentage of a CPU consumed by your SQL Server, virtual machine, and host server. To obtain additional key diagnostic statistics for monitoring the resources for your SQL Server instance and computer on which it resides, click the chart and you’re directed to the Resources > CPU view.  This view contains various charts like the CPU Usage (%), Processor Time (%), and Processor Queue Length.

OS Memory Usage

The OS Memory Usage chart displays information in GB on the physical and virtual memory in use during the current day.  To obtain additional key memory statistics on the computer hosting your SQL Server instance, click the chart and you’re directed to the Resources > Memory view.  This view contains various charts like SQL Memory Usage (MB), Memory Areas (MB), and Page Life Expectancy (sec).

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the option MANAGE GRAPHS. This option allows you to choose the following graphs to be displayed in the overview single instance view:

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Cache

The Cache chart tracks the database and procedure processes using a buffer pool of memory on your monitored SQL Server instance.

CPU

The CPU chart tracks the performance of the processor used by your monitored SQL Server.

Custom Counters

The Custom Counters chart displays the statistics for a selected custom counter on a monitored SQL Server instance.

Databases

The Databases chart tracks the performance of the databases on your monitored SQL Server.

Disk

The Disk chart tracks the performance of the disk used by your monitored SQL Server.

File Activity

The File Activity chart displays the top five database files with the highest relative activity since the last refresh.

Lock Waits

The Lock Waits chart tracks the total number waits caused when a task is waiting to acquire a lock on your monitored SQL Server.

Memory

The Memory chart tracks the usage and availability of memory on your monitored SQL Server computer.

Network

The Network chart tracks the performance of the network connection being used by your monitored SQL Server.

Server Waits

The Server Waits chart tracks the total number and time spent on waits affecting your monitored SQL Server.

Sessions

The Sessions chart tracks the performance of the active and blocked sessions running on your monitored SQL Server.

tempDB

The Tempdb chart tracks the status of the tempdb database on your monitored SQL Server instance.

Virtualization

The Virtualization chart tracks the performance of your virtual machine or host, depending on the selection in the panel.

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Category views

The single instance dashboard contains the Overview, Sessions, Queries, Query Waits, Resources, Databases, and Alerts tabs where you can see metrics and information on these category views.

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From these tabs you can:

• View your SQL Server sessions information in IDERA Dashboard.
• View your SQL Server queries information.  
• View your SQL Server query waits information.
  
• View your SQL Server resources information.
• View your SQL Server databases information.
• View your SQL Server alerts.

Access the single instance dashboard

SQL Diagnostic Manager provides several paths to access the single instance dashboard. The first access path is by clicking the appropriate monitored SQL Server instance in the list, thumbnail, or heatmap sub-views. The second access path is by clicking a specific instance from the Active Alerts panel, or the Most Critical Instances view in the main dashboard. It is also possible to access the single instance dashboard by clicking a specific instance or database in the Top servers by alert count, Top servers by response time, and Top databases by alerts widgets.