Real-time database performance and availability monitoring method and system

Abstract

Database performance and availability monitoring of changes impacting database performance, availability and continuity to the underlying business may be performed. A method for doing so may include analytical and visual real-time analysis engines to identify and provide alert notifications on changes in database performance statistics (such as CPU consumption, physical I/O, etc.) related to a sample period of time on a single database or across multiple databases. Result data may be displayed through a series of charts and/or summary tables that may indicate whether correlations exist between unexpected database performance and relative changes in database performance statistical parameters.

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         27 . A machine-accessible storage medium having computer-executable instructions that, upon execution by a processor, cause the processor to perform a set of operations relating to obtaining descriptive metadata about a database agent monitoring configuration, the operations comprising:
 calling at least one configuration self-descriptive function of the database monitoring agent from an external application, wherein an output of said self-descriptive function comprises a list of metadata elements.   
     
     
         28 . The medium of  claim 27 , said metadata elements comprising at least one of the items selected from the group consisting of: names of configured monitored parameters, corresponding lengths of configured monitored parameters, and other output format information. 
     
     
         29 . The medium of  claim 27 , further including additional instructions that cause the operations to further comprise:
 producing a chart panel for every received parameter metadata element; and   using such chart panel to display corresponding parameter data generated by the database monitoring agent.   
     
     
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         42 . A method of obtaining descriptive data about a database monitoring agent, the method comprising:
 calling at least one configuration self-descriptive function of the database monitoring agent from an external application, wherein an output of said self-descriptive function comprises a list of metadata elements.   
     
     
         43 . The method of  claim 42 , said metadata elements comprising at least one of the items selected from the group consisting of: names of configured monitored parameters, corresponding lengths of configured monitored parameters, and other output format information. 
     
     
         44 . The method of  claim 42 , further comprising:
 producing a chart panel for every received parameter metadata element; and   using such chart panel to display corresponding parameter data generated by the database monitoring agent.