1. Database Performance Analyzer Overview
11/9/2018
Database Performance Analyzer Overview
Janis Griffin
Senior DBA / Performance Evangelist

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11/9/2018
Why Use DPA?
DevOps Benefits
Root Cause In Few Key Clicks
Virtualized Databases
Now Part of a Bigger Solution 
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3. Development + Operations = DEVOPS
A software development method
Stresses communication, collaboration and integration between developers  and IT professionals
Aims to help an organization rapidly produce software products and services
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4. Old Org Structures Don’t Work for Software Businesses
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5. SILOS Inhibit Results
DPA Removes the Silos

6. Make Developers Self Sufficient Problem Solvers
DBAs get caught between Developers and Business Users
DPA lets Developers see their code directly
Eliminate dependence on DBAs for all production info
Developers Need Info to Fix Problem
Business User
Demands
DBAs and Production
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7. DPA Agentless Architecture
Developer
Operations DBA QA
DPA
Repository
MySQL, Oracle,
SQL Server
Architect
SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Sybase, VMware
Dev
Stage
Prod
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8. Why Use DPA?
Root Cause In Few Key Clicks

9. End User Complains Database is SLOW

10. 30 Day Trend shows Hours of wait

11. Jan 26th shows Blocking started at 1pm

12. Advise On Blocked Query

13. Blocked session is waiting on Spid 138
SPID 138 is IDLE or Orphaned holding the resource that SPID 137 is waiting for

14. DPA With VM Option
How does Virtualization affect my Database Performance?

15. Physical DB Server Database Operating System Physical Host
DBA has full
visibility and
accurate metrics
Database
Rarely
Changes
Operating System
Physical Host
Storage System

16. DB Server on VMware Database Operating System Virtual Machine (VM)
DBA
Visibility
Visible but inaccurate per VMware** **
Operating System
Frequent
Changes
Virtual Machine (VM)
Physical Host
Storage System

17. Database Response Time Metrics
This Layer shows
Database Response Time Metrics
This Layer shows
Database Health Metrics
This Layer shows
O/S and Virtual Machine Metrics
This Layer shows
Metrics for the Physical Host
This Layer shows
Metrics for the Storage Layer

20. Tooltip: Another VM (ProdServerB) moved onto this Physical Host

25. Tooltip: Another VM (ProdServerB) moved off this Physical Host