FBScanner is a tool designed for monitoring and managing SQL traffic with Firebird databases, allowing users to log queries, connections, transactions, and errors. It features tagging for easier identification of queries and supports connection filtering, prioritization, and management. The software is available for trial and offers licensing options for permanent server setups.

1. FBScannerMR-machine for Firebird www.ibsurgeon.com1

2. Applications send queries to Firebird and receive results via TCP/IP…www.ibsurgeon.com2

3. What if we will intercept and analyze SQL traffic?www.ibsurgeon.com3

4. This is exactly what FBScanner does:You can see and log:- SQL queries (statements, parameters, plans)Connections (IP/names, versions of clients, times)

5. Users (names, times, etc)

6. Transactions

7. Errors and their reasons (10054, 10038, etc)www.ibsurgeon.com4

8. …not only see and log, but take full control and manage itFilter (allow/deny) connections by IPs/NamesIdentify and kill zombie connectionsSet priorities for Classic instances Mark and manage everything:users, connections, applications, SQLs statements , etcwww.ibsurgeon.com5

9. Tags are COOL!Tags are special marks set by developer in the SQL source code of applicationsTags help to quickly answer the following (very frequent) questions:What program has launched this query? What is the transaction for this query? Where is this [very long] query from? www.ibsurgeon.com6

10. Tags are not only COOL, they are easy!Tags allow to assign readable identifiers (names) to Connections, Queries and Transactions. You just need to add these commentaries to the text of SQL:SELECT COUNT(*) FROM RDB$DATABASE/* FBSCANNER$CON_NAME=My_application;FBSCANNER$TR_NAME=Read_only_transaction_N1;FBSCANNER$ST_NAME=Customers_list_query; */www.ibsurgeon.com7

11. FBScanner also can identify and log security breachesUnsuccessful login attempts100% logging of SQLs, connections and other traffic queries are stored with information about their connection and transactionAll transactions are logged, even rolled back8Who? When? What?www.ibsurgeon.com

12. ScenariosLet’s quickly walk through the most popular scenarios where FBScanner is used:General monitoringConnections’ managementDebug and test applicationsLoggingwww.ibsurgeon.com9

13. General monitoringWhat server is doing? CPU/traffic/queriesWho is connected to this or that database?Connections life time. Are any “zombies” at server?Connections activityWhat 20% queries create 80% of server workload?www.ibsurgeon.com

14. Connections’ managementFilter and close connections (kill and safe disconnect are supported)Set priorities for connections (Classic only) – manually and automatically (rule-based)www.ibsurgeon.com

15. Debug and test applicationsError in transaction managementOAT (Oldest Active Transaction).Who lost the transaction?Named connections, transactions, queriesFull controlDeveloper can see queries from own and third-party applications (closed sourced)It does not depend on client librariesProblem detectionWrong client library versionBad querieswww.ibsurgeon.com

16. LoggingConnectionsAll information from FBScannerViewer(database, login, role, IP,PID, etc)TransactionsParameterstpb_nnnResult (commit or rollback)QueriesSQL statement text with/without parametersStart/end time, CPU TimeWait timePlans (extremely useful to find performance bottlenecks!)www.ibsurgeon.com

17. Overhead of FBScanner – less than 15% (with 250 connections)www.ibsurgeon.com

18. LicensingPermanent per server – EUR 199/USD 299For Tech Support – EUR 990/USD 1399 Allows to setup up to 250 servers for 1 month eachFor ISV (run time bundles) – special prices and royalty agreement (no up front payments)Purchase here http://www.ibsurgeon.com/products/firebird_interbase/monitoring/FBScanner15www.ibsurgeon.com

19. What next?Download trial http://www.ibsurgeon.com/download/FBScannerTrial.zipRead feature matrixhttp://www.ibsurgeon.com/download/docs/fbscanner_feature_matrix_eng.pdfAsk your questions: General – support@ib-aid.com ISVs – isv@ib-aid.com16www.ibsurgeon.com