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Government and Education Webinar: Simplify Your Database Performance Management Today
Kevin Kline, a noted database expert, gave a webinar on database performance management tools from SolarWinds. He discussed challenges database professionals face, an overview of SolarWinds solutions, and how to select the right tools. Tools like Database Performance Analyzer, Database Performance Monitor, and SQL Sentry were compared for features like monitoring multiple databases, troubleshooting performance issues, and optimizing queries. Kline took questions at the end on using the tools to solve common problems and demonstrate value.
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- 1. 1 @solarwinds Simplify Your Database PerformanceManagement Today Government and Education Webinar
- 2. 2 @solarwinds 2 @solarwinds Your PresenterToday Is Kevin Kline © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. Kevin Kline is a noted database expert and software industry veteran. At previous database software companies, his product designs won multiple "Best of" and "Readers' Choice" awards. Kline was a founding board member and former president of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), is an avid blogger and database columnist, author of the best-selling book, SQL in a Nutshell, and co-author of SQL Server 2012 Management and Administration, Professional SQL Server 2008 Database Design and Optimization, and Database Benchmarking: Practical Methods for Oracle & SQL Server. He’s a frequent webinar host and speaker at various industry conferences and user groups and has traveled the world as part of his multi-continent roadshows. A Microsoft Data Platform MVP since 2003, Kline is passionate about improving the quality of life for Microsoft database professionals, their organizations, and their customers. As a SolarWinds Head Geek, he focuses on helping customers with enterprise architecture, IT leadership skills, troubleshooting, and adopting best practices for optimal database performance monitoring, on- premises and in the cloud.
- 3. 3 @solarwinds Agenda • Introductions, housekeeping,and background • Challenges database professionals face • SolarWinds overview • Modern infrastructure • Let’s get back to basics • The monitoring journey • Can your tool provide value and save time? • How to pick the right tools to solve your problem • Q&A © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.
- 4. 4 @solarwinds Your Users ThinkLinearly Way back, this was your infrastructure © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.
- 5. 5 @solarwinds We Know It’sMore Like This Your infrastructure has developed over time © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. Local network? WAN network? Data center network? Virtual hosts? Virtual machines? Storage? Application?
- 6. 6 @solarwinds “Simplified” Modern Infrastructure Yourinfrastructure is probably infinitely more complex © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.
- 7. 7 @solarwinds 7 @solarwinds What IsSolarWinds ITOM? IT operations management. Simplified. IT Ops On-Premises Public Cloud Service Management IT Security Database Performance Management Network Management Infrastructure Management IT Security DevOps Private Cloud Wherever IT sits All things IT Whoever manages IT performance Application Performance Management © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.
- 8. 8 @solarwinds 8 @solarwinds The SevenComponents of Our Customer Success Program Keeping the SolarWinds promise of easy to try, buy, and implement © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. SolarWinds Support SolarWinds Success Center
- 9. 9 @solarwinds THWACK Community © 2021 SolarWindsWorldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. • 150K+ registered members • Content Exchange • Start discussions and ask questions • SolarWinds Lab™ • THWACKcamp™ • SolarWinds User Groups™ (SWUG) • View product roadmaps and submit or vote on feature requests • Monthly missions • THWACK MVPs
- 10. 10 @solarwinds 10 @solarwinds What’s important tomonitor? © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.
- 11. 11 @solarwinds Database Monitoring –Then and Now Era Available Monitoring Tools © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. • Pre-SQL Server 2000 • SQL Server 2000 • SQL Server 2005 • SQL Server 2008 • SQL Server 2016 • System tables, system stored procedures (sp_who, sp_lock), ANSI Information_Schema, lots of DBCC statements, PerfMon, early Profiler • Server-side traces, DBCC UMSStats, first commercial tools like NetIQ • DMVs, DMFs, wait statistics • Extended events • Query store Persistent issues: No history, no context, no learning aids, no anomaly detection, etc.
- 12. 12 @solarwinds 12 @solarwinds © 2021SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. The road to more than “basic”
- 13. 13 @solarwinds The Monitoring Journey ©2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.
- 14. 14 @solarwinds Leveling Up © 2021SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. Junior – Day 0, Little to no knowledge, learning means failing, beginning automation Mid-Level – Scripting champion, start collecting, create-your-own monitoring Senior – Read manuals and implement, know the pros and cons of features, take on more responsibility Senior2 – It’s OK to be wrong, buy a monitoring tool, collaboration > isolation
- 15. 15 @solarwinds Two Questions YouAsk Yourself Every Day © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. “Is this a problem?” “What can I do about it?” “What we have is good enough.” “I can write some custom scripts to fill the gap.” “I can’t get the budget.” Lies We Tell Ourselves
- 16. 16 @solarwinds 16 @solarwinds © 2021SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. How can my tools show value and save time?
- 17. 17 @solarwinds How to Pickthe Right Tools © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.
- 18. 18 @solarwinds Questions to AskYourself © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. 6 5 4 3 2 1 What database(s) are you looking to monitor? Is SQL included in your database environment? Who will be using the tool? DBAs, DevOps, SysAdmin… Does your organization already own any SolarWinds products? What problem(s) are you trying to solve? Is your organization open to a SaaS-based solution?
- 19. 19 @solarwinds What Databases AreYou Looking to Monitor? 20+ database platforms from on-prem to cloud. Comparing SQL Sentry, Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) and Database Performance Monitor (DPM) © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance SQL Server Analysis Services Oracle Oracle RAC Oracle Exadata Oracle EBS SAP ASE (Sybase) MySQL MariaDB Percona PostgreSQL EDB Postgres x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x SQL Sentry DPA DPM Amazon RDS – SQL Server Amazon Aurora Amazon RDS – MariaDB Amazon RDS – MySQL Amazon RDS – PostgreSQL Amazon RDS – Oracle Azure Database for MariaDB Azure Database for Oracle Azure Database for MySQL Azure Database for PostgreSQL Redis MongoDB Vitess DB2 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x SQL Sentry DPA DPM
- 20. 20 @solarwinds 20 @solarwinds Who WillUse the Tool? Your teams will influence your choices © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. Roles and Responsibilities: • Ensures server and application availability • Verifies IT infrastructure health and performance • Troubleshoot performance issues • Jack of all trades Systems Administrator Roles and Responsibilities: • Create, test, and deploy new code • Find and optimize problem queries • Find index problems • Be informed of overall database performance Developer Roles and Responsibilities: • Troubleshoot database performance issues • Forecast and aid in capacity planning • Monitor and report on uptime and SLAs • Find and fix inefficient queries DBA Roles and Responsibilities: • Improve engineering team performance • ROI analysis • Manage and report on KPIs • Assist in troubleshooting when performance issues or outages occur Engineering Manager
- 21. 21 @solarwinds 21 @solarwinds What ProblemsAre You Trying to Solve? Common challenges for database performance monitoring © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. Database troubleshooting can be time consuming High-level dashboards with easy drill down provide detailed metrics to help identify the root cause of performance problems Optimizing database performance can be challenging Query and table tuning advisors help highlight inefficiencies and where the most performance gains can be had Managing multiple platforms can be difficult A single solutions designed for multiple databases with built-in database specific expert advice and recommendations Challenges Solutions Lack of focus on Microsoft Data Platform increases difficulties Solution designed for the Microsoft Data Professional monitoring all aspects of the database, related services, and environment
- 22. 22 @solarwinds 22 @solarwinds Side-By-Side Comparison Youmay have environments that create overlap © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. DPA DPM • On-prem (perpetual/subscription) • Machine learning anomaly detection • Wait-based analysis with tuning advisors • Orion Platform AppStack™ and PerfStack™ integration • Best-in-class, integrated virtualization option • SaaS based • Time comparison to assist with code deployment • Query samples • Monitor and report on all query and system performance • Sensitive Data Vault for on-premises data retention SQL Sentry • Microsoft Data Platform focused • SQL Sentry provides database monitoring for physical, virtual, and cloud environments • Comprehensive monitoring, optimization, alerting, and automation • Machine learning-based storage forecasting • Easy correlation of metrics and events across the entire stack SQL
- 23. 23 @solarwinds Remember That WrenchWe Mentioned Earlier? Database Insights for SQL Server (DPA + SQL Sentry) © 2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. Database Performance Analyzer SQL Sentry Database management software built for SQL query performance monitoring, analysis, and tuning. Machine Learning Cloud Database Support Cross-Platform Database Support Database performance monitoring for the Microsoft Data Platform, with fast root cause analysis and visibility across the Microsoft data estate Expert Tuning Advisors Actionable Performance Metrics Advanced Alerting Query and Index Analysis Storage Forecasting SolarWinds® Database Insights for SQL Server provides the in-depth performance and environmental monitoring data teams need to proactively manage Microsoft SQL databases running on-premises, in hybrid environments, or in the cloud. Database Insights for SQL Server Product Use Cases • Use DPA as high-level NOC view • Use DPA anomaly detection to alert when SQL wait time performance is abnormal • Use SQL Sentry to drill deep into SQL Performance • Use SQL Sentry to drill into environmental performance Features SQL Server performance monitoring Blocking and deadlock analysis Index and query tuning advisors Anomaly detection for wait-time analysis VMware, Hyper-V, and environmental monitoring Visualization Windows and SQL Server Scheduled events
- 24. 24 @solarwinds THANK YOU © 2021 SolarWindsWorldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. We’re ready for your questions
- 25. 25 @solarwinds The SolarWinds, SolarWinds& Design, Orion, and THWACK trademarks are the exclusive property of SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC or its affiliates, are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and may be registered or pending registration in other countries. All other SolarWinds trademarks, service marks, and logos may be common law marks or are registered or pending registration. All other trademarks mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and are trademarks of (and may be registered trademarks) of their respective companies.
Editor's Notes
- #8 For years, we’ve used terms like full-stack monitoring to describe what we’re doing here at SolarWinds, but it’s even more than that. It really doesn’t matter what your title – if you are in IT, then SolarWinds probably has a solution for you. Be it for helpdesk personnel, network engineers, systems administrators, developers, or infrastructure management – if it’s a problem for IT professionals, SolarWinds wants to help. And because of that we started talking about ITOM, or IT Operations Management. It encompasses all parts of IT, regardless of where that sits, for whomever needs to do the work.
- #9 The other thing about SolarWinds is that we want you to succeed. It’s part of our DNA to have you be your best. With that in mind, we make many, many resources available. This is not a full list and is growing frequently, but I want to call out a few of these in detail. **End with THWACK to lead you into next slide
- #10 The THWACK community is more than a support community. I say that SolarWinds pays for THWACK to be hosted, but the content is mostly from the community. With over 150,000 members, it’s one of the best ways to interact with the SolarWinds staff and your peers. We have discussions ranging from...**fill with database examples. You can also check out what we're working on for future database product releases and even submit or up-vote feature requests!
- #11 To answer that question, we need to go back to the basics (next slide).
- #13 I’m ready to get in this mindset, but how do I go about that?
- #15 Junior: No notes for this level Mid-Level: And that’s when a junior admin becomes a mid-level admin. Simple scripts, making life easier, keeping the boat afloat for everyone. And you stay there until one day…one day…you think to yourself, “self, wouldn’t things be better if I were collecting data in order to help troubleshoot issues?” So, the first takeaway from my time here today is this: You will lie to yourself more than anyone else in your life. Senior: But that moment of clarity, that having such a collection would be GOOD, that you have the SKILLS to do it? That’s when you enter into the world of senior administration. You have the skills to read from the manual and understand what it is saying, the pros/cons of features being asked for, and you build your own tools because you can. And that’s where many people stay. They stay in the world of “I’m smart, I built this thing, and this is how the tech works.” You may even start a blog so the rest of the world can see how smart you are. And by this point, you have developed skills in more than just your silo. You dabble in stuff. Maybe you take on some Sharepoint admin duties. And there was the time you helped with Active Directory. And don’t forget the report you fixed for Adam in Accounting. And that’s why we have horrible job listings. Because when it comes time to leave, and you list everything you do, the next person needs to step in and do those things, because the organization can’t find someone like you, a senior admin, for junior pay. Senior2: No notes for this level
- #17 And measuring time saved is the wrong metric. Our tools are built by geeks, for geeks. We know your pain because it was our pain. Our tools create teams. We help foster a sense of collaboration. And when productivity increases, you all get your weekends back. Using our tools, a junior administrator is able to develop into a mid-level administrator at a faster rate, by just reading the help and advisories included. Using our tools, a mid-level administrator becomes senior by using the CLI and automating a handful of tasks, building customizations necessary for their shop. And the senior administrator knows the value in collaboration, and how our tools have features like Perfstack to help provide metrics across, through, and into silos. And the senior^2 admin? The senior^2 admin knows better than to walk into the CxO office, asking for a budget request based upon FTE equivalency. It’s the same story everyone else is using.
- #18 You know that SolarWinds has several tools, and you might be a little unsure which product would actually be the right choice for you and your organization. In this section I'm going to show you some simplified comparison information, run through how to pick the right tools for the right job, and throw a wrench in the selection process by introducing you to Database Insights for SQL Server.
- #19 Once you realize your in need of a database monitoring tool and decide to start researching and evaluating solutions, these are 6 questions you should ask yourself and your organization. **Do a quick run-through of all 6 questions and provide context and anecdotes as needed.** In the following slides we're going to touch more on questions 1, 4, and 6.
- #20 For the first question, what databases are you looking to monitor, here we have a simple matrix that can help you when researching and evaluating SolarWinds database products. We monitor over 20 database platforms ranging from on-prem to cloud. SQL Sentry focuses on monitoring for the Microsoft Data Platform while DPA focuses on SQL and DPM focuses on open-systems and NoSQL databases. **Additional context goes here**
- #21 There are a lot of folks that touch the database monitoring function, including but not limited to DBAs, DevOps, SysAdmins, and Engineering Managers. As you research and evaluate solutions for your organization, consider who in your IT org will actually be using the tool, and once you land on the answer, that should help you understand which tool is the right tool for you.
- #22 Here we have a quick run-down of the 4 most common challenges that an IT practitioner might experience. If any of these challenges resonate with you, each challenge aligns with a SolarWinds database solution and that solution, or a combination of solutions, can help you solve your toughest challenges. **Additional context goes here** Challenge 1 = DPM Challenge 2 = DPA Challenge 3 = Database Insights for SQL Server Challenge 4 = SQL Sentry