The document discusses automating database health checks using Ruby to gather performance data and generate reports. It outlines how Ruby allows elimination of manual effort by mimicking user inputs and gathering data to form PowerPoint presentations with images from database performance analysis tools. A case study shows how the automated process using Ruby reduced the time to complete health checks for 30 databases from an estimated 8.5 hours manually to 36 minutes, saving $11,303 per year in costs.

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Database Health Check Automation
Run Database Services
Josh Collins

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The Health Check
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DATA
Charts
DBA

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Getting Images for the Health Check
Performance charts are images from DPA

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• Ruby is an object oriented scripting language
• Ruby mimics user input and is very good at repetitive tasks such as
gathering data and forming a PowerPoint
• Ruby easy to use and very intuitive to programmers
Why Ruby

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• Eliminates hours of manual effort
• Allows the team to create more presentations with less effort
Why It Matters

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• 18 images for 1 health check ~ 17 minutes
• For 30 databases it would take a user an estimated 8.5 hours
• To get all of the images for the same 30 databases, it took the program 36
minutes.
Cost savings: $11,303 per year
Traction

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A Quick Demo