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too much dbWatch?

ebraekke — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:55:09 +0000

OK, I know; two posts in a row regarding dbWatch. That is just a coincedence … promise! More coming.

dbWatch Monitor on the Mac

ebraekke — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:43:40 +0000

If you use the Mac, you may have some problems with making dbWatch Monitor (ie. the UI) work on your machine. There is an easy solution
and there is a difficult one. I will not go into detail about the difficult one, but the basic outline is:

Install the software on a *nix machine
Copy the installation to your Mac
Make sure you have the right Java runtime environment (JRE) on your Mac
Edit the shell script that launches dbWatch to use your JRE

A much easier solution is to install the software, Server and Monitor, on a *nix server and then use ssh and X to run the Monitor software.

$ ssh -X  -l  -p  \
/usr/local/dbWatch8.2/dbWatchMonitor8.2

Just substitute , , and with the hostname of your dbWatch Server machine, the username of a user on that very same server, and the port that ssh listens on respectively.

Note: I always move sshd off 22 and over to one of the non-reserved ports, ie. higher than 1024. That is why I specify the port. If your sshd runs on the default port, you can leave -p out off the command .

go Marek!

ebraekke — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:44:00 +0000

It was great to see the latest edtion of SQL Server magazine. dbWatch 8.1 gets a decent review: 4 out of 5 stars. I admit that I am not a neutral observer. As a former employee and (current) shareholder I like to keep tabs on what’s going on with the company.

I strongly recommend checking out dbWatch for database monitoring. If you are too busy to watch fancy reporting screens and would rather get a text message or an email if something needs your attention, this might very well be the tool for you. Contact Marek at dbWatch Software, tell him that Espen sent you.

dbWatch supports Oracle, SQL Server and MySql; all in the same user interface. Sometimes I guess, Java is a good thing . . .

You can check out the review here.