Performance vision Version 3.0 - What's New

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WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 3.0?

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PERFORMANCE VISION VERSION 3.0

Database Transactions

Multi-Node Analysis

Links Between Flows & Transactions

New Features & Improvements

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Performance Vision 3.0

DATABASE TRANSACTIONS PERFORMANCE

ANALYSIS

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IN-DEPTH DATABASE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

Databases in APS

Supported Databases in APS

Oracle

Microsoft SQL

MySQL (and derivatives)

PostgreSQL

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PERFORMANCE OF SQL QUERIES OVER TIME

Display SQL performance metrics over time for:

Performance

Number of queries

Payload

Number of Packets (PDUs)

One-click drill down to details

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SQL MOST ACTIVE SERVERS

Display SQL metrics for most requested servers

Server IP

Number of queries and errors

Queries and responses payload

Server response time & data transfer time

One-click drill down to queries and errors

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SQL MOST ACTIVE CLIENTS

Display SQL metrics for most active clients by IP

Client IP

Number of queries and errors

Queries and responses payload

Server response time & data transfer time

One-click drill down to queries and errors

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SQL TOP QUERY

Display the most frequent SQL queries

SQL query

Number of occurrences and errors

Server response time & data transfer time

Queries and responses payload

One-click drill down to queries and errors

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SQL QUERIES

Display the list of SQL queries

Client and Server

System, database, username

SQL query

Server response time & data transfer time

One-click drill down to more details

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SQL RAW DATA: ADVANCED TROUBLESHOOTING

Display all queries details for troubleshooting

System, database, username

SQL Query

Status

Error Code

Error Message

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TRUE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS

Direct access to transaction level

Display query details

Improved readability

Query formatting

Color highlighting

Resizable text area

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SQL DEDICATED FILTERS

Dedicated SQL filters: refine your search

Search results by:

Database system

Command type

Database name

User name

SQL query

Error / status code

ORA-1403 is not considered as an error

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EASY DRILL-DOWN

One click drill-down to flow details associated to this transaction

One click drill-down to SQL query details

One click drill-down to SQL errors

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CONFIGURE SQL ANALYSIS

Configuration > Zones

Activate SQL queries analysis for the zone and its subzones

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SQL ANALYSIS WORKLOAD

Configuration > Database Workload

Check the impact of SQL analysis activation on database workload

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Performance Vision 3.0

MULTI-NODE ANALYSIS

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MULTI-NODE ANALYSIS: TRIGGERED PCAP

Configuration > Triggered PCAP

Schedule packet captures on multiple nodes at once

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CREATE TRIGGERED PCAPS AT ANY TIME

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TRIGGERED PCAP LIST

Configuration > Triggered PCAP

Review packet captures list

Download packet captures files

The suggested filename is either:

The existing name or based on filters

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ON DEMAND SECURED TRANSFER

CollectorPoller Web Client

Download packet capture files

Files are streamed on demand through a SSH channel

SSH Streaming

HTTP/HTTPS

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CENTRALIZED FILE DELETION

Delete packet capture files

Can be deleted directly from the web interface

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FTP ACCESS FOR TRIGGERED PCAPS

FTP access to local packet capture files

Use your favorite ftp client and the “admin” account

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Performance Vision 3.0

LINKS BETWEENFLOWS AND

TRANSACTIONS

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SEE THE LINKS BETWEEN FLOWS AND

TRANSACTIONS

DNS

SQL

ICMP

HTTP

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SWITCH LAYER IN ONE CLICK: TO TRANSACTIONS

DNS

SQL

ICMP

HTTP

Switch from Flows to Transactions

Click to show transactions

Flows

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DNS

SQL

HTTPFlows

Switch from Transactions to Flows

Click to show Flows or DNS

SWITCH LAYER IN ONE CLICK: TO FLOWS/DNS

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Performance Vision 3.0

NEW FEATURES& IMPROVEMENTS

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TOP PROTOCOL STACKS

Network > Tops > Protocols

Distribution of protocol stacks used over the network

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TOP SOURCE IP

Network > Tops > Source IP

Distribution of Source IPs seen over the network

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TOP DESTINATION IP

Network > Tops > Destination IP

Distribution of Destination IPs seen over the network

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SUPPORT FOR IEEE 802.1AH

The sniffer Junkie supports IEEE 802.1ah

Decodes packets with IEEE 802.1ah headers (Provider Backbone Bridges)

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IMPROVEMENTS IN HTTP

In HTTP Pages, add Server IP to the timeline

Change color on Server IP for readability

You can sort by Server IP

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IMPROVEMENTS IN HTTP

Add origin IP in case of proxies, looks for:

x-forwarded-for or x-real-ip

HTTP Timechart

HTTP Inspect

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ENRICH EXISTING VIEWS

Add content-length average (client & server)

Protocols

HTTP Performance

Protocols

DNS Performance Add bandwidth (client & server)

Network

Bandwidth Add number of packets

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CANCEL QUERIES

Cancel queries

When a query is running you can now cancel it in one click in your browser

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WARNING FOR NEW VERSION

Version check, to update:

Access to extranet

Access to documentation

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NEW MENU INTERFACE

Redesigned menu organization

More space to display data

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DATA TABLE IMPROVEMENTS

3.0

2.18

Redesigned time range & aggregate level

One-click access to documentation

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DATA TABLE IMPROVEMENTS

Classify the structure of the information

Blue Data grouping columns

Orange Computed values columns

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REDESIGNED CONFIGURATION SECTION

3.02.18

More intuitive organization

Settings

Advanced Settings

Information

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POLLER STATUS

Poller Status updates

Display full DeviceID on the page

New design and is displayed faster

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DATABASE SUMMARY

Configuration > Database Summary

Data disk usage

Storage distribution per data type and aggregation level

Use to optimize degradation settings

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PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT ON BCN

Performance improvement

Business Critical Network is now much faster

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PROTOCOL STACK LIST

Documentation update

Dedicated page to Protocol Stack List

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INTERNAL: NEW HTTP SERVER

Web server change from Apache to Nginx

If you monitor SPV processes through SNMP, update the process name: apache2 > nginx

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VERSION 3.0: IMPACTS SUMMARY

Main impacts compared to 2.18:

Database migration time: low

SQL performance analysis

Check impact of SQL performance analysis on workload & license limits

No major impact on existing metrics

Impact on database migration is low.

Update should take few minutes depending on database size

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REBOOT AFTER UPDATE

After the upgrade is completed

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YOU’RE READY TO GO, ENJOY THE 3.0!

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