SQL Diagnostic Manager Product Updates
Your single source for release news, feature spotlights, and learning resources for SQL Diagnostic Manager
Faster Answers. Fewer Alerts. Meet DM 14.3.
SQL Diagnostic Manager 14.3 is now generally available, with a modernized console, AI-powered query and index optimization, five new Enterprise Reports for estate-wide visibility, and real-time monitoring from the Web Console. Register for the launch webinar to see what’s new and get your questions answered live.
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Feature Spotlight: Wait Statistics Analysis
SQL Diagnostic Manager already tracks the wait data that explains why a server feels slow — most teams just stop at the instance-level number instead of drilling in. Wait Statistics Analysis breaks that wait time down by database, user, application, and query, so instead of telling a team “the database is slow,” you can tell them exactly which app or query is driving the pressure. We’ve put together a practical setup guide and a deep-dive walkthrough to help you start slicing wait data the right way.
Feature Spotlight: Deadlock Detection & Analysis
When a deadlock hits production, most teams still default to reconstructing the blocking chain by hand from trace flags and extended events output; exactly the kind of slow, manual digging you don’t want to be doing while the business feels the impact. SQL Diagnostic Manager already shows blocked sessions, lead blockers, and total deadlocks at a glance, lets you export deadlock detail in XDL format for deeper analysis, and offers built-in guidance that points straight to the session or query behind the deadlock instead of leaving you to piece it together alone. We’ve put together a deep-dive blog and a step-by-step setup guide to help you put it to use.
Feature Spotlight: Session Monitoring
SQL Diagnostic Manager already has a live window into exactly what’s happening on your SQL Server instances right now — most teams only reach for it when something’s already on fire. Session Monitoring gives you a real-time view of every active connection, running query, and resource consumer, including blocking chains as they form, so you can identify what’s causing a slowdown while it’s still happening instead of reconstructing it from logs after the fact. We’ve put together a blog post and a step-by-step setup guide to help you get the most out of it.
Feature Spotlight: Forecasting & Capacity Planning
SQL Diagnostic Manager already has the data to tell you where your storage is headed — most teams just aren't looking at it yet. Disk Space Usage Forecast tracks historical disk growth trends and projects them forward, using linear or exponential forecasting to match how each workload actually grows, so you can catch a shortfall weeks or months out instead of at 2 a.m. We've put together a blog post and a step-by-step setup guide to help you get it working fast.
Feature Spotlight: Baseline & Dynamic Thresholds
SQL Diagnostic Manager already has everything it needs to learn what "normal" looks like for each of your SQL Server instances; most teams just haven't turned it on yet. Baseline & Dynamic Thresholds automatically adjusts alert thresholds per server, per time of day, so your alerts fire on real problems instead of expected load. We've put together a practical setup guide and a deep-dive workflow walkthrough to help you get there fast.
Feature Spotlight: Alert Actions & Automated Responses
SQL Diagnostic Manager is already firing the alerts; most teams just haven't configured what happens next. Alert Actions & Automated Responses lets you wire a response directly to any threshold breach: email the right person, run a remediation script, kick off a SQL Agent Job, open a ServiceNow ticket, or send an SNMP trap, scoped per metric, per server, or across your entire environment. We've put together a blog post and a step-by-step setup guide to help you get your first rule running today.
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