Download BSM to DB active connections

Title: How to show active connections from BSM application to the
database(s) [Oracle and SQL]
Why:
This can be used to show if connection pool limitation needs to be
increased, or to correlate slow performance of BSM because there isn’t enough objects
in the pool for their installation. This more likely will occur in Large and Extra-Large
installations.
SQL Server:
Use Master /* this query uses the Master DB */
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SELECT
DB_NAME(dbid) as DBName,
COUNT(dbid) as NumberOfConnections,
loginame as LoginName
FROM
sys.sysprocesses
WHERE
dbid > 0
GROUP BY
dbid, loginame
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But this will give me all of the databases on that database server, so by filtering we can only show the
important information.
Example
Use Master
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SELECT
DB_NAME(dbid) as DBName,
COUNT(dbid) as NumberOfConnections,
loginame as LoginName
FROM
sys.sysprocesses
WHERE
dbid > 0
and DB_NAME(dbid) like '%Colin/Joe/Dave%’
GROUP BY
dbid, loginame
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Result
bsm9_colin_mgmt
14
bsm9_colin_RTSM
47
bsm9_colin_RTSM_history
2
bsm9_colin_event
2
bsm9_colin_profile
5
**
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Modifying this query we can get a total count for just those databases.
SELECT
COUNT(dbid) as TotalConnections
FROM
sys.sysprocesses
WHERE
dbid > 0
and DB_NAME(dbid) like '%colin%'
**Result**
Totalconnections
72
***
**note** This number represents a sum of both the active, and the inactive connections.
Create SiS Monitor for SQL Server:
You can then create a Database Query Monitor on SiS to track how many connections are going on. An alert
can be created if the number gets too high, or if the number is always around the limit then increasing it would
be recommended.
*note you need to download the Mircosoft SQL driver. Follow steps on pg 210 Monitor Reference guide.
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Example of SiS query to monitor connections, for SQL.
Database Connection URL:
jdbc:sqlserver://<IP Address>:1433;DatabaseName=master
Database Driver: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
Query:
SELECT COUNT(dbid) as TotalConnections FROM
DB_NAME(dbid) like '%colin%'
sys.sysprocesses WHERE
dbid > 0
and
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Then look at ‘Result Column 1’
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Oracle:
Here is a generic query, that utilizes the pre-created v$session view.
select count(*) username from v$session where username !='NULL'
This will show all of the active connections, but probably includes more information than is necessary. Adding a
filter, you can only show the information you care about.
Here are some examples:
select count(*), username from v$session where username like '%BSM%' group by username
*note this count includes both Active and Inactive connections. Each has a default of 40, (total 80).
Then to get a total count:
select count(*) from v$session where username like '%BSM%'
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Create SiS monitor for Oracle:
You can then create a Database Query Monitor on SiS to track how many connections are going on. An alert
can be created if the number gets too high, or if the number is always around the limit then increasing it would
be recommended.
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Database connection URL: jdbc:mercury:oracle://16.71.200.82:1521;sid=orcl
Database driver: com.mercury.jdbc.oracle.OracleDriver
Query: select count(*) from v$session where username like '%BSM%'
Then look at ‘Result Column 1’
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