New in Version 7.2.2 - Released 3/2012 Release Notes

• Bug Fixes and Enhancements

New in Version 7.2.1 - Released 3/2012 Release Notes

• Support for SQL Server 2012
• Bug Fixes and Enhancements

New in Version 7.2 - Released 3/2012 Release Notes

• Monitoring SQL Server Virtual Environments - Get complete insight into the performance of your virtualized SQL Server databases. Monitor and track VMware specific performance counters allowing you to get a complete performance picture of the SQL Server environment.
• SQLdm Mobile views - New server dashboard specifically for tablets and incorporated VMware monitoring data.
• SQL Server 2012 Testing Compatibility - SQLdm is SQL Server 2012 RC0 compatible in non-production environments.

New in Version 7.1.1 - Released 2/2012 Release Notes

• Bug Fixes and Enhancements

New in Version 7.1 - Released 1/23/2011 Release Notes

• New SQL Server Dashboard - Completely redesigned dashboard dramatically expands the display of the performance data simplifying the display of the overall health of a SQL Server.
   
• New tempdb Monitoring - Quickly identify and resolve tempdb performance related issues with our new tempdb monitoring and diagnostic views.
   
• New SQLdm mobile views - Three new views make diagnosing performance issues while you’re on-the-go even easier.
   
  • Blocking Chain View
     
  • Sessions > Top Wait Consumers View
     
  • tempdb Monitoring View
     

New in Version 7.0 SP1 - Released 10/26/2011 Release Notes

• Bug Fixes and Enhancements

New in Version 7.0 - Released 10/7/2011 Release Notes

• New SQL diagnostic manager Mobile - New web interface displays real-time SQL Server performance data on a wide-variety of mobile devices including iPhone/iPad, Android, Blackberry, Windows 7 Phone.
   
• New Idera Newsfeed - New revolutionary technology uses social networking paradigms to build a community of users and SQL Server system objects. Enables more effective collaboration, communication, management and faster problem resolution.
   
• New Alert Templates - Easily save default alert settings into an alert template that can be quickly applied to an individual or group of SQL Servers.
   
• Informational Alerts - Accurately represent the overall health of your servers by specifying particular alerts as 'informational'.
   

New in Version 6.6 - Released 3/1/2011 - Release Notes

• Identify Database File Disk Activity - Immediately identify and track which database files are causing the most disk activity to be performed on a particular drive.
   
• Monitor Additional Job Statuses and Steps - Monitor additional job completion statuses such as success, retries, as well as, complete job step monitoring.
   

New in 6.5 - Released 11/8/2010 - Release Notes

• Predictive Alerting – Prevent SQL Server performance problems by finding out what alerts are likely to occur in the next 12 hours, based on past performance and current activity.
   
• Enhanced Query Monitoring - Easily identify worst performing queries for a particular system resource such as CPU, I/O, Reads, or Writes and drill down to view the query details and history.
   
• SNMP Traps - Capture and send SNMP alerts to a Network Management System, allowing for easy integration with enterprise monitoring solutions.
   

New in Version 6.2 SP1 - Released 8/2/2010 - Release Notes

• Additional Disk Counters – Collect, alert on and display Disk Reads/Writes/Transfers per Second.
   
• Customizable Views - Customizable disk view allows users to select the disk performance counters that are most relevant to their particular environment.
   

New in Version 6.2 - Release Notes

• Identify Server Resource Bottlenecks – Quickly determine which resources the server is waiting on throughout the day and causing the biggest bottleneck on your system.
   
• Identify Query Resource Bottlenecks – Immediately identify what databases, application, statements, or users are waiting the most for resources and what particular wait stat is the biggest bottleneck.
   

New in Version 6.1 - Released 12/1/2009

• SQL Server 2008 R2 and Windows 2008 R2 support

New in Version 6.1 SP1

• Enhancements and bug fixes

New in Version 6.1

• NEW Cluster Monitoring – Quickly respond to cluster failovers with our new cluster monitoring alerts. Be notified when the active node of a clustered server changes or the SQL Server active node is not the preferred configuration. Eliminate the need for an additional cluster monitoring solution for SQL Server.
   
• NEW Deadlock Monitoring (SQL 2005/2008 only) – Receive notification about deadlocks, no matter when they occur. SQL diagnostic manager will then show you the deadlock details which can be exported to a deadlock XML (.xdl) file.
   
• Enhanced Replication Monitoring – Track performance in your replication environment with our revised and enhanced monitoring method and new management view. View the overall replication environment topology and key replication performance metrics.

New in Version 6.0

• Automated Problem Resolution and Alert Integration – Automatically take corrective action in response to receiving an alert saving time and improving productivity. A few examples include:
  • Perform backup to truncate logs in response to an alert the log file is full
  • Turn on Query Monitor in response to high SQL Server CPU usage
  • Launch a particular program to synchronize alerts with a help desk or other monitoring application
     
• Reports 2.0 – New reporting interface, as well as enterprise and server summary reports, forecasting reports, interactive drill-down, automatic integration with SQL Server Reporting Services, and Email Scheduling.
   
• Monitor Database Mirroring Environment – Monitor mirrored databases and notify users of changes in role or performance issues affecting their mirroring environment.
   
• PowerShell Snapin – Quickly and easily script many of the SQL diagnostic manager management tasks using the new PowerShell Snapin.