Migrate from DPM to SolarWinds Observability

When deciding to migrate from DPM to database monitoring with SolarWinds Observability, you have a few options:

• Continue monitoring your database(s) with DPM and its agents for the short term.

• Perform a full migration by making a complete switch to database monitoring with SolarWinds Observability with no resource limitations.

Make a complete switch to database monitoring with SolarWinds Observability

Database Monitoring with SolarWinds Observability offers functional equivalency with DPM. Enjoy familiar database monitoring features such as the Profiler, Queries Explorer, Samples tab, and Entity Explorer.

Similar to DPM's Summary page, the Database Area Overview displays Quality of Service information such as Response Time, Throughput, Errors, Top 10 Service breakdown, and information about individual database instances. See Database Area Overview for more information.

To switch from database monitoring with DPM to database monitoring with SolarWinds Observability, complete the following steps.

1. Uninstall DPM.

2. Install an Agent on each of your database installations where a DPM agent was installed.

3. Configure database monitoring for your database instance(s). Repeat this step as necessary for your database instances.

   1. Configure your MongoDB database.

   2. Configure your MySQL database.

   3. Configure your PostgreSQL database.

   4. Configure your SQL Server database.