Investigate in the Console
Move from estate health to the affected server, database, session, query, alert or plan while preserving the context of the incident.
Mini DBA monitors SQL Server alert conditions around the clock and keeps the metric, query and server evidence needed to begin a useful investigation.
Database alerting must provide early warning without flooding a team with unactionable notifications. Start with alert presets, then tune thresholds, severity, recipients and maintenance windows while retaining active and historical alert context in the Console.
- Use production-ready presets as a starting point and tune thresholds.
- Route notifications through supported email and collaboration integrations.
- Review alert history and the monitoring evidence around each event.
- Use AI Assistant for triage and MCP for questions across multiple servers or clients.
Licence note: alert evaluation, alert history and notifications require a trial or licensed Engine. Free Community Edition continues to provide monitoring and diagnostics for one server, but it does not evaluate, retain or expose alerts. Compare editions.
One current Mini DBA workflow
The Mini DBA Engine collects monitoring data and evaluates alerts continuously. Teams use the browser Console to investigate live and historical evidence through the current Console and Engine architecture.
Ask the AI Assistant
Optionally send relevant metrics, sessions, alerts and page detail for guided analysis of the problem in front of you.
Query the estate through MCP
Connect an approved MCP-compatible AI client to ask questions across servers, history or managed customer estates.
Deploy for your environment
Install Mini DBA on Windows, host it on a suitable Linux virtual machine, or use the supported container deployment. One Engine suits most environments; additional Engines are optional for advanced multi-site or network-separated estates.
Review installation options or see all database monitoring features.
Investigate the database problem, not just the platform
Use a problem-led workflow across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle and Azure SQL.
Blocking and lock contention
Find the lead blocker and understand every waiting session.
Investigate blocking →Deadlock analysis
Preserve participants, statements and resources after the event.
Analyse deadlocks →Query performance
Prioritise expensive workload and inspect execution plans.
Analyse queries →Performance history
Reconstruct incidents after the live symptoms have gone.
Explore history →
See what is slowing your databases down
Install Mini DBA on Windows, a suitable Linux VM or a supported container platform, connect an Engine and start collecting the evidence behind performance incidents.