We have been working hard on a web based version of Dbvisit and although it is not yet finished we want to give a sneak preview of what the Dbvisit web based version will look like. Even though there will be a new GUI interface, the command line functionality will still be the same as with the current version if you prefer to use command line style.

The Dbvisit web based version will feature its own build in web server and will not rely on any external software, and is not build in APEX. The Dbvisit web based version will be platform independent and will work on Windows, Linux and Unix.

The Dbvisit web version main menu looks like this:

The menu items are easy to understand and are kept simple.

Click on “Setup” and the Dbvisit setup and configuration is an easy to use wizard which has most of the options already filled in and lets you know at which stage of the process you are:

Although Dbvisit is a background batch process, it can be run interactively through the web based version for testing purposes:

The “Standby Server” tab can be selected to run Dbvisit commands on the standby server.

The Dbvisit log files can also be easily displayed through the web based version. It will even show the Oracle Alert log:

As part of the web based version, Dbvisit will show details of the last transfer:

The sub menu provides additional functionality, which includes creating the standby database:

There will also be a reporting function which will report KPI’s like the log gap reports, time taken for the transfer process, size of the log files etc.

We are very excited about this release. There is still more development and testing to do before it can be released. There is no release date set, but as soon as we have a date, we will publish it here.  This version will be released as Dbvisit version 6.0.