Key features in DSE OpsCenter

DSE OpsCenter offers features to more easily manage DataStax Enterprise clusters.

DataStax Enterprise (DSE) OpsCenter includes the following key features:

Dashboard monitoring	Quickly access an overview that shows any alerts and condenses the dashboards of multiple clusters. Displays an overview of commonly monitored performance metrics. Provides the ability to add and edit performance metrics graphs in the dashboard. Includes monitoring capabilities of DSE In-Memory tables. Enables viewing the Spark console.
Lifecycle Manager	Simplify deploying DSE clusters. Centrally manage cluster, datacenter, and node configurations from a single location. Run an install, configure, and upgrade job to install DSE, push configurations to cluster nodes, and upgrade DSE. Import a cluster topology to centrally manage cluster configurations from LCM.
Configuration and administration	Manage cluster configuration and simplify cluster administration. Complete administrative tasks, such as adding a cluster, using simple point-and-click actions. Manage multiple clusters from a single OpsCenter instance using DataStax Agents Configure automatic failover from the primary OpsCenter instance to a backup OpsCenter instance. Rebalance data across a cluster after adding or removing non-virtual nodes. Manage multiple nodes simultaneously for certain bulk operations.
Security management	Define security options and role-based authentication. Configure security options, with the ability to define user roles, authenticate with LDAP or Kerberos, configure SSL, and encrypt sensitive configuration values. Configure security logging to record user activity in OpsCenter.
Alerts	Configure alert warnings and trigger events for impending issues. Enable alerts posted to a URL to post events. Enable SMTP email alerts to send alterts to multiple email addresses.
Metrics	View historical metrics more than one week into the past and download cluster data and diagnostic information. Collect metrics every minute from Cassandra, DSE Analytics, and DSE Search nodes, and store the data in a keyspace created by OpsCenter. Download a cluster report. Generate a diagnostics tarball to send to support for further troubleshooting.
DSE Management Services	Configure backup and restore operations, manage cluster performance, repair keyspaces and tables, and complete other management tasks on DSE clusters. Configure automatic or manual backup and restore of DSE clusters using the Backup Service. Continuously validate that data is synchronized on all replicas using the NodeSync Service. Run and continuously perform repair operations across DSE clusters using the Repair Service. Understand cluster performance trends and plan for future capacity using the Capacity Service. Schedule predefined best practice rules that check various properties of clusters using the Best Practice Service. Monitor performance metrics and troubleshoot issues with suggested recommendations using the Performance Service.