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This page documents production updates to Database Center.
Check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes,
known issues, and deprecated functionality.
You can see the latest product updates for all of Google Cloud on the
Google Cloud page, browse and filter all release notes in the
Google Cloud console,
or programmatically access release notes in
BigQuery.
Database Center supports the analyze system performance feature
in the High Resource Utilization recommendation for
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL. For more information, see
Performance insights and recommendations.
You can monitor the number of new Google Cloud database resources that were
added to your fleet over the past 1, 7, or 30 days. For more information, see
View recently added database resources.
You can enable Gemini chat at the folder level to help you learn about
Google Cloud database products. To learn how to enable Gemini
chat at the folder level, see
Before you begin using Gemini chat.
April 09, 2025
To use Gemini chat, you must open a Google Cloud project. Use Gemini chat to learn more about database fleet health issues in Database Center. For more information, see Use Gemini chat.
Database Center is generally available (GA). Database Center is an AI-assisted dashboard that gives you a centralized view across your database fleet. You can view database fleet health issues and recommendations, and you can ask questions about database fleet health issues, including availability configuration, data protection, security, and industry compliance. For more information, see Database Center overview.
Additional supported health issues are available in Database Center. Database Center detects health issues in multiple database products to help you maintain and troubleshoot your database fleet. For more information, see Supported health issues in the Database Center documentation.
You can view incidents and alerting policies in Database Center. Use incidents to be notified when a metric specific to a resource is more or less than a threshold value. Use an alerting policy to create incidents to help you monitor your database fleet resources. For more information, see Monitor your database fleet with alerting policies.
You can create a customized dashboard view that shows only the health issues in your database fleet that you want to see. A dashboard view can be for only you, or it can be shared with other users who have access to your Google Cloud project. For more information, see Create customized dashboard views.
Database Center is integrated with VPC Service Controls to secure data and resources. Use VPC Service Controls to create service perimeters that protect the resources in your database fleet and data of services that you explicitly specify. For more information, see Configure VPC Service Controls.
When you enable Gemini, the following performance recommendations and insights are available in Database Center:
Inefficient query/index advisor for Cloud SQL
Analyze option for high resource utilization health recommendation for Cloud SQL and AlloyDB.
Database Center added support for Bigtable, Firestore, and Memorystore so you can view and analyze their resources in your fleet inventory. Database Center also added support for detecting the following health issues in Bigtable and Firestore:
Spanner is now available on Database Center in Preview. You can track your Spanner resources in the fleet inventory section and the resource table in the Database Center. You can also use Database Center to monitor the following health issues for your Spanner resources:
Short backup retention
Last backup older than 24h
Not replicating across regions
You can now access Database Center without enabling Gemini in Databases. Supported health issues are in one of three tiers: Standard, Gemini in Databases, or Security Command Center (SCC). For more information about health issues and their tiers, see Supported health issues.
July 16, 2024
The following Database Center features are now available in Preview:
New health issues: Database Center supports new health issues in the following categories for AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, Cloud SQL for MySQL, and Cloud SQL for SQL Server:
Industry compliance
Performance and capacity
Security
Event Threat Detection (ETD) from Security Command Center
CSV export: You can export database fleet inventory information to a comma-separated values (CSV) file. For more information, see Export database fleet inventory information.
All Resources page: The Database Center dashboard now offers a separate page for database resources, which includes additional metadata columns. For more information, see Filter resources and export fleet inventory information.
Additional resource metadata: On the All Resources page, Database Center now displays additional metadata for each relevant database resource, including machine configuration (CPU count and memory size) and utilization metrics (current CPU utilization, memory utilization, and storage utilization as percentages of total capacity).
April 09, 2024
Gemini in Databases is now in Preview. This includes Database Center, which supports Cloud SQL for MySQL, Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, Cloud SQL for SQL Server, and AlloyDB for PostgreSQL. For more information, see the Gemini in Databases release notes.
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Check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality.\nYou can see the latest product updates for all of Google Cloud on the\n[Google Cloud](/release-notes) page, browse and filter all release notes in the\n[Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/release-notes),\nor programmatically access release notes in\n[BigQuery](https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery?p=bigquery-public-data&d=google_cloud_release_notes&t=release_notes&page=table).\n\nAugust 05, 2025\n---------------\n\nDatabase Center offers monitoring support for databases running on\nGoogle Compute Engine virtual machines. This feature is in\n[Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).\nTo request access to this feature, visit the\n[access request page](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_6uR6JTpgdtJ-oqQbW8gprcypGQoFcR-CUgydYeBZNtvcaw/viewform).\nFor more information, see\n[Monitor databases on Compute Engine virtual machines](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/monitor-gce-databases). \nDatabase Center supports the analyze system performance feature\nin the *High Resource Utilization* recommendation for\nAlloyDB for PostgreSQL. For more information, see\n[Performance insights and recommendations](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/learn-database-products-using-gemini#performance_insights_and_recommendations). \nYou can monitor the number of new Google Cloud database resources that were\nadded to your fleet over the past 1, 7, or 30 days. For more information, see\n[View recently added database resources](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/monitor-gce-databases#view-recently-added-database-resources). \nYou can enable Gemini chat at the folder level to help you learn about\nGoogle Cloud database products. To learn how to enable Gemini\nchat at the folder level, see\n[Before you begin using Gemini chat](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/learn-database-products-using-gemini#before-you-begin).\n\nApril 09, 2025\n--------------\n\nTo use Gemini chat, you must open a Google Cloud project. Use Gemini chat to learn more about database fleet health issues in Database Center. For more information, see [Use Gemini chat](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/learn-database-products-using-gemini#use-gemini-chat). \nDatabase Center is generally available ([GA](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/overview)). Database Center is an AI-assisted dashboard that gives you a centralized view across your database fleet. You can view database fleet health issues and recommendations, and you can ask questions about database fleet health issues, including availability configuration, data protection, security, and industry compliance. For more information, see [Database Center overview](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/overview). \nAdditional supported health issues are available in Database Center. Database Center detects health issues in multiple database products to help you maintain and troubleshoot your database fleet. For more information, see [Supported health issues](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/database-health-issues#supported-health-issues) in the Database Center documentation. \nYou can view incidents and alerting policies in Database Center. Use incidents to be notified when a metric specific to a resource is more or less than a threshold value. Use an alerting policy to create incidents to help you monitor your database fleet resources. For more information, see [Monitor your database fleet with alerting policies](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/alerts). \nYou can create a customized dashboard view that shows only the health issues in your database fleet that you want to see. A dashboard view can be for only you, or it can be shared with other users who have access to your Google Cloud project. For more information, see [Create customized dashboard views](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/dashboard-views). \nDatabase Center is integrated with VPC Service Controls to secure data and resources. Use VPC Service Controls to create service perimeters that protect the resources in your database fleet and data of services that you explicitly specify. For more information, see [Configure VPC Service Controls](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/configure-vpc-service-controls). \nWhen you enable Gemini, the following performance recommendations and insights are available in Database Center:\n\n- Inefficient query/index advisor for Cloud SQL\n- Analyze option for high resource utilization health recommendation for Cloud SQL and AlloyDB.\n\nFor more information, see [Supported health issues](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/database-health-issues).\n\nDecember 12, 2024\n-----------------\n\n[Database Center](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/overview) added support for [Bigtable](https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs), [Firestore](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/docs), and [Memorystore](https://cloud.google.com/memorystore#documentation) so you can view and analyze their resources in your fleet inventory. Database Center also added support for detecting the following [health issues](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/database-health-issues) in Bigtable and Firestore:\n\nDisplayed [Bigtable](https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs) health issues:\n\n- Resource not failover protected\n- No automated backup policy\n- Short backup retention\n- Last backup failed\n- Last backup older than 24 hours\n- Not replicating across all regions\n\nDisplayed [Firestore](https://cloud.google.com/firestore/docs) health issues\n\n- No automated backup policy\n\nOctober 10, 2024\n----------------\n\n[Spanner](https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs) is now available on [Database Center](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/overview) in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/?e=48754805&hl=en#product-launch-stages). You can track your Spanner resources in the fleet inventory section and the resource table in the Database Center. You can also use Database Center to monitor the following health issues for your Spanner resources:\n\n- Short backup retention\n- Last backup older than 24h\n- Not replicating across regions\n\nYou can now access Database Center without enabling Gemini in Databases. Supported health issues are in [one of three tiers](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/database-health-issues#tiers-health-issues): Standard, Gemini in Databases, or Security Command Center (SCC). For more information about health issues and their tiers, see [Supported health issues](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/database-health-issues#supported-health-issues).\n\nJuly 16, 2024\n-------------\n\nThe following Database Center features are now available in [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products?e=48754805&hl=en#product-launch-stages):\n\n**New health issues:** Database Center supports new health issues in the following categories for AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, Cloud SQL for MySQL, and Cloud SQL for SQL Server:\n\n- Industry compliance\n- Performance and capacity\n- Security\n- Event Threat Detection (ETD) from Security Command Center\n\nTo learn details about supported health issues, see [Database health issues](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/database-health-issues).\n\n**CSV export:** You can export database fleet inventory information to a comma-separated values (CSV) file. For more information, see [Export database fleet inventory information](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/filter-resources-export-fleet-inventory-information#export-database-fleet-inventory-information).\n\n**All Resources page:** The Database Center dashboard now offers a separate page for database resources, which includes additional metadata columns. For more information, see [Filter resources and export fleet inventory information](https://cloud.google.com/database-center/docs/filter-resources-export-fleet-inventory-information).\n\n**Additional resource metadata:** On the All Resources page, Database Center now displays additional metadata for each relevant database resource, including machine configuration (CPU count and memory size) and utilization metrics (current CPU utilization, memory utilization, and storage utilization as percentages of total capacity).\n\nApril 09, 2024\n--------------\n\nGemini in Databases is now in Preview. This includes Database Center, which supports Cloud SQL for MySQL, Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, Cloud SQL for SQL Server, and AlloyDB for PostgreSQL. For more information, see the [Gemini in Databases release notes](https://cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/release-notes#April_09_2024)."]]
