{"id":7451,"date":"2025-03-12T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluecatnetworks.com\/?p=280407"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:33:00","slug":"get-insight-into-your-ddi-environment-with-live-ddi-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/get-insight-into-your-ddi-environment-with-live-ddi-analytics\/","title":{"rendered":"Get insight into your DDI environment with Live DDI Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Standard management tools for DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (together known as DDI) provide core functions for managing DDI<\/span>. However, they often fall short when it comes to reporting and analytics. <\/span><\/p>\n

In today\u2019s complex enterprises, where DNS and DHCP servers and IP address management tools are often deployed across cloud environments, this shortfall hinders optimization. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

With Live DDI Analytics, a new add-on tool for BlueCat Infrastructure Assurance, robust reporting and analytics <\/span>that provides real-time insights into your DDI environment is now at your fingertips. <\/span><\/p>\n

In this post, we\u2019ll first touch on why DDI reporting and analytics are crucial. Next, we\u2019ll introduce our new Live DDI Analytics tool built on the Infrastructure Assurance platform. Then, we\u2019ll delve into Live DDI Analytics\u2019 capabilities and benefits. Finally, we\u2019ll share how you can get started by enrolling in our technology preview.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The need for DDI reporting and analytics<\/h2>\n

DNS<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>DHCP<\/span><\/a> servers and <\/span>IP address management<\/span><\/a> tools are increasingly deployed across public, private, hybrid, and <\/span>multicloud environments<\/span><\/a>. Effective performance management in this complex landscape often requires more than what standard DDI management tools can offer. <\/span><\/p>\n

Standard tools provide essential functions\u2014such as discovery, management, access control, and monitoring of DDI environments\u2014but they rarely provide robust reporting and analytics data. Advanced reporting and analytics are essential for the insights needed to improve performance and streamline management. <\/span><\/p>\n

With the complexity of today\u2019s distributed DDI environments, DDI reporting and analytics can provide valuable information to optimize DDI management and performance.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

New from BlueCat: Live DDI Analytics<\/h2>\n

Live DDI Analytics is a reporting and analytics tool built on the Infrastructure Assurance 25.1 platform.<\/span> It works across BlueCat\u2019s Integrity and Edge solutions. <\/span><\/p>\n

With Live DDI Analytics, you can easily explore, visualize, and interact with your DDI environment.<\/span> As a result, you can uncover relationships and key insights, helping you make more informed decisions. It offers unmatched visibility across public, private, hybrid, and multicloud environments.   <\/span><\/p>\n

Live DDI Analytics includes a dashboard overview of real-time statistics for your DNS and DHCP servers and IP address management tool. A relationship map displays servers, top requested domain names, historical analysis, and query data. You can access and display reports, analytics data, and device information using an intuitive graphical user interface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Live DDI Analytics relationship map of DNS and DHCP servers in your environment offers real-time views to optimize performance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Who is it for?<\/h3>\n

IT professionals from numerous disciplines\u2014including network engineers, security analysts, application developers, operations, and IT management\u2014can use Live DDI Analytics to collaborate on DDI discovery and inventory of devices and on performance improvements.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

How does it work?<\/h3>\n

Live DDI Analytics is built on top of the Infrastructure Assurance platform. This allows it to leverage pre-built services like authentication and data storage<\/span>. Furthermore, it utilizes existing integrations with other tools, such as ServiceNow. <\/span><\/p>\n

For <\/span>Integrity<\/span><\/a> users, Live DDI Analytics retrieves DDI information from BlueCat Address Manager (BAM) using the BAM v2 RESTful API to discover BlueCat DNS\/DHCP Servers (BDDSes) and their configuration. For <\/span>Edge<\/span><\/a> users, Live DDI Analytics retrieves information from your cloud instance to discover Service Points and their configuration.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The retrieved data is stored in a long-term database.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The Infrastructure Assurance platform<\/h3>\n

Infrastructure Assurance<\/span><\/a> auto-triages issues in your DDI environment. Informed by vetted, community-sourced experience, it collects relevant data from your DDI infrastructure components and analyzes it according to known best practices. It automatically alerts you to identified issues and provides recommended actionable remediation steps.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

With Infrastructure Assurance, IT operations teams can avoid costly outages if they receive advance notice about common issues that can lead to bigger problems.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Infrastructure Assurance with the Live DDI Analytics add-on offers a comprehensive solution for automated issue triage with robust real-time data analysis and insights.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Live DDI Analytics capabilities and benefits<\/h2>\n

Live DDI Analytics offers several capabilities, including:<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n