The DBWatchdog service is a critical component in Avaya Aura® System Manager responsible for ensuring the high availability of the database. Its primary function is to continuously monitor the state of the main SQL database service (e.g., PostgreSQL or SQL Anywhere). If the DBWatchdog service detects that the database service has stopped, regardless of whether it was stopped manually or due to an error, it will automatically initiate a restart of the database service to restore system functionality and minimize downtime.

A. DBWatcher: This is not the correct name for the Avaya service. While the name is descriptive, the official service is named DBWatchdog.

B. SQLANYsASADBJJC: This is the default service name for the SQL Anywhere database instance used by System Manager's JBoss application server, not the monitoring service that restarts it.

D. SALANYmConsolidated: This is an incorrect or misspelled service name and does not represent the monitoring process responsible for restarting the database.

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1. Avaya Aura® System Manager Documentation: Troubleshooting Avaya Aura® System Manager, Release 7.1 (NN43001-703, Issue 8.0, February 2018).

Page 110, Table 16: Services: This table lists and describes the key services running on System Manager. It explicitly states the function of the DBWatchdog service as: "Monitors the database and restarts the database if the database is not running." It also identifies SQLANYsASADBJJC as "The System Manager database service." This directly confirms that DBWatchdog is the monitor and SQLANYsASADBJJC is the service being monitored.

2. Avaya Aura® System Manager Documentation: Administering Avaya Aura® System Manager, Release 8.1.3 (December 2020).

Section: Services management, Page 121: This section details the various services. The description for the DBWatchdog service confirms its role in monitoring and automatically restarting the database service to maintain system integrity.