A plurality of modules and/or engines to manage the operation and health of a plurality of databases through the use of standard operating procedures (SOPs). Modules of the present invention are configured to assist database administrators to create, and thereafter store in an accessible memory resource, a plurality of SOPs. These SOPs define procedures to address various database informational states. Database state information is monitored, collected and analyzed to determine, based either on a predetermined rule set or on manual input from an authorized database administrator, whether one or more SOPs will be applied to a particular database environment. These SOPs can be combined and/or executed on the database either automatically or manually.