On my farm, I have a fairly large irrigation system (7 zones and a pump), all controlled by a Raspberry Pi single-board computer. I also have Raspberry Pi controllers for Amateur Radio activities, including a Weak Signal transmitter that uses only the…

Part one of this blog post may be retrieved here.

Part three of this blog post may be retrieved here.

In the previous post we worked together toward laying the foundation for a simple and scalable PowerShell GUI framework for managing Rapid Recover…

When very large tables are out of sync on the target and Compare is not a suitable sync option, it requires a set of coordinated steps to bring them in sync with the source tables. This is especially true if the downtime on the source table is not acceptable…

I'm very happy to report that a new release of Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise (version 11.7) is now available.  This is a relatively minor release, mostly including fixes, although there are two enhancements worth mentioning.  One that has been…

Whether it’s hitting sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats DMV with calculated queries, collecting Perfmon Disk Counter statistics, reviewing Resource Monitor Disk information, or keeping your storage admin close by, I/O issues are all too familiar a concern.…

Connecting.
We do it every day.
Person to person – and on a network level, database client to database platform.

Toad for Oracle’s legacy has always been about increasing performance, configuration, and internal self-help in solving technical…

This is the last part in this series of how to configure your alarms to do exactly what you want them to do. If you haven't had a chance, read part two of this series "Get Rid of That Noisy Alert Chatter! Part 2." Today, we will go over how…

I speak with administrators all the time that get alarms from objects they don’t care about, because in Foglight alarms generally apply to all your objects. An alarm comes in and you stop what you’re doing to check it out, and it’s usually about…

I had a question recently from a customer. They were asking how to keep track of inactive SQL Server instances in Foglight so that the data can be removed. A flip side of this would be to check what instances they have being monitored vs. what is supposed…

One of the first items KACE administrators look at during the initial setup is Inventory. Everyone wants to see the details on what they have on their network and run reports to start managing the lifecycle of their devices, software, licenses, patching…

Often we hear from customers that they get so many alarms they don't have time to sort through them. The monitoring system they use fires too many alerts, and they just end up ‘white noise’ instead of actionable items. Are you getting too many alerts…

So we’re finally here, it’s hockey season again.  The training camps have concluded and positions are set.  The cold weather in the north is setting in and time lace up the pond skates.  Each player has a responsibility and they know what job…

I get this question at least once a month and it has to do with transferring Toad for Oracle user settings from one version to an updated version. When you install a new version of the Toad for Oracle 2016 Suite, the installer does a side-by-side installation…

One of the first questions that I like to ask any customers that I work with is “how many VMs do you have?” This gives me a good understanding of how large their environment is. Do they have less than a 1,000 VMs? 1,000 to 3,000 VMs? Or do they have…

In most organizations, the stakes are high in the ongoing fight to keep technical infrastructures from hurting business. The infrastructure can’t be the reason a business flails or fails.  

Think about your organization, and all the mechanizations…

Friends in High Places

I’m starting a blog series about our Toad solution family, and how it’s changed lives for almost 20 years now.  Sometimes a vendor’s product does something extraordinary for its customers.  The stories you read…

IT professionals today have a great deal on their plate. They are responsible for servers, applications, storage, networking, security, etc. Throw in a Cloud initiative, BYOD, managing a diverse array of endpoints like smartphones and its easy to see…

The latest release of the Foglight for Oracle cartridge brings a new dashboard, customer enhancements and various fixes.

There is a new overview dashboard:

It is easier to read with an improved layout. I like the way the various areas are summarized…

In this blog series, I’ll cover why monitoring the Internet of Things (IoT) is important, along with how to go about doing it in a practical manner.

In this third and final installment, I’ll show specifically how Foglight can help monitor the network…

The MOD Squad Column: It’s Groovy Man.

“If you meet these kids in an alley some night, don't fight ’em. They’re cops.”  

They’re “The MOD Squad…”

There’s Linc, Julie and Pete:

The Mod Squad…

Part two of this series may be found here.

Part three of this series may be found here.

Over the years I have written hundreds of PowerShell scripts for RapidRecovery/AppAssure Management and Automation. One of the constant requests I have heard from…

Within Toad for Oracle, you can now manually execute Automation Apps within the Toad Intelligence Central Web interface.

In addition, the Toad Intelligence Central Web interface now includes a Team Coding page that displays the status of team coding objects…

One of the nicest features in Foglight is the flexibility in creating beautiful drag and drop dashboards, here is a short video blog showing how you can create a fun and functional dashboard for Halloween. 

Toad for Oracle’s Query Builder window provides a quick method for creating the framework of a SQL queries (Select, Insert, Update, or Delete statement). Additionally, one can select Tables, Views, or Synonyms, join columns, select columns, and generate…

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