We're thrilled to announce the general availability of Foglight Cloud, a transformative solution reshaping how organizations manage and monitor their IT environment. Foglight Cloud…
As part of most any database monitoring software evaluation, it includes comparing that software to similar solutions. Logically, it often means doing head-to-head comparisons to database tools that come bundled with that particular DBMS. Regularly, I…
Part 2 of this series will show you how to tune the queries you found by using Workload Analysis (see Part 1). Additionally, we'll look at the different 'Context' dimensions to help you quickly focus on the right problem.
2. SQL Statements…
Postgres v. 14 snuck up on us and was released about a month ago.
The community continues to kill it with advancements in innovation.
Have a look at these frighteningly powerful enhancements and additions.
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PostgreSQL 14 now supports the syntax…
For over two decades, as a Database Sales Engineer, I have provided technical demonstrations either in-person, online, or in a recorded format. It takes a particular honed skillset to accurately distill technical information and position solutions in…
As part of one’s Database Management strategy, one of the primary tasks at hand is to keep queries running at peak performance. One of the most impactful ways to do this is to identify ‘Missing Indexes’.
Simply put, Indexes can allow…
One of the most common questions I am asked when speaking with evaluators of Foglight is, “Can Foglight integrate with <insert solution here>? …Remedy, ServiceNow, SCOM, Splunk, Teams... The list goes on and on. This inquiry really comes as no…
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The conversation continues...
Jim: " Tell me more! "
Kim: " Foglight is Quest's award-winning cross-DBMS platform monitoring and diagnostics solution. Think of Foglight as a monitoring platform. It uses what they…
Foglight can help identify SQL Tuning candidates?
Yes!
Foglight can tune the SQL?
With seamless integration with Quest’s SQL Optimizer, yes!
OK, let’s stick a fork in this....
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What is SQL Optimizer?
Caution…
( * This blog has been updated from last year's.... )
We have all done it. We think we know the lyrics to a song. We sing them passionately….and incorrectly. Here are a few classics.
What’s that you say? You think it may not be appropriate that a technology blog dive into politics?
Agreed. Instead, this blog highlights the breadth of Administration capabilities available in Foglight for Postgres.
Administration options are available…
This blog series discusses each of the ‘tabs’ that can be found on the Database Home page in Foglight for Oracle. These monitoring options come included at no additional cost and illustrate how broad and complete Foglight is as an Oracle monitoring solution…
This blog series discusses each of the ‘tabs’ that can be found on the Database Home page in Foglight for Oracle.
Part 1 of the blog covers Foglight’s monitoring for Oracle’s Data Guard.
April 15, 2019.....Let’s give a shout out to all those men and women running the Boston Marathon today.
Man, running for that long must be taxing. Taxing…..wait…what day is it again?
So, as my way of giving a nod to long runners,…
Hold on, grammar and spelling enthusiasts. Already, you might be thinking, did he mean ‘Complementary’ or ‘Complimentary’? The answer? YES. This blog series focuses on additional Oracle monitoring capabilities beyond monitoring the Oracle instance…’complementary…
In 12c, Oracle introduced support for a new architecture - multi-tenant. As such, the Container database (or CDB) was introduced. Think of the CDB as the 'super database'. This multi-tenant container database allows for many 'sub-databases'. These are…
Have you heard the news? PostgreSQL has earned the prestigious 'DBMS of the Year' award by DB-Engines!
**(Postgres won in 2017 as well!)
Who is DB-Engines (.com)?
Solid IT, an Austrian IT consulting company, created and maintains DB-Engines. Solid…
We have all done it. We think we know the lyrics to a song. We sing them passionately….and incorrectly. Here are a few classics.
Many things can happen if the database runs out of disk space. None of them are good. DBAs understand that it is essential to monitor database disk space so that critical business processes are uninterrupted. Quest’s Foglight provides peace of mind by…
One of the primary tasks of any DBA is to find and optimize poorly performing queries. This is not a trivial job as often times there is too much data to sort through and pinpoint problems. Quest’s Foglight provides alerts for Postgres queries that have…
To compare is to measure, estimate, or make note of two or more “ things’ “ similarities and/or differences. It helps us better understand the items. A versus B. Sometimes it is done to learn which one is ‘better’. Other times, it is to determine those…
Foglight for SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) provides analysis monitoring for SQL Server BI services: Integration services, Reporting services, and Analysis services.
In this (Part 3) blog, the focus is SQL Server Analysis Services or ‘SSAS’.…
Foglight for SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) provides analysis monitoring for SQL Server BI services: Integration services, Reporting services, and Analysis services.
In this (Part 1) blog, the focus is SQL Server Integration Services or ‘SSIS’…
Congratulations! You have Foglight installed and it is collecting meaningful performance data. There’s no doubt it is providing a ‘smorgasbord’ of actionable information about your mission-critical environment. Help yourself to delicious servings of baseline…
Database performance monitoring can be a real circus! And with an ever-growing amount of technology platforms to manage, we’ve become the ultimate jugglers.
Didn’t sign up to be a clown?
Hey, I know. I didn’t, either. But, listen, sometimes…
