Foglight ships with a rich set of pre-configured rules to alert you when issues arise with your databases.
The default action is to put an alarm message on the dashboards within Foglight. Email notifications aren't enabled by default - but it's an easy…
With the release of Foglight version 6, alarm management has been simplified with the use of alarm templates.
You can access Alarm Templates directly from the left-hand panel in the new UI. However, if you've upgraded from a previous version, it helps…
In this post, some tips for working with User-Defined Queries (UDC's) were introduced.
We left off with the idea of creating a custom dashboard showing UDC results from multiple instances.
The Foglight data model is organized with a controlling root…
The ability to enter your own queries into Foglight for SQL Server, Oracle and DB2 opens up a world of additional data that you can use with Foglight. These are called User-Defined Collections, or UDC's for short.
There are some nuances to using them…
While Foglight for SQL Server offers capabilities that go above and beyond most SQL Server monitoring products in the industry, Query Performance Monitoring is certainly a strength of the product that customers get significant of value out of. I recorded…
In the first part of this series, we will learn how to export SQL statements from Foglight SQL Performance Investigator, and import them into SQL Optimizer.
Start by opening SQL PI, and selecting a database from the Databases dimension. This simplifies…
Think of a UI Query as a shortcut to data that you can use in a report, dashboard, service definition, etc. This post will show how to get started building queries.
The example today will be to get a list of all SQL Server Agent Jobs, regardless of the…
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’…
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…
We are lucky enough to work with a number of extremely talented and passionate people. Some of our coworkers have been here for a number of years and have some great stories to tell. We wanted to use this interview as an introduction to one such individual…
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Foglight for SQL Server and Foglight for Oracle versions 5.7.5.35. This release provides the following significant enhancements:
So you've now taken a look at the architectural differences and enhancements between Performance Analysis and Performance Investigator (if you haven't, check them out here). You've also hopefully been wow'ed by the new and enhanced features that…
