• Monitor Azure SQL Database with Foglight!

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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 Workflows to Identify and Address Tuning Candidates

    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?

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  • (Another) Foglight Countdown!

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    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.

    • “Excuse me while I kiss this guy”. Correct lyric: “Excuse…
  • Can you believe this Administration?!

    Can you believe this Administration?!

    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…

  • We Put It On Our Tab – Complementary Oracle Monitoring with Foglight Pt 3 (of 3) – CRS and Exadata

    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…

  • Monitor Postgres Disk Space Usage with Foglight

    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…

  • Comparing The Compare - Quest Foglight and Toad

    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…

  • Expand your SQL Server monitoring coverage to include your BI stack with Foglight (3-Part Series) Part 3 – SQL Server Analysis Services (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 3) blog, the focus is SQL Server Analysis Services or ‘SSAS’.…

  • Don’t Worry About Your (Con)figure, Have The PI !

    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…