The first lesson in my first computer class in school taught this: “garbage in, garbage out”. The point, of course, was that an information system can only act according to what it’s been told. It can’t read minds and assume what you…
The first lesson in my first computer class in school taught this: “garbage in, garbage out”. The point, of course, was that an information system can only act according to what it’s been told. It can’t read minds and assume what you…
In a previous post, we learned how to disable specific Foglight alarm severities. For example, maybe you don't want a warning alert when cpu utilization is only at 70% - if so, you can disable that, while keeping the rule active to alert when the condition…
A previous post showed how to modify a registry variable to apply a value to a specific host.
It would be good if the actual value that is going to be used when the rule fires could be validated.
The "Run Condition Query" feature in the Rules…
In a previous post, the Rules dashboard was used to show how to modify the global value of an alarm threshold. For this particular rule, that value would then apply to all hosts that are being monitored.
What if we only want a subset of hosts to take…
The bigger the application, and the more composite it is, understanding its Topology becomes a lot more important. What is connected to what? How are the flows for the transactions? Where are the bottlenecks and the slowdowns?
I have seen some really…
In a number of different areas, you will notice a reference to ‘services’. What are these and why should I care?
Services could change the way you interact with Foglight. Services are nothing more than a group of objects. You can create static…
It’s been amazing how much creativity and innovation is out there. Customers have been teaching me a lot over the last 20 plus years. Two identical applications behave differently for two different clients and their different customers and in their different…
Best part of my job over the last 20+ years is working with more than 200 companies and working very closely with a few dozens. The variety that I have been exposed to has…
Java Workload Characterization – Part 2. My 3, 5, 7, 10 Rule
I hope you had a chance to look at do you know where your java transactions are, my Java Workload Characterization – Part 1 blog. And I love to hear what else you can add or suggest to…
Over the years, I have met, worked and learned from a number of experts in Performance Management field. These are professionals that are dedicating most or all of their times supporting…
