• What's New in Stat v.5.8.1

    You will see that our quest for a fully web-enabled client is full steam ahead!  We just released Stat 5.8.1.  This is a maintenance release that previews some cool new features and fine tuning of the infrastructure that will be a part of the upcoming Stat…

  • Monitoring Exchange and Office 365 Online

    Office 365 has three types of identity models for sign-in: cloud, synchronized, and federated.  Cloud is the simplest, where users sign on directly.  With synchronized sign-in, users are passed through a directory syncing tool and validated.  Active Directory…

  • Microsoft Ignite Day 2 Preview -- Stop by Booth #1210

    Day 1 of the Microsoft Ignite conference is in the books. I was working our booth (#1210) all day from noon to 7 p.m, and I must say the excitement never slowed. We talked all day to customers and partners about our solutions for Active Directory, Office…

  • Why Migration Projects are like Moving House

    All migration projects are challenging whether it be email, AD, file server data and SharePoint migrationsOffice 365 migration projects are no different.

    A Formula for Success:

    Something that I have learned over the last 10 years working on various…

  • Alerting on Docker counters from Foglight

    In a previous blog we showed how easy it is to send Docker Counters to Foglight, the next natural step is to alert when something goes wrong. 

    A reminder our script was called DockerMonitor.sh and the lines sending data to Foglight were 

    echo "TABLE DockerData…

  • Recap of VMworld 2016!

    Guys… This year may have been our best VMworld yet! Our amazing staff of data protection and performance monitoring experts came out to Las Vegas and got to really know our customers. We listened to your thoughts on current trends in the data p…

  • A quick and easy way to send counters from a Docker host to Foglight

    Scripts agents are an easy way to add to Foglight out of the box monitoring capabilities and can be easily used to send counters from a Docker host to Foglight: 

    Step 1 -  Find the commands that get the data.

                 The internet is full of examples for using…

  • Did you know? NetVault Backup and Amazon Cloud have a thing.

    Did you know that since 2015 NetVault Backup 10.x and up has support for the AWS Storage Gateway - Virtual Tape Library (VTL).

    This means you can backup and index directly to the Amazon S3 and Amazon Glacier storage using Gateway-VTL with NetVault.

    There…

  • Cloud Computing Keeps Trending: AWS or Azure

    For business leaders and IT professionals, speed is the primary appeal of the cloud.  They both describe Cloud Computing like this, he was like a kid in a candy store when told it would take only a few weeks to get a cloud application up and running.  

  • Hey DBA’s, Time to Embrace the Cloud!

    While it’s no secret that cloud technologies are rapidly changing the way that organizations are running their IT infrastructures, for many organizations that I speak with, databases (and data in general) seem to be the slowest to move.  There are…

  • Performance Analysis to Performance Investigator – Part 1: Introduction and Architecture

    Performance Analysis for SQL Server, and Performance Analysis for Oracle, have been long-standing tools in the our portfolio (The following article only applies to SQL Server and Oracle.  Performance Investigator for DB2 has not yet been developed).  When…

  • Recovery Manager for AD and Recovery Manager for AD Forest Edition 8.8 is now available

    The biggest highlight is the full support of environments with disabled NTLM recovery which can continue when Windows or Windows security is unresponsive.

    Other new features for both RMAD and RMAD FE include:

    • Quickly backup and restore Microsoft Azure…
  • 5 Tips to Help You Prepare for VMWorld 2016

    Quest is a Gold sponsor of VMWorld 2016, August 28th -September 1st at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Convention Center in Las Vegas – and we can’t wait to hear about the latest offerings from VMware, show off our complementary technology, and most importantly…

  • Performing a HealthCheck for a Website running on Docker

    This video blog shows how we use Foglight Web-Monitor to preform a HealthCheck on a Website running on Docker.

  • Monitoring an Apache Web Server running on Docker

    This video blog explains the process of building a docker image for an Apache Web Server so it can be monitored using server-info and server-status. We then show how to use Foglight Apache agent to monitor those Apache Web Server instances. 

  • Meet the Folks You’ll See at Booth #1210 at Microsoft Ignite

    In less than two months, we will be at Microsoft Ignite! We invite you to stop by booth #1210 and meet the staff. But not before getting to know a little more about a few members of our booth staff first. Have other questions for them? Ask in the comment…

  • Using JMX to monitor an Application Server running on Docker

    This video blog explains the process of building a docker image for an application server with JMX enabled. Since we can't map multiple running containers to the same port, we pass the JMX port as an environment variable so we  can set the JMX port…

  • Monitoring an Application Server running on Docker

    This video blog explains the process of building a docker image for an application server with instrumentation. 

    The result is an instrumented image that creates a Docker container running a Tomcat Application Server that automatically reports performance…

  • Take Action with Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise

    Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise’s console does a wonderful job of providing insights into problems occurring in your environment. What I find interesting is that many users of this solution do not know that you have the ability to add automation. Automation…

  • How to Become a Data Protection Hero

    You don’t have to be faster than a speeding bullet or more powerful than a locomotive to become a data protection hero. You simply need to address the when, where, why and how of protecting your organization’s applications and data against various threats…

  • Cloud Carpe Diem: Look to the Future while Seizing Migration Opportunities Today

    Over the past four months, nearly every customer conversation I’ve had begins and ends with the cloud. Migrations are picking up speed as cloud platforms reach primetime readiness. And, the amount of data being generated by people—and machines—is reaching…

  • VMworld 2016 : Q&A with Our Performance Monitoring A-Team!

     VMworld 2016 is right around the corner and we couldn’t be more excited! With over 400+ unique breakout sessions and panels, there’s something for everyone. This year, we will be attending the event and we asked our Performance Monitoring team some questions…

  • VM Capacity Management – For SysAdmins Who Like to Balance [White Paper]

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    Capacity management in your virtual environment is a balancing act.

    Take the two athletes in the photo, for example. The one on the left can represent the unlimited desires of the business – the workload on the virtual machine – and the…

  • The cloud: the final frontier. These are the voyages of your enterprise.

    The cloud: the final frontier. These are the voyages of your enterprise. Its mission: to explore strange new technologies, to seek out innovation, to boldly go where your organization has never gone before.

    I hope you’re as excited about the new Star…

  • Award-winning tech support saves you time

    The Association of Support Professionals (ASP) has announced the winners of its “Ten Best Web Support Sites” competition that showcases excellence in online service and support

    See how we can improve your business

    As you know, time is your…