A UI Query can be used as an input to a report. This can simplify and offer a broader range of inputs when running or scheduling a report.
For a refresher on creating UI Queries, this post covers the basics.
WCF reports have inputs in order to properly…
In my Introduction to UI Queries post, the building of a simple query to return all SQL Server Agent Jobs was shown.
Let's back up a step, and take a look at where UI Queries can be used in Foglight. This post will be updated with links as the topics…
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…
The average DBA, managing a cross-platform database environment. Does this even SEEM like a good idea? Hmmm?
On a scale of one to “Bird Box,” how stressful is cross-platform database management? Uh, yeah. It’s full-blown soccer-mom-in-a-pink-sweatsuit…
As you migrate to the cloud, would you go all in with a pair of nines?
If you did, you probably wouldn’t let your boss know, would you?
More companies are making plans to migrate to the cloud and going all in on it. That means, first, that they…
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.
We haven't added voice command to Foglight yet, but we can still get Foglight to play some tunes.
I setup a small monitoring environment with a Foglight Management Server in a public cloud. I put a local Foglight Agent Manager on my laptop to talk…
PostgreSQL has entered an exciting new chapter with the release of version 11 (10/18/18). This blog highlights some of the version 11 additions and improvements to PostgreSQL.
** The information shared in this blog was largely gathered from the postgresql…
Creating your own dashboard in Foglight is as easy as putting up the Festivus pole.
In this post, a service containing all MySQL instances was created.
A great feature of Foglight is the ability to create your own custom dashboards and reports. Expand…
Foglight has a robust rules engine for alerting and notification. It's often the case that you can get to the same end zone in Foglight by many different plays.
Using the Service Builder is an easy way to group "things" together. "Things" can be higher…
Hearing you’re getting MySQL is like hearing you’ve been “volunteered” to pet sit your neighbor’s rabid ferret: There’s confusion, mild panic and the frustrating realization that someone else is saving money because you’re doing all the hard work.…
Adopting PostgreSQL is not unlike adopting a crazed monkey: It’s new. It’s exciting. It’s also downright terrifying.
You’ve got questions.
What if I can’t handle it? How hard will it be to get it to perform well? Will it look…
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As I listen to customers talk about migrating application workloads to the cloud, I notice that they’re on board with cloud migration and application migration, but they’re still concerned about…
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…
The container world is developing very fast. Now container technology is making its way into the enterprise data environment and it can be deployed onto both production and support infrastructure. Thus it might be the architecture for the next generation…
I had a customer who was curious if Foglight could be used to monitor MariaDB running in Amazon RDS. This customer was already monitoring SQL Server and MongoDB with Foglight, and was eager to see if it could extend to this new MariaDB based application…
Foglight 5.9.3 introduced the following three new WCF components to show collected metrics in a variety of ways and to better analyze the collected data.
Cost Director allows you to view the cost of running your datacenter like it’s Public Cloud.
Cost Director is included in Foglight for Virtualization 8.8 and no additional license required.
In 3 steps you will setup an organization structure, create…
How much is Azure costing me? How much do my VMs cost me in my datacenter? Should I migrate to the Cloud?
Understand the cost of my datacenter you ask?! You heard that correctly, FVE 8.8 is almost, almost, exclusively about managing the cost of running…
Our team is starting to see an uptick in Linux installs for Foglight components, specifically the Foglight Agent Manager (Fglam). Most of these are done at the command line, which can make some settings less than obvious. Things get interesting when the…
Die Agenten in Foglight sammeln eine große Anzahl an Metriken, wie die CPU Utilization eines Hosts, die Memory Auslastung, die Anzahl der Ausführungen eines Statements usw.. Derived Metrics bieten die Möglichkeit, mit gesammelten Metriken zu rechnen und…
Do you also feel lost sometimes when searching for a specific instance on the database overview dashboard? If you monitor hundreds of databases it is easy to lose the overview but there are some options to quickly find the database you need.
When reporting a Foglight connectivity issue, support people are always asking to test the connection using Telnet or Putty. But what to do if you do not have Telnet or Putty installed?
There are some other options, for example using an Internet browser…
Woohoo! Just got word that my boss approved my January vacation and now I’ll get the opportunity to check several items off my bucket list as I hop across country to the Quest Database Fed Forum in DC on February 20th.
On my First stop I will…
Do you wonder how the Quest technical stuff creates cartridge files to hand over customized dashboard, reports or agents to you? Well, everyone can do that, this is no rocket science. And best is, you have all what you need available in your Foglight…
