Do you ever wonder why Spotlight throws an Access Denied or WMI error while monitoring a Windows server when your user account has all the permissions needed to access that server? You might encounter these errors on the Home page or even…
Do you ever wonder why Spotlight throws an Access Denied or WMI error while monitoring a Windows server when your user account has all the permissions needed to access that server? You might encounter these errors on the Home page or even…
Change Auditor leverages Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) for recording SQL events, the SQL startup flag t1906 instructs SQL Server to read the tracing templates stored in the “..\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn\…
Uh oh. Something isn't right with Foglight. There's fatal alarms and emails flying in every direction. Or maybe everything is fine, but you need a hand with some maintenance tasks. Perhaps some clarification on a setting, or a rule? Foglight Support…
Video: Server Manager - Part 1 - What is Server Manager?
The first in a series of videos regarding the Server Manager tab in Desktop Authority. The video will explain what Server Manager is, what information is displayed and what can be configured in the…
We have become aware of an issue with the expiration of a Verisign certificate used by Desktop Authority and Expert Assist 9.0 to 9.3. When using Expert Assist to establish a remote connection, you may encounter…
As you may know, migration of Microsoft platforms (Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Office 365) can be risky, disruptive, costly and time-consuming.
Migrations and consolidations can be complex and can put a strain on your internal IT team. So…
This is one of those special Enterprise Monitoring use cases that I mentioned in my last blog post; The Not So Obvious Enterprise System Monitoring Essentials. While this is not the only way to do Foglight alert integration, it is what we felt…
The content of this was written by my…
Trending upward in IT is the amount of Email data being migrated to the Cloud from On-Premise Exchange.
Specifically, there are increased migrations to Microsoft Office 365 (Exchange Online), which is what we would call a “Cloud Provider” or software…
It has happened to all of us. We love an application like Toad. However, it would be so much more awesome if the app would do some idea that is currently not in the product. Allow me to introduce you to the Toad “Idea Pond.”
The Idea Pond…
Benchmark Factory for Database 7.5 is available for download via the Support Portal.
“Capturing” is the word of action from this new release.
Starting with version 12.10, Toad for Oracle will bring the Knowledgebase dynamically into the product’s window. No more having to leave an application to search and find answers outside of the product.
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Why do we think they’re more important than ever? Good question and the answer to that question will depend on the team members asking it:
Once in awhile, I find myself getting asked why Spotlight isn't firing off an email alert. If you find yourself in that situation and you have set up an alarm action, here are some quick pointers to help you check the issue.
Run the email test from…
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…
Having worked in support for many many years, you find yourself asking the same question over and over again. Have you turned it on and off again – Sorry could resist.
The question you should ask is – Have you a latest backup of the system before…
Let me tell you a story all about the DL…
Have you ever deployed a new software solution and had many sleepless nights over the implementation?
Many times we are told that this new software’s strengths are “ease of use” and will “save time” etc…
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…
I’m sure Oracle DBAs everywhere are keeping their collective ears close to the ground waiting for the official announcement on 12cR2. We still, rightly or wrongly, have a habit of waiting for the 2nd release of Oracle versions, but that’s for another…
User-Defined Collections enable you to tell Foglight for SQL Server to go beyond the data points it collects out-of-the-box to also collect the results of queries that you define. So in addition to the vast amount of commonly-needed metrics that Foglight…
When managing a robust complicated backup environment, problems often come up in droves and it is hard to manage all of the issues. One of the hardest and most frustrating issues with backups is poor performance. Poor performance is often the cause of…
I remember as a young lad of 12 years of age writing letters to friends and family that I had grown up with. As I would finish the letter, I would jump on my bike and run to the local post office to purchase a stamp for the letter. I’m not going…
As they say in business, time is money! Choosing the right things to spend your time on is more important than ever when running a successful business with so many things to do and less time to do them. Not only are there never enough hours in the day…
With the start of Season 7 of AMC's hit series "The Walking Dead" slowly advancing toward us, we are now left with not the question of when....but how, or who? Avid watchers will understand the what or the who to which I'm referencing, to the others,…
