• Foglight for sql server ports

    Hello all,

    I want to monitor with Foglight SQL Server with PI.

    Which port i should open from the FGLAM server to my SQL Server?
    I want to monitor the SQL Server and also the OS (Windows server 2012)

    Can you please advise?

     

    Many thanks! 

  • DBSS - Long Running Job exception duration for single job

    Hello All,

    This alarm "DBSS - Long Running Job"  have a global fire threshold for all the jobs.

    I can see that there is an exception in order to exclude specific jobs.

    Does there is a way to make an exception for a single job duration that will…

  • Simple tool to replace your Foglight Management Server (FMS) certificate

    Replacing FMS out of box certificate is first thing people will do if they want hardening their environment. However it does involved lots of command typing and sometime you may forgot something.

    I create this simple tool to help Foglight administrator…

  • How to fix FGLAM/FMS unable to start after Linux operating system upgrade (CVE-2017-1000364)

    Some of our customer are experiencing FMS/FGLAM down and unable to start after Linux operating system upgrade (CVE-2017-1000364) and I want share how to fix it.

    Background: In June 19, 2017,  Redhat released a new fix which addressing the- CVE-2017-100…

  • Is there a way to export/import Foglight Settings

    Is there a way to export, and inevitably, import Foglight Settings?  This way when I set up another Foglight silo (as I call it), I can simply import the settings from another silo (changing some server names of course).  This would be a very, very good…

  • Migrating your Foglight Management Server

    Hello Foglight Folks,

    Robert Statsinger here. On occasion you may run into a situation where you need to migrate your Foglight Management Server to a different host. Some circumstances that might necessitate this are:

    1. You are upgrading your iron…

  • Predicting the Impact of Moving a Guest to Another Host

    Hi, this is Darren Mallette, a Solutions Architect with Quest Software. In our last entry, we looked at a couple common VMWare Infrastructure alarms and Thomas Bryant III provided direction for the VMWare Administrator to respond to those. We are now…

  • A New Foglight Service Status Widget - Text with Colored Background

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    Hello Foglight Folks,

    Robert Statsinger here. Today I’d like to share a simple WCF component with you that provides another Foglight widget for showing the status of a Service. It’s a view called …

  • Building Complex Schedules with Foglight

    Golan Shem-Tov here with the solutions architect team at Quest.

    From time to time we are asked interesting questions that are worth writing a blog about. In this blog I will talk about building a complex schedules with Foglight.
    The reason for this blog…

  • Foglight Experience Viewer (FxV) URL Search Shortcuts

    Jason here with the Quest Field Team. Ever need to have a direct link to replay a session in FxV or get right to a list of search results? This helpful template below will get you there! There is a great YouTube video showcasing this technology in action…

  • SNMP trap variables in Foglight Alarms

    I recently started a discussion on how to Monitor hardware using SNMPTraps in Foglight by using the SNMP TrapAgent.

    Then someone asked me how to reuse the trap variables in Foglight Alarm Messages

    FYI, the SNMPTrap Agent is part of the Foglight Integration…

  • Adventures in Agent Creation - Part 1

    By David Falkenstein, Solutions Architect, Quest Software

    Over the last few months one of my more challenging projects has been to make the manner of gathering Windows counters for Foglight more efficient; in my case, to create a new version of an IIS…

  • Adventures in Agent Creation - Part 2

    This blog is a continuation of Adventures in Agent Creation - Part 1.

    When last I wrote, I introduced an interesting exercise in high-performance counter monitoring for Windows systems using Foglight. I structured the problem and outlined my approach…

  • Converting Foglight 4 Script Agents to Foglight 5

    Hello Foglight Folks,
    Robert Statsinger here. Here’s a brief note for folks who are migrating from Foglight 4 to Foglight 5 and who have script agents coming along for the ride.
    Geoff Vona has written some excellent blog articles on Foglight 5…

  • Foglight Dashboard Rotation

    Hello. My name is Chris Lee, and I'm a Quest PSO bloke based in Sydney, Australia. Welcome to my first ever document here within the Foglight community.

     

    Introducing version 2 Dashboard Rotator! In response to some enhancement requests, the cartridge…