Vlog – Spotlight Playback
This short video reviews Spotlight's Playback feature. (4:33) (function(id, html, mimeType) { var v = document.getElementById(id + '_html5'), checkVideo = function() { if (!v.canPlayType || v.er...
“Rabbit, Rabbit!” – Podcast Ep 02 – Are You Ready for Change?
RR Episode 02 – Are You Ready for Change? In this Episode 2, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, discuss the importance of being ready for change and considerations around its impa...
Foglight Database Ports
I was trying to come up with a clever title for this post, and even googled "good network port jokes" but they were all blocked. Badum-Tiss.. For this post, we can refer to this general Foglight archi...
Vlog – Spotlight Navigation and Workflow
This short video reviews Spotlight's navigation and workflow. (3:39) Download Spotlight...
Vlog – Spotlight Architecture Overview
Are you looking for a laser-focused monitoring and diagnostics solution for SQLServer? If so, you're in the right place! This short video reviews Spotlight's architecture and requirements. (2:59) Inst...
Ten Reasons Foglight is the Right Database Monitor for Your Business
Digital transformations are everywhere, and so are challenges Digital transformation is creating many challenges for businesses including data platform diversity, IT skills gaps, cost control (especia...
Using Foglight User Defined Collections to check SQL Server Security Best Practices
I was reviewing the article 13 SQL Server Best Practices recently and it occurred to me that 3 of the tips could be put in Foglight to continually check that your SQL Server instances are compliant. ...
Has Anyone Seen My Indexes?
As part of one’s Database Management strategy, one of the primary tasks at hand is to keep queries running at peak performance. One of the most impactful ways to do this is to identify ‘Missing Indexe...
“Rabbit, Rabbit!” – Podcast Ep 01 – Why Be Normal?
"Rabbit, Rabbit!" - a superstition found in Britain and North America wherein a person says or repeats the words "rabbit", "rabbits" and/or "white rabbits" aloud upon waking on the first day of a mont...
Can Foglight Integrate with ‘X’? Probably…
One of the most common questions I am asked when speaking with evaluators of Foglight is, “Can Foglight integrate with <insert solution here>? …Remedy, ServiceNow, SCOM, Splunk, Teams... The list goes...
Exploring User Level Access for Databases
I recently worked with a customer on the following use case. They've successfully integrated Active Directory logins with Foglight and wish to match up an AD Group with a group on the Databases dashbo...
Spotlight Enterprise Workload Analysis
While your database handles requests from end-users, it starts to consume various resources. With increased number of requests, the database may suffer from resource waits. Excessive wait types and ti...