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 ...
Think of a UI Query as a shortcut to data that you can use in a report, dashboard, service definition, etc. This post will show how to get started building queries. The example today will be to get a...
When I think back to my early years as a junior DBA, I can’t help but cringe. Man, did I have some dark days! Mainly because I had no idea what was even possible when it came it to SQL Server monitori...
Have you heard the news? PostgreSQL has earned the prestigious 'DBMS of the Year' award by DB-Engines! **(Postgres won in 2017 as well!) Who is DB-Engines (.com)? Solid IT, an Austrian IT consulting ...
" It went by fast but it was great! " - DB Tribune " So quick, so easy...I was monitoring in no time! " - Monitoring Weekly " 5 Stars! " - DBA Times Ok, enough of the movie review feel. Let's get rig...
We all get excited when our cell phone plan includes so called “Unlimited Data.” But, you know what happens if we push your luck. That’s right; we start to experience performance issues and get toss...
December. It’s cold and flu season. We’re all a little rundown from holiday stress. And oddly enough, it feels as if our databases aren’t even immune. Maybe it’s Murphy’s Law. Maybe it’s just life. Bu...
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. "Sweet dreams are made of cheese”. Correct lyric: “Sweet dreams are ma...
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 lo...
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 share...
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 c...
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 wa...
