As the old saying goes, “the one constant in life is change”, and this is especially true in database environments. There are many reasons why database environments experience change whether it be th...
Early in my career, I worked in systems support. Part of my responsibilities included ensuring server backups were running properly. However, the organization had not formalized a process around actua...
Office 365 has three types of identity models for sign-in: cloud, synchronized, and federated. Cloud is the simplest, where users sign on directly. With synchronized sign-in, users are passed throug...
The need for virtual capacity management is on the rise. In Gartner’s ‘Market Guide for Capacity Management Tools’ report, published on January 30, 2015, it states “Through 2018, more than 30 percent...
SQL Performance Investigator (SQL-PI) is an extension to the standard Foglight for SQL Server Cartridge, and adds Real-time and historical data. If you have used Performance Analysis for SQL Server, t...
The Application User Interface is simply Role Based Access control to the Function and Features of the Change Auditor when using client, it restricts access to the client interface based on permission...
As you might suspect, I had difficulty coming up with a witty title for this blog. However, I rather enjoy people rolling their eyes when I make bad jokes. Given the topic is about memory settings for...
In this blog series, I’ll cover why monitoring the Internet of Things (IoT) is important, along with how to go about doing it in a practical manner. What is the Internet of Things? The IoT is an ecosy...
This video blog explains the process of building a docker image for an Apache Web Server so it can be monitored using server-info and server-status. We then show how to use Foglight Apache agent to mo...
This video blog explains the process of building a docker image for an application server with JMX enabled. Since we can't map multiple running containers to the same port, we pass the JMX port as an ...
Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise’s console does a wonderful job of providing insights into problems occurring in your environment. What I find interesting is that many users of this solution do not ...
The Last Version of Windows By now we’ve all heard the refrain that Windows 10 will be the last version of Windows that Midelcrosoft will ever release. We’ll continue to see monthly (or so) security ...
