Elastic Pools – No Diving
The Foglight cartridge for Azure SQL DB (v. 6.1.5) is now generally available (11/28/22). In this release, specific monitoring support for Azure SQL DB Elastic Pools (FOG-4248) was added. What is Az...
Roses are Redis
...Violets are bluis Enable that Foglight SQLServer cartridge... ...and maybe the Redis one toois! Ok, then... The Foglight for Redis (v. 6.1.1) cartridge is now generally available (11/28/22). In ...
Post up with Postgres v. 15!
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announced the release of Postgres version 15! Some of the notable feature enhancement additions include: 1. Addition of the MERGE command - SQLServer and Oracl...
Setting up Monitoring with Foglight for Databases (specifically SQL Server)
Once Foglight for Databases or Foglight for SQL Server has been installed, you’ll need to tell it what to monitor. Since Foglight doesn’t use any agents installed on the monitored systems, all you hav...
Quest Foglight Trial – 3 Tips BEFORE you download!
If you are reading this, chances are you’re considering a 30 day trial of ‘Foglight for Cross Platform Databases’. Before you do, here are a few tips that will help you get a fully functional Foglight...
Looking into Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022 and how Foglight for SQL and Performance Investigator (PI) captures this performance of these queries.
So, is parameter sniffing a think of the past with SQL Server 2022? Well, it looks promising, but I wanted to understand how Foglight SQL PI would show me what’s going on. I took some sample code from...
Index for Foglight Evolve Webcasts
Cloud Migration – How Foglight can eliminate guesswork on workloads and cloud costs View webcast here This webcast covered: How to optimize your virtual machines to get prepared for the cloud Learn h...
Index for Foglight for Database Webcasts
Quick Start Guide to Foglight (5) You’ve just been handed access to Foglight. Now what? These basic sessions will help any NEW Foglight administrator or user get familiar with the tool. We suggest you...
Expand your SQL Server monitoring coverage to include your BI stack with Foglight (3-Part Series) Part 3 – SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
Foglight for SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) provides analysis monitoring for SQL Server BI services: Integration Services, Reporting Services, and Analysis Services. In this (Part 3) blog, the ...
Expand your SQL Server monitoring coverage to include your BI stack with Foglight (3-Part Series) Part 2 – SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
Foglight for SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) provides analysis monitoring for SQL Server BI services: Integration Services, Reporting Services, and Analysis Services. In this (Part 2) blog, the ...
Evaluating Foglight vs Oracle Enterprise Manager
As part of most any database monitoring software evaluation, it includes comparing that software to similar solutions. Logically, it often means doing head-to-head comparisons to database tools that c...
Problems Configuring a SQL Server Connection in Spotlight Enterprise
*Record Scratch* *Freeze Frame* Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got into this situation... I was just minding my own business, trying to configure a SQL Server connection in Spotlight...