Toad for Oracle Wins G2 Best Software Award
Here at Quest, we love winning awards – really, who doesn’t? But some awards feel more meaningful than others. We’re referring to the ones that come from customers’ ratings of Quest solutions, like th...
Database development and management while working from home [IT and Covid-19]
Just when you thought your database development was running on all cylinders, **BAM** the pandemic hit, and now your database developers are practicing social distancing and working from home (WFH). A...
Help for database pros working from home
We’re all in the same global boat. In response to COVID-19, and to curtail the spread and keep employees and the general population well, companies worldwide have suddenly sent their employees home to...
Webcast: Integrate Your DB Change Management into DevOps
Application deployments are often delayed when related database changes are required. That’s because it still follows a traditional waterfall process, which can result in high technical debt and code ...
“Foglight Skills 101” Associated Uses, Products and Add-Ons
Database cartridges allow you to monitor your database instances. But you can boost the power of your monitoring by adding one or more of these features. A Spotlight on Foglight – How Spotlight Users...
Can you believe this Administration?!
What’s that you say? You think it may not be appropriate that a technology blog dive into politics? Agreed. Instead, this blog highlights the breadth of Administration capabilities available in Foglig...
Spotlight Cloud Workload Analyzer Diagnostic Tool
Spotlight Cloud is a cloud hosted database monitoring and diagnostics application providing DBAs with diagnostic tools to quickly identify and help resolve performance issues. The Workload Analyzer o...
Are You a Workaholic DBA? The Secret to Achieving Enviable Work-Life Balance
I’ll admit, the concept of the DBA workaholic used to be an oxymoron. Not too long ago, many of us worked strictly in “Oracle shops” where we had time to indulge our photography hobbies in between tas...
Tune Your Queries with SQL Optimizer (Pt 2)
In Part 1 of this blog post, I review how you can get an evaluation copy and explain the various integration points from Quest’s monitoring solutions – Foglight and Spotlight Enterprise. You can find ...
Diagnosing Historical Sessions in SQL Server TempDB
In the recent 5.7.5.50 release of Foglight for SQL Server, a change was made to the TempDB drilldown. Specifically, the Sessions tab would formerly show the current sessions, regardless of the time ra...
7. Foglight Anwendertreffen
Am 10.4. 2018 findet das siebte Foglight Anwendertreffen in Köln statt. Das Treffen bietet Ihnen die Möglichkeit, sich über Neuheiten und Entwicklungen im Bereich Foglight zu informieren und Erfahrung...
Database Down!
There are so many things you never want to hear in life: “Sorry, this stall’s out of TP, too.” “Whoops! We thought you were dead.” “What do you mean, you ate that? Are you insane?!” But few things a...