Why is my Database Server Slow?
We've all been there, the dreaded ticket that comes across our inbox. Always light on detail, just a single sentence: "The database server is slow." No five words bring as much fear, uncertainty and...
Discussing the Overhead of Foglight for SQL Server and Oracle
We often get questions from customers wondering how much overhead will be put on a database server when monitoring that server with Foglight for SQL Server and/or Foglight for Oracle. This blog post ...
Using tokens for Foglight dashboard access
Some users only require simple access to Foglight dashboards, ideally being able to skip the logon step. In Foglight Server version 5.7.5.7, the user security option of an auth token was introduced. M...
Making Dashboards Available to non-Foglight Users
Some users only require simple access to Foglight dashboards, ideally being able to skip the logon step. The NoLoginUser was designed to allow the passing of a dashboard id via URL, and bypass the log...
“Pimp Your Ride” with Foglight Custom Dashboards
Merriam-Webster defines ‘Custom’ as made or performed according to personal order. Tailored, fitted, personalized…or ‘pimped out’, slang meaning something is modified to extreme performance. There was...
How DevOps can benefit from Continuous Monitoring of Application Databases
Managing production application databases has become more demanding than ever before not only due to the complexity of the applications they support, but also the very small margins for performance sl...
Setting up Foglight when SQL Server wants SSL
Updated in March 2021 - You now only need to check the "Use SSL" box when setting up your SQL Server connections in Foglight. This option appeared in the 5.9.x line of releases. A customer recentl...
Foglight API – 0 to 100 MPH in 2 demos
The purpose of this post is to familiarize Foglight stake-holders and developers with the new Foglight API. I will go from showing something very basic in the first 10 minute video, to a more advance...
Oracle Yacht Fund Capsizing Your IT Budget?
We’re throwing you a lifesaver – catch onto the more affordable OEM alternative. Help! I can’t afford Diagnostics and Tuning packs for performance monitoring with Oracle® Enterprise Manager. Really? ...
Foglight Educational Webcast on Tuesday, April 25: Tips for Rule and Alarm Management
If you use Foglight and are responsible for ensuring that performance monitoring alarms are helping your organization focus on important performance bottlenecks and resource constraint problems, you'l...
Getting Ready to Query the Foglight Performance Investigator Repository
The backend repository for the Foglight Performance Investigator is based on Infobright, an analytics engine for machine generated data. However, you can connect natively via anything that can connect...
Three Routes Through an Ocean of Performance Metrics
Navigating Foglight for Databases Behind the opening screen of Foglight for Cross-Platform Databases lies a wealth of overview and detail screens to give you a clear picture of database performance ...