OS Process Monitoring with Foglight
I've got our database load testing product, Benchmark Factory (bmf), running load tests on various database platforms in our lab. Sometimes the host reboots and then BMF needs to be restarted. Since I...
Foglight alarm templates and email notifications – getting the balance right
A common requirement for any monitoring solution is to integrate with a service desk ticketing system. Most will accept an email or API call to create tickets if the monitoring solution detects an iss...
NEW – Foglight UI Queries – Community Edition
One of my favourite features to write about in Foglight isn't really a feature at all - it's more like a foundational building block that enables you to do interesting things. UI queries are simply a ...
NEW – Foglight Alarm Automation – Community Edition
For those that have used the Database Expansion Pack in the past, you may have noticed 2 rules for alarm automation. I've broken these rules out into a separate cartridge for ease of use. The cartrid...
Integrating Foglight Alerts with xmatters
A customer recently asked if they could integrate Foglight alerts with everbridge xmatters. I took a look into it and within 30 minutes it was working. Start by logging into your xmatters account and ...
Is a “Good” Monitoring Solution Good Enough?
Data being the lifeblood of organizations now, it stands to reason that keeping the right data available to the right people is a key to success in business today. And lowering costs while still posit...
Announcing Quest®︎ Foglight®︎ Cloud General Availability!
Embrace the Future: Foglight Cloud Now Available for Your IT Revolution We're thrilled to announce the general availability of Foglight Cloud, a transformative solution reshaping how organizations man...
Tracking Oracle database instance CPU and memory on Windows with Foglight
I was recently talking to a customer who wanted some help tracking Oracle process memory usage on Windows. They had a problem with a bug causing a memory leak and had a support case open for that. The...
Custom Dashboards and Reports in Foglight 7
Foglight 6 development switched to using Angular for UI components. Examples of these are Alarm Templates, Notification Channels, Audit Log and the fantastic enterprise SQL view Query Insights. One th...
Alerting when Foglight Data Collection has a Problem
I was asked recently if there are any alerts when Foglight has a problem collecting data. The answer is, there are several ways. For SQL Server, there is a rule named "DBSS-Collection Status" that can...
How to identify index fragmentation with Foglight for SQL Server
I received a question today from a customer about alerting on index fragmentation within Foglight. We don’t provide this feature out of the box, but we could add this as a custom feature. So, to begi...
Creating an alarm from the CSV Count Custom Script Agent (part II)
So, assuming you have the agent collecting (from the previous blog post: Real life question. Love Foglight for SQL but could it also help us with monitoring files? Answer Yes) we can navigate to Creat...