Monitor Postgres Post-Haste with Foglight
First, a brief introduction…. Formally named PostgreSQL (and pronounced /ˈpoʊstɡrɛs ˌkjuː ˈɛl/), it is an object-relational database management system with roots from the Ingres project at the Univer...
Reconsidering the idea of monitoring pre-production database instances
It is a foregone conclusion that performance monitoring is part and parcel of managing a database instance once it is in production. But what about pre-production? Especially when the instance itsel...
Customer Question: Setting Up ASM Monitoring with Foglight for Oracle
Recently, I spoke with a customer who's using Foglight for Oracle to monitor their RAC instance. They were able to successfully monitor the instance, but then asked "Why don't I see any data in the AS...
Diagnosing Blocking and Deadlocks with Foglight for Databases
Finding where and how things are getting locked up Aside from IO bottlenecks, locking-related problems are the pains most commonly mentioned in the demos that we here at Quest Software provide for cus...
A General Guide to a Foglight for SQL Server Upgrade
Understand that this is a general, high-level guide outlining the steps you should expect to take during a Foglight for SQL Server upgrade. Since environments and upgrade circumstances are often diffe...
Customer Story: Using Foglight SQL PI to Detect Unauthorized User Activity
Let me be very clear when I say that I do not advertise Foglight for Databases as a security auditing or intrusion detection solution. What is interesting to me is a scenario described by a customer w...
Documenting your SQL Server inventory with Foglight
As a DBA, you are responsible for many things, not to mention the ever changing landscape that is your database environment. Documenting the server inventory is essential as it will come in good use ...
Filter Database Visibility Using Foglight User Level Access
Organizations are as varied as the people working within them. Some organizations have groups that are focused on specific applications. Some organizations have people responsible for specific databas...
My Foglight License Expired – Now What?
In some cases, you might need to update or add in a new license key for Foglight. It's really easy to do, but you'll need to be a Foglight administrator. Start by navigating to the Administration dash...
Register Now. Free 4 Day Foglight Dev Camp 2017
Come join Microsoft, Anvil.Works and Quest to learn how to maximize your Foglight platform during the Foglight Dev Camp 2017. Register Now!! What you will learn October 16 Virtualization and Cloud...
Quest Customer Story: Sticking With What Works
In an earlier blog, I wrote about a company’s success with Quest’s flagship SQL Server monitoring and diagnostics solution – Spotlight Enterprise. The blog detailed a customer success story and reveal...
How to configure Foglight Agent Manager to run as a daemon on a Unix Machine?
In my last blog I explained the steps which needs to be done to get the Foglight Management Server running as a daemon on Unix machines. The same can be done for the Foglight Agent Manager too and it ...