• Introduction to UI Queries in Foglight

    Think of a UI Query as a shortcut to data that you can use in a report, dashboard, service definition, etc. This post will show how to get started building queries.  The example today will be to get a list of all SQL Server Agent Jobs, regardles...
    • Feb 4, 2019
  • SQL Server Monitoring – With No Bad Days

    Check out simple tips to improve SQL Server monitoring to put your tough days behind you. Catch the webcast.
    • Jan 28, 2019
  • Postgres, Postgres....read all about it!

    Have you heard the news? PostgreSQL has earned the prestigious 'DBMS of the Year' award by DB-Engines! **(Postgres won in 2017 as well!) Who is DB-Engines (.com)? Solid IT, an Austrian IT consulting company, created and maintains DB-Engine...
    • Jan 22, 2019
  • Foglight PI in... License to Monitor

    " It went by fast but it was great! " - DB Tribune " So quick, so easy...I was monitoring in no time! " - Monitoring Weekly " 5 Stars! " - DBA Times Ok, enough of the movie review feel. Let's get right to it. A Ques...
    • Jan 10, 2019
  • Spotlight Federation Steps

    We all get excited when our cell phone plan includes so called “Unlimited Data.”  But, you know what happens if we push your luck.  That’s right; we start to experience performance issues and get tossed into the dreaded 2G...
    • Jan 3, 2019
  • Express Scripts Cures Slow SQL Server Performance with a Prescription for Database Health

    Learn how Express Scripts improves their database health and cures slow SQL Server performance with Foglight for Cross-platform databases.
    • Jan 3, 2019
  • The Foglight Countdown

    We have all done it. We think we know the lyrics to a song. We sing them passionately….and incorrectly. Here are a few classics. "Sweet dreams are made of cheese”. Correct lyric: “Sweet dreams are made of these” from Th...
    • Dec 31, 2018
  • Foglight, Play Some Funky Music

    We haven't added voice command to Foglight yet, but we can still get Foglight to play some tunes. I setup a small monitoring environment with a Foglight Management Server in a public cloud. I put a local Foglight Agent Manager on my laptop to talk to…
    • Dec 28, 2018
  • "These go to eleven"

    PostgreSQL has entered an exciting new chapter with the release of version 11 (10/18/18). This blog highlights some of the version 11 additions and improvements to PostgreSQL. ** The information shared in this blog was largely gathered from the postg…
    • Dec 27, 2018
  • May All of Your Lights be Green this Holiday Season

    Creating your own dashboard in Foglight is as easy as putting up the Festivus pole. In this post, a service containing all MySQL instances was created.  A great feature of Foglight is the ability to create your own custom dashboards and rep...
    • Dec 24, 2018
  • Simple Way to Add E-Mail Notifications

    Foglight has a robust rules engine for alerting and notification. It's often the case that you can get to the same end zone in Foglight by many different plays. Using the Service Builder is an easy way to group "things" together. "Things" can be...
    • Dec 24, 2018
  • You serious, Clark?

    Imagine this.... you're hosting a Holiday Party...and the phone rings. You answer and the person on the other end says with a tense voice, "I'm sorry but we will be unable to deliver your beer, wine, and liquor order. The product ne...
    • Dec 19, 2018