What's new for Foglight for Databases

Azure SQL Database is a managed cloud database service that provides the broadest SQL Server engine compatibility and enables customers to migrate...

Azure SQL Database is a managed cloud database service that provides the broadest SQL Server engine compatibility and enables customers to migrate...

Azure SQL Database is a managed cloud database service that provides the broadest SQL Server engine compatibility and enables customers to migrate...

How to change Foglight Management Server (FMS) name after installation?

AWS EC2 Hosts dashboard displays below error. "An error has occurred. Please check your logs"

The below instructions cover common steps used to configure an encrypted SSL connection from the MySQL Agent client. 

How to disable SSL v3 and enforce TLS 1.2 for HTTPS connections on the Foglight Management Server

What are the requirements for Foglight for MySQL monitoring?

Errors like the following are found in the MongoDB agent log file file WARN [SMA-MongoDB-pool-1-thread-65] com.sma.mongodb.log.LogProcessor...

Oracle Database Storage Report does not show empty tablespace details

How are profiled operations enabled with the MongoDB agent?

Embedded repositories such as the MySQL and PostgreSQL Foglight Management Server (FMS) databases may encounter performance issues or crash due to...

Some data is not being collected by the PostgreSQL agent.

How does the PostgreSQL agent collect data from the PostgreSQL database?

What steps should be done when troubleshooting PostgreSQL agent issues?

What reporting can be done for PostgreSQL agents?

What do the PostgreSQL Functions and Tablespaces dashboards display?

What do the PostgreSQL Databases, Tables, and Indexes dashboards represent?

What do the PostgreSQL "Statements" and "Statement Details" dashboards display?

What do the PostgreSQL Server Overview and Current Backends dashboards display?

Foglight for PostgreSQL provides a graphic, intuitive method for creating and configuring agents, which can be used instead of Foglight’s default...

The below instructions cover common steps used to configure an encrypted connection from the PostgreSQL Agent client. For full information on...

PostgreSQL agent does not display workload and I/O data

Is it possible to run the PostgreSQL agent without superuser privileges on the database?

PostgreSQL agent data seems to be inconsistent between collections

The PostgreSQL agent has reached a host, but cannot make a connection to the server.

PostgreSQL agent cannot connect due to "Host not found - java.net.UnknownHostException" error.

Names of the servers in the MongoDB agent change between aliased and non-aliased names.

What are some common terms used with the MongoDB databases?

What privileges are required for the MongoDB agent?

What reports are available in the MongoDb cartridge?

What rules are included in the MongoDB cartridge?

What do the MongoDB Replication, Log, Users and Roles, and MongoDB Object Cleanup dashboards represent?

What do the MongoDB MMAPv1, Locks, and Profiled Operations dashboards represent

What do the MongoDB WiredTiger, Operations, and Memory dashboards display?

What do the MongoDB Collections and Collection Statistics dashboards display?

What do the MongoDB servers, Replica Sets, and MongoDB Clusters dashboards represent?

What do the MongoDB Server Overview and MongoDB Databases dashboards display?

How to configure a SSL connection for the MongoDB agent

Does VMware Performance agent support Foglight Agent Manager High Availability (FglAM HA) mode?

Foglight generate multiple Fatal Alarm on monitoring agent hosts stated it cannot establish connection intermittently for few hours...

What do the Avg Row Counts (Average Row Count) metrics in the MySQL agent dashboard represent?

Messages similar to the following are displayed in the FMS log from MongoDB and MySQL cartridges. VERBOSE [http-exec-12] script.system...

MySQL Agents are missing or not showing query statements in the Statement Digests dashboard.

A MySQLAgent cannot collect data because the user defined in the agent is denied access to the MySQL server

How does the MySQLAgent retrieve data from the MySQL database?

How can the connection details (e.g. credentials or other related properties) be changed for an existing MySQL agent with PI enabled. 

MySQLagent data is not consistent between collection samples.

What is the debugging and troubleshooting process to investigate errors for the MySQLAgent.

The Foglight MySQL agent requires certain minimum privileges for the MySQL Database User to be able to monitor a MySQL database.

A history of the alarms previous fired can be very useful to investigate a technical issue. How can a history of the alarms or a specific type of...

Can the SQL Server Command Line Installer read a password from a registry value?

Unable to add a SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services) agent due to the OS validation failing. Note:  This issue may be applicate to other agents...

When monitoring remote Oracle databases in SSL mode, certificates for the database server must be imported into the keystore on the Agent Manager...

When monitoring remote Azure SQL databases in SSL mode, certificates for the database server must be imported into the keystore on the Agent...

Learn how the Hosts dashboard enables you to review a high-level summary of host performance in your environment.

How to create SQL Performance Investigator agents for monitoring for cartridge versions 5.9.5.2 0 and higher using a SQL Server PI repository.

How to add a SQL Server agent monitoring an Azure SQL Server managed instance

Introduction to SQL Performance Investigator (SQL PI) Add-on feature for the Foglight Cartridge for SQL Server and Oracle.

How to remove targets from an Alarm Template

What are the installation instructions for Foglight for AWS host agents?

How does the SQL Server Error Log filter function?

This Knowledgebase article presents users with details on configuring Alarm Notifications in Foglight 6.1 and higher.

How can a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) agent be created in Foglight | Foglight Cloud

How can a SQL Server Reporting Services be monitoring on a SQL Server instance?

How can to install a DB2 agent to monitor a PureScale environment

Beginning with the Azure SQL cartridge 6.1.5 it is now possible to deploy and monitor a large number of Azure SQL and Elastic Pool agents via the...

Steps to create an Amazon Redshift agent

The ability to create Elastic Pools database agents are included in the 6.1.5 Azure SQL database cartridge. How can a user create an Elastic...

Elastic Pool monitoring is included beginning in the 6.1.5.10 Azure SQL cartridge. How can users access the Overview dashboard for a monitored...

How is a Cassandra agent created in Foglight?

How can a user defined collection be created for a database agent?

How to use the Navigation Panel in Foglight 6.0 and higher

How is the MySQLAgent installed in Foglight?

How to use the Global Search in Foglight 6.0 and higher

How can a new Alarm Template be created?

How can users edit Alarm Templates in Foglight 6.0 and higher?

You can override the alarm rules for the selected agents by assigning an alarm template. You can use the template to enable or disable alarms for...

Introduction to using REST API with Foglight

Can Oracle and SQL Server database agents be installed from the Operating System command line?

How can a user view executions plans in SQL Performance Investigator (SQL PI)?

How to attach targets to Alarm Templates in Foglight 6.0 and higher

Beginning with the SQL Server 5.9.4.20 and higher cartridge, a SQL Server agent can monitor an instance located on Amazon RDS.

What steps are necessary to add the SQL PI extension to Azure SQL database agents.

How to delete an Alarm Template

When exporting alarms it was noted that many of the alarms are cleared by the "__service__" user or the "system" user.  What is the difference...

How can the top SQL executions for a DB2 database instance along with the database sessions or batch job that ran the top SQL statements be seen in...

How to plan for using GMSA with Foglight

WindowsAgents attempt to make the following types of connections in the following order.  Is there a way to designate the connection type (WinRM...

ServiceNow incidents do not have the Configuration Item (CI) field populated with the "Host" field from Database alarms or Container alarms.

What versions of MariaDB are supported by the MySQL PI cartridge.

Windows Remote Management (WinRM) can be configured quickly on a Windows Server using default settings through the "winrm quickconfig" command.

When will the FMS (Foglight Management Server) external repository be supported on Oracle 19c?

After upgrading a FMS (Foglight Management Server) to the 6.1 release, users cannot create an Alarm Template based on an agent for database agents...

Is there a way to change the user/password for many database agents?

An error message similar to the following occurs when attempting to log into an Azure SQL agent using Azure Active Directory (AAD) authentication...

How are database agents configured to use GMSA added into the Command Line Installer CSV files?

Rule editor does not save changes when enabling a previously disabled severity (and viceversa) in a Multiple Severity Rule

Is there a setting to ignore databases in offline status? Some times taking a database offline is necessary but the alarm for DBSS - Unavailable...

UI issues in the Foglight Management Server after upgrading cartridges to the 5.9.7.23 or 5.9.7.24 version.

The FglAM (Foglight Agent Manager) fails to start. In the FglAM logs an error can be seen before it quits: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.SSS ERROR...