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Foglight for SQL Server (Cartridge) 5.9.4.10 - User Guide

Introduction to this Guide Using Foglight for SQL Server
Viewing the Databases Dashboard Overview Dashboard Advisories Dashboard Monitoring Data Replication Monitoring SQL Performance Reviewing Memory Usage Reviewing the Instance Activity Reviewing Database Usage Reviewing the Services Using the HADR Drilldown Using the Logs Drilldown Reviewing Configuration Settings Viewing User-defined Performance Counters and Collections
Monitoring Business Intelligence Services Administering Foglight for SQL Server
Configuration Settings Managing Foglight for SQL Server Agent Settings Reviewing Foglight for SQL Server Alarms Generating Reports Monitoring SQL Server instances on VMware servers
Glossary
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Access methods Adhoc SQL Plans Alarm Alert Allow updates Anonymous subscription Authentication AutoClose AutoGrow Automatic Discovery AutoShrink B Batch BCP (Bulk Copy Program) Blocking Books Online Bound trees Buffer Buffer cache Buffer pool Bulk copy Bulkinsert Bulk load C Cache CAL Calibration Cardinality Cartridge Chart Checkpoint process Client network utility CLR Compile Connect Connection Connectivity software CPU Usage Cursors D Data access components Data file Data storage engine Database Database object DataFlow DBCC DBID DBO Deadlock Disk queue length Disk transfer time Disk utilization DiskPerf Distributing instance Distributor DMO Drilldown DTC DTS E Error log Event alert Execution contexts Extended stored procedures Extent External procedures F File Filegroup File cache Foglight Agent Manager Foglight Management Server Foreign key Forwarded records Free buffers Free list Free pages Free potential Free space Freespace scans Full text search G GAM Ghosted records Growth increment GUID H Hash buckets Hashing Heap Hit rate Hit ratio Host name Host process I I/O Index Indid Integrated security Intent Locks J Job K Kernel memory Kernel mode Kill L Latch Lazy writer Licensing Lightweight pooling Lock Lock area Lock escalation Lock mode Log Log cache Log writer Logical I/O LRU LSN M Master MaxSize MDAC Metric Misc.normalized trees Model Monitor page file N Named pipes Net library NIC Null O OBID Object plans OLAP OLAP service OLTP Optimizer Optimizer cache osql P Page life expectancy Paging Panel Parse Parser Per seat licensing Per server licensing Performance alert Physical I/O Physical read Physical write PID Pinned Plan Plan cache Potential growth Prepared SQL plans Primary key Privileged mode Procedure cache Procedure plans Process Profiler Publication database Publisher Publisher databases Publishing server Pull subscription Pulse Push subscription Q Query plan R RAID Random I/O Read ahead Recompile Referential integrity Relational data engine Replication procedure plans Role Rollback S sa Schema locks Sequential I/O Session Severity SGAM Shared locks Show advanced options SMP Sort, Hash, Index Area SPID Spike Spinner SQL Agent Mail SQL Mail SQL Plans SQL Server Agent SQL Server authentication SQL Server books online Standard deviation Stolen pages Stored procedure Support service SYSADMIN role T TDS TempDB Temporary tables and table variables Threshold Torn page detection Transaction Trigger Trigger plans Truncate Trusted U UMS Unused space User connection area User mode V Virtual log file VLF W Waitfor Windows authentication mode Working set
Reference
SQL PI Repository Cold Backup Procedure SQL Performance Investigator Metrics
Active Time All SQL Agents CPU Usage All SQL Agents Resident Memory Usage Availability Average Physical I/O Operations Average SQL Response Time Backup Recovery Wait Blocked Lock Requests Checkpoint Pages CLR Wait CPU Usage CPU Wait Cursor Synchronization Wait Database Replication Wait Deferred Task Worker Wait Degree of Parallelism Disk Utilization DTC CPU Usage DTC Resident Memory Usage Distributed Transaction Wait Executions Ended Executions Started External Procedures Wait Full Scans Full Text Search CPU Usage Full Text Search Resident Memory Usage Full Text Search Wait Free Buffer Wait Hosted Components Wait IO Bulk Load Wait IO Completion Wait IO Data Page Wait IO Wait Latch Buffer Wait Latch Wait Latch Savepoint Wait Lazy Writes Lock Wait Lock Bulk Update Wait Lock Exclusive Wait Lock Intent Wait Lock Requests Lock Schema Wait Lock Shared Wait Lock Update Wait Lock Wait Log Buffer Wait Log Flushes Log Other Wait Log Synchronization Wait Log Wait Log Write Wait Memory Wait Network IO Wait Network IPC Wait Network Mirror Wait Network Wait Non SQL Server CPU Usage Non SQL Resident Memory Usage OLAP CPU Usage OLAP Resident Memory Usage OLEDB Provider Full Text Wait Other CPU Usage Other Miscellaneous Wait Other Wait Overall CPU Page Life Expectancy Page Splits Parallel Coordination Wait Physical I/O Physical Memory Used Physical Page Reads Physical Page Writes Probe Scans Plan Cache Hit Rate Range Scans Rec Ended Duration Remote Provider Wait Run Queue Length Samples Service Broker Wait Session Logons Session Logoffs SQL Agent CPU Usage SQL Agent Resident Memory Usage SQL Executions SQL Mail CPU Usage SQL Mail Resident Memory Usage SQL Recompilations SQL Response Time SQL Server Background CPU Usage SQL Server Cache Memory SQL Server Connections Memory SQL Server Connections Summary SQL Server Foreground CPU Usage SQL Server Resident Memory Usage SQL Server Swap Memory Usage Synchronous Task Wait Table Lock Escalation Target Instance Memory Total CPU Usage Total Instance Memory Virtual Memory Used
Rules Collections and Metrics

Defining Error Log Filtering

The Error Log Filtering view allows selecting which error logs generated by the SQL Server database are to be displayed in the Logs drilldown. The error log alarm increments the error log count for each error log entry that matches one of the strings listed in this view.

Foglight for SQL Server provides a default list of error logs enabled in the scanning, and allows adding, modifying, or disabling error logs from the list.

The settings defined using the Error Log Filtering view affect the following alarms: SQL Agent Error Log Summary, SQL Server Error Log Summary, SQL Agent Log Informational Error, and SQL Server Log Informational Error.

For details, see the Alarms chapter of the Foglight for SQL Server Reference Guide.

The Error Log Filtering view allows defining the following settings:

For all SQL Server versions, the Error Log Filtering view allows defining the following settings:

Display under a pre-defined name in the SQL Agent Error Logs and SQL Server Error Logs panels — using the Match List pane. This pane contains a default list of expressions within the alert logs that are to be retrieved and displayed in the Alert Log panel under a pre-defined name, category, and severity.
Exclusion from the SQL Agent Error Logs and SQL Server Error Logs panels display — using the Ignore List pane, which contains a default list of alerts that are to be excluded when setting the alert logs display.
IMPORTANT: Only messages that are explicitly defined in the Ignore List will not be displayed. Messages that were not added to either the Match or Ignore lists appear under name Other, type SQL Server errors messages and severity Informational. Therefore, ensure that messages that need not be displayed are added to the Ignore List.

Both the Match List and the Ignore List panes can be customized by adding, editing, or removing alert logs. Each filter can be enabled or disabled separately by clicking Edit and selecting or clearing the Enabled check box. Alternatively, to enable or disable all of the filters, click the Enable All or Disable All button.

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Click Add.
The dialog box Add Filter appears.
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Click Add to save your settings.

The entire list of filters displayed on the view can be enabled or disabled by selecting the Enable All or Disable All buttons at the bottom of the screen. Enabling a single filter requires editing it.

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Click Edit.
The Edit Filter dialog box appears. Ensure that the Enable Filter check box is selected (default).
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Click Set.
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If another filter should be edited, repeat Step 1 to Step 4. If no more editing is necessary, or if all additional editing operations were carried out, save the changes before switching to another view. For details, see Reviewing the Administration Settings .

Configuring Performance Counters

The Performance Counters view allows configuring user-defined performance counters and their Unit of Measurement/Indicator. The counters created in this view are accessible using the User Metrics drilldown.

Each user-defined performance counter is collected and plotted over the specified time range in the User Metrics drilldown. The User Metrics drilldown is used only for displaying the user-defined performance counters; any creation or management operation of these counters is carried out using the Performance Counters view.

Use this view to add user-defined collections of performance counters to a specified agent by selecting them from the complete list of available performance counters. The user-defined counters value refers to raw data, which is derived directly from the counter provider.

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Click Add Counters at the bottom of the screen.
The Retrieving Performance Counters progress bar appears.
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Click Add.
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After adding all of the requested counters, click Close to exit the Add Counters dialog box.

Setting Options for Displaying Data in the Buffer Cache

The Buffer Cache view allows configuring the default retrieval settings for Buffer Cache panel, accessed through the Memory drilldown.

A lower buffer cache hit rate can be resolved by investigating the objects that consume the largest amount of cache size.

Use this view to configure the number of objects to be displayed in the table and their sorting properties.

Table 69. Click Edit in the Buffer Cache Settings section to edit the following parameters.

Defines the maximum number of objects to be displayed in the Buffer Cache panel (default: 20).

Defines whether the order of the items for retrieval is ascending or descending.

Defines the parameter by which the display is to be ordered.

After carrying out all of the requested changes, save the changes before switching to another view. For details, see Reviewing the Administration Settings .

Setting Options for Displaying Data in the Plan Cache

The Plan Cache view allows configuring the default display settings for the SQL Server's plan cache panel, accessible using the Memory drilldown.

Use this view to filter the Plan Cache panel's display, by setting criteria such as which object type is displayed, as well as the default number of records displayed and the sorting method.

Table 70. Click Edit in the Plan Cache Settings section to edit the following parameters.

Defines whether to display Adhoc SQL plans.

Defines whether to display SQL Server system objects.

Defines whether to display only objects that reside on certain databases.

When setting this parameter, the character % can be used as a wild card. For example, to display objects from all of the databases that begin with Quest (Questdatabase, QuestWorkDatabase, and so on), enter Quest%.

Defines the maximum number of objects to be displayed in the Plan Cache panel (default: 20).

Defines whether to retrieve only certain objects.

When setting this parameter, the character % can be used as a wild card.

Defines the criterion for determining the data display order.

The available criteria are as follows:

Database Name (Default) — the name of the database
Schema Name — the name of the schema
Object Name — the name of the object
Object Type — the object type
Use Count (Default) — the number of times this cache object has been used since inception
Ref Count — the number of other cache objects that reference this cache object
Cache Object Type — the type of the cache object
SQL Bytes — the size of the text
SQL Text — the SQL text
Used Date Format — the date format used by the object
Used Language — the language format used by the object
MB — the amount of space in the plan cache that is allocated to this object
% from Cache — the percentage of cache used by the object
Used MB — the size, in megabytes, used by the object type

Defines whether the display would be carried out in ascending or descending order.

After carrying out all of the requested changes, save the changes before switching to another view. For details, see Reviewing the Administration Settings .

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