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Foglight for SQL Server (Cartridge) 5.9.2.1 - 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 pull 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

Full Text Catalog

This collection provides general details of full text indexes.

SQL Server.

Real-time

300

Online

900

Offline

14400

Database Name

The database’s name provides a unique identification of the database within a SQL Server instance.

FT Catalog ID

The ID of the full-text catalog, which uniquely identifies it across the full-text catalogs in the database.

FTC Name

The full-text catalog’s name provides a unique identification of the full-text catalog within a SQL Server instance.

FTC Status

The full-text catalog’s status can be one of the following:

Populate CompleteAge

The difference in seconds between the completion of the last full-text index population and 01/01/1990 00:00:00.

This value is updated only for full and incremental crawls, and returns 0 if no population has occurred.

Table Count

The number of tables in the database that take part in the full text indexing process.

Item Count

The number of full-text indexed items currently stored in the full-text catalog.

Index Size MB

Size of the full-text catalog in megabytes.

Path

Name of the catalog directory in the file system.

Instance Wait Categories

This collection provides data for a list of SQL processes' wait events, divided by resource event categories.

System.

Real-time

20

Online

60

Offline

300

Active Time

Sum of all active wait events; equal to the session total activity within the specified time range.

Backup Recovery Wait

The average number of active sessions waiting for the completion of backup or recovery tasks during the selected time range.

CLR Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for CLR code execution to complete.

CLR Wait Percent

Percentage of time spent by the various sessions waiting for CLR code execution to complete.

CPU Usage

Time spent by the various sessions consuming CPU cycles.

This reading is taken directly from the operating system, rather than SQL Server wait states.

CPU Usage Percent

Percentage of time spent by the various sessions consuming CPU cycles. This reading is taken directly from the operating system, rather than from SQL Server wait states.

CPU Usage Rate

Percentage of time spent by the various sessions waiting for CLR code execution to complete.

CPU Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting in the systems run queue for CPU cycles. This reading is calculated from the operating system readings, rather than SQL Server wait states.

CPU Wait Percent

Time spent by the various sessions waiting in the system's run queue for CPU cycles. This reading is taken directly from the operating system, rather than from SQL Server wait states.

CPU Wait Rate

Time spent per second by the various sessions waiting in the system's run queue for CPU cycles. This reading is taken directly from the operating system, rather than from SQL Server wait states.

Cursor Synchronization Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for cursor synchronization operations to complete.

Cursor Synchronization Wait Rate

The average number of active sessions waiting for the completion of cursor synchronization operations during the specified time range.

Database Replication Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for replication synchronization events to complete.

Deferred Task Worker Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for I/O requests; this wait indicates that either a large number of suspect pages are encountered or the disk subsystem is overloaded.

Distributed Transaction Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for various distributed transaction events to complete.

External Procedure Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for external procedures to end.

Full Text Search Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for full text synchronization operations.

Hosted Components Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for hosted components, such as, but not exclusively, CLR.

I/O Bulk Load Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for a bulk load I/O to finish.

I/O Completion Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for I/O operations to complete.

I/O Data Page Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting to latch a buffer for an I/O request; this wait is related to issues with the disk I/O subsystem.

I/O Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for physical I/O operations to complete.

Idle

Idle time.

Internal Cache Latch Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for latches that are not buffer latches or savepoint latches. Typically, this event can only be treated by partitioning data to provide more cache pages.

Latch Buffer Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting to latch a buffer that is not an I/O request.

Latch Savepoint Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting to synchronize commits to marked transactions.

Latch Wait

Time spent waiting for internal locks (latches) to be released.

Lock Bulk Update Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting to acquire bulk update locks.

Lock Exclusive Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting to acquire exclusive locks.

Lock Intent Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting to acquire intent locks.

Lock Schema Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting to acquire schema locks.

Lock Shared Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting to acquire shared locks.

Lock Update Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting to acquire update locks.

Lock Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for a blocking lock (held by another session) to be released.

Log Buffer Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for space in the log buffer or otherwise waiting for memory to be made available to write log records.

Log Other Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for miscellaneous logs.

Log Synchronization Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting to see whether log truncation frees log space.

Log Wait

Time spent waiting by the various processes waiting for a Log operation to complete.

Log Write Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for outstanding I/Os to finish, or waiting for log flushes to complete.

Memory Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for memory resources to be made available.

Network HTTP Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for outstanding HTTP connections to complete and exit.

Network I/O Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for network packets.

Network IPC Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for sub-tasks to generate data; long waits are indicative of unexpected blockages.

Network Mirror Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for sub-tasks to generate data; long waits are indicative of unexpected blockages.

Network Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for network I/O operations to complete.

Network Wait Percent

Percentage of time spent by the various sessions waiting for network I/O operations to complete.

Non CLR Wait

Overall active time that does not include CLR wait time.

Non CLR Wait Rate

The average number of active sessions waiting for all wait events, excluding CLR wait, during the specified time range.

Non CPU Wait

Overall active time that does not include CPU wait time.

Non CPU Wait Rate

The average number of active sessions waiting for all wait events, excluding CPU wait, during the specified time range.

Non I/O Wait

Overall active time during the specified time range, excluding time spent on I/O-related wait events.

Non Latch Wait

Overall active time during the specified time range, excluding time spent on latch-related wait events.

Non Latch General Wait

Overall active time during the specified time range, excluding time spent on general latch-related wait events.

Non Lock Wait

Overall active time during the specified time range, excluding time spent on lock-related wait events.

Non Log Wait

Overall active time during the specified time range, excluding time spent on log-related wait events.

Non Memory Wait

Overall active time during the specified time range, excluding time spent on memory-related wait events.

Non Network Wait

Overall active time during the specified time range, excluding time spent on network-related wait events.

Non Other Wait

Overall active time during the specified time range, excluding time spent on general other wait events.

Non Remote Provider Wait

Overall active time during the specified time range, excluding general remote provider wait time.

OLEDB Provider Full Text Wait

Time spent by various processes waiting for the Microsoft Full Text Engine for SQL Server.

Other Miscellaneous Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for miscellaneous database operations.

Other Wait

Miscellaneous instance waits consisting of infrequent or otherwise special purpose wait states that should, in most cases, be very close to 0.

Parallel Coordination Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for parallel coordination tasks to complete.

This is the time spent by the various processes coordinating parallel query threads and exchanging data.

Remote Provider Wait

The time spent by the various processes waiting for a remote OLEDB call to complete or DTS synchronization.

Service Broker Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for Service Broker event handlers and endpoints.

Synchronous Task Wait

Time spent by the various sessions waiting for tasks started synchronously (most SQL Server processes are started asynchronously).

XTP Transaction Wait

Time spent waiting for in-memory transaction events.

XTP Wait

Time spent waiting for in-memory OLTP (XTP) related events.

XTP Miscellaneous Wait

Time spent waiting for in-memory miscellaneous events. Those events are not related to transactions, log or natively compiled stored procedures.

XTP Log write Wait

Time spent waiting for in-memory log and checkpoint related events.

XTP Procedure Wait

Time spent waiting for events related to natively compiled stored procedures.

Instance Wait Events

This collection provides data for a list of SQL Server wait events, divided by wait events.

System.

Real-time

20

Online

60

Offline

300

Wait Event Name

Internal wait event name.

Wait Time

Total wait time for this wait event type, in seconds.

Job Messages

This collection provides a list of the job messages that were displayed as a result of running a specific SQL Server job.

SQL Server.

This collection is an on-demand collection, which has no pre-defined sampling intervals.

Message

Text, if any, of a SQL Server error.

Step Name

The name of the step.

Step ID

The ID of the step in the job.

SQL Message ID

ID of any SQL Server error message, which is returned if the job failed.

SQL Message Severity

The severity of any SQL Server error.

Run Status

Status of the job execution.

The run status can have one of the following values:

Message Time

The date and time when the job or step started execution. For an In Progress history, this is the date and time when the history was written.

Run Duration

The time, in seconds, which has elapsed since the beginning of the execution of the job or step format.

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