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Foglight for SQL Server (Cartridge) 5.9.3.10 - 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 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
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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

Advisories Dashboard

The Advisories dashboard is provided to continually analyze application performance to identify performance inefficiencies, to guide you through problem resolution strategies, and to deliver a step-by-step action plan for maxmizing database performance.

The upper section of the Advisories dashboard includes general information on the monitored instance:

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SQL server version
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Host. For clustered host, the active host is displayed.
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OS Version
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Instance Collation

The lower section of the Advisories dashboard contains the following two elements:

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Action Plan: Summarizes available advisories that present opportunities to increase the overall performance of your database.
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Advisories: Lists advisories, action types, and the relevant descriptions. Click each advisory to view detailed analysis results, a complete description of the recommended action to be taken, and the background information of this tuning area.
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TIP: Advisories are listed in the order of their priority that considers the severity of the detected deviation and the type of advisory.

Monitoring Data Replication

If the monitored SQL Server environment contains one or more instances that are configured as distributors (distributing instances) in a replication operation, Foglight for SQL Server now provides a replication monitoring module.

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IMPORTANT: Replication is monitored for instances running on SQL Server 2005 and higher.

The Replication Available flag indicates if an instance is configured as a distributor in these ways:

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After the instance has been discovered (if the configuration as a distributor took place before the instance was discovered)

Upon the configuration as a distributor for monitored instances. Instances detected as distributors appear with the button Go to the Replication Home Page () next to the Show quick view button on the Name column of the Databases table.

The replication home page can be accessed using one of the following methods:

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Click the button Go to the Replication Home Page.
Figure 5. The Replication button in the Databases table.
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Click the Replication button on the QuickView panel.
Figure 6. The Replication button in the QuickView panel.
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Click the link Investigate via Replication dashboard in the SQL Server Replication pop-up, which appears when you click the Replication icon under the Background Processes section of the instance's home page.
Figure 7. The Investigate using the Replication Drilldown link.

Viewing the Replication Home Page

The table identifies the main elements of the Foglight for SQL Server Replication Home page window, and provides a link to display more information, corresponding to the logical dataflow within the Replication Home page.

 
 
Table 4. The Main Elements of the Foglight for SQL Server Replication Home Page window.
Part Name
Description

Replication-related alarms

Monitoring Alarms

Publications drilldown

Monitoring the Replication Publications

Agents drilldown

Monitoring the Replication Agents

Subscriptions drilldown

Monitoring the Replication Subscriptions

Publishing pane

Reviewing the Publishing Process

Distributor Agents pane

Reviewing the Distributor Agents

Subscription pane

Reviewing the Subscription Process

Data flow indicators

Reviewing Data Flow Indicators

The following provides a description of panes of icons and gauges in the main activity areas:

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Instance identification — used for identifying the instance, its type, and operation time. Identical to the instance identification section of the home page. For details, see Identifying the Instance .
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Replication-related alarms — displays only the alarms invoked upon deviations from predefined thresholds of replication-related rules. For details, see Monitoring Alarms .
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Drilldowns — used for carrying out in-depth investigation of each of the main components of the replication process: publications, agents and subscriptions. Access drilldowns by clicking their button on the toolbar or the relevant link on their corresponding panes.
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Components representing instance data flow — the main activity area in the Foglight for SQL Server Replication Home Page includes several flows that represent the data flow in the replication process. The data flow is described in this topic in a top-down design from the Publishing process to the Subscription process.
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Panes — displays summarized numerical data about each of the components that take part in the replication-related processes of publishing, distributing, and subscribing. Clicking each component allows you to view a detailed list of the components (for example, Publisher servers). You can also access the relevant drilldown (for example, Publication Replications) for viewing more detailed information about the relevant component in the replication process.

Reviewing the Publishing Process

The Publishing pane provides data regarding the following components of the publishing process:

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Publishing servers — displays the total number of publishing servers (Publishers) that are currently distributing publications using the selected instance. This number includes publishing servers that reside on the same computer as the distributing instance, or that reside on remote computers.
Clicking this row displays a pop-up, which contains the Publishing servers and Publication databases tables. Each of these tables shows the displayed entity’s name, status and highest severity level.
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NOTE: If more than one publishing servers exist, clicking each publishing server on the table displays only the publication databases residing under the selected server.
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Publication databases — displays the total number of publication databases that reside under all currently distributing publishers.
Clicking this row displays a pop-up containing a table of all publication databases. This table is identical to the one shown when clicking the Publishing server row, except for the filtering by server, which is carried out by clicking the Server column.
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IMPORTANT: Clicking each publication database’s row opens the Replication Publications drilldown, which only displays publications stored on the selected publication database. To view the entire list of publications from all publication databases, click the Publications toolbar button.
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Publications — displays the total number of publications that are currently distributed using the selected instance, along with an icon that indicates the highest severity level.
Clicking this row opens the Replication Publications drilldown, which allows reviewing publications by their type. For details, see Monitoring the Replication Publications .
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