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Foglight for SQL Server (Cartridge) 5.9.4.20 - 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
SQL Server Agent's Default Collections Access Methods Agent Alert List Agent Job List Always On Availability Groups Backup Locations Blocking History Blocking List Buffer Cache List Buffer Manager CLR Assemblies Cluster Summary Configuration Database Index Density Vectors Database Index Details Database Index Fragmentation Info Database Index Histogram Database Index List Database Information Database Properties Database Sessions (Session List) Database Summary Database Tables List Databases Deadlock DTC Information Error Log Error Log List Error Log Scan File Groups File Data Flow Statistics File Groups Files Files Drive Total Files Instance Summary Full Text Catalog InMemory OLTP (XTP) Instance Wait Categories Instance Wait Events Job Messages Latches and Locks Lock Statistics Locks List Log Shipping Log Shipping Error Logical Disks Memory Manager Mirroring Mirroring Performance Counters Missing Indexes Plan Cache Distribution Plan Cache List Replication Agents Replication Agent Session Actions Replication Agent Session Merge Articles Replication Agent Sessions Replication Agent Sessions by Type Replication Available Replication Publications Replication Subscriptions Reporting Services Resource Pool Session Data Session Trace SQL PI Instance Statistics SQL Server Connections Summary SQL Server Global Variables SQL Server Host SQL Server Load SQL Server Services SQL Server Throughput SQL Server Version Info SSIS OS Statistics SSIS Summary Statistics Top SQLs Top SQL Batch Text Top SQL Long Text Top SQL Plan Top SQL Short Text Top SQL Summary Traced SQL PA Usability User-defined Performance Counters User-defined Queries Virtualization XTP Session Transactions Statistics

Always On

It includes three separated collections: Always On Cluster General, Always On Cluster Members, and Always On Cluster Network.

SQL Server.

 

Real-time

20

Online

60

Offline

300

Collecting SQL Server Always On Cluster Configuration.

 

Cluster Name

Name of the WSFC cluster that hosts the instances of SQL Server that are enabled for AlwaysOn Availability Groups.

Quorum Type

Description of quorum_type, one of: NODE_MAJORITY, NODE_AND_DISK_MAJORITY, NODE_AND_FILE_SHARE_MAJORITY,NO_MAJORITY:_DISK_ONLY

Quorum State

State of the WSFC quorum, one of:

0 = Unknown quorum state

1 = Normal quorum

2 = Forced quorum

Member Name

Member name, which can be a computer name, a drive letter, or a file share path.

Member Type

The type of member, one of:

0 = WSFC node

1 = Disk witness

2 = File share witness

Collecting SQL Server Cluster Members Configuration.

 

Member Name

Member name, which can be a computer name, a drive letter, or a file share path.

Member Type

The type of member, one of:

0 = WSFC node

1 = Disk witness

2 = File share witness

Member State

The member state, one of: 0 = Offline, 1 = Online

Network Subnet IP

Network IP address of the subnet to which the computer belongs. This can be an IPv4 or IPv6 address.

Collecting SQL ServerCluster Network Configuration.

 

Member Name

A computer name of a node in the WSFC cluster.

Network Subnet IP

Network IP address of the subnet to which the computer belongs. This can be an IPv4 or IPv6 address

Network Subnet IPv4 Mask

The network subnet mask that specifies the subnet to which the IP address belongs.

NULL = IPv6 subnet.

Network Subnet Prefix Length

Network IP prefix length that specifies the subnet to which the computer belongs.

Is Public

Whether the network is private or public on the WSFC cluster, one of:

0 = Private

1 = Public

Is IPv4

Type of the subnet, one of:

1 = IPv4

0 = IPv6

Availability Groups

It collects SQL Server Availability Groups.

SQL Server.

 

Real-time

20

Online

60

Offline

300

 

Availability Group Name

Name of the availability group. This is a user-specified name that must be unique within the Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) cluster.

Availability Group ID

Unique identifier (GUID) of the availability group.

Ag Resource ID

Unique ID of the availability group as a resource in the WSFC cluster.

Ag Databases Group ID

Unique WSFC databases Group ID of the availability group.

Primary Replica

Name of the server instance that is hosting the current primary replica.

NULL = Not the primary replica, or, unable to communicate with the WSFC failover cluster.

Primary Recovery Health

Indicates the recovery health of the primary replica, one of:

0 = In progress

1 = Online

NULL

Secondary Recovery Health

Indicates the recovery health of a secondary replica, one of:

0 = In progress

1 = Online

NULL

Synchronization Health

One of:

0 = Not healthy

1 = Partially healthy

2 = Healthy

This metric summarizes the synchronization status of all replicas in the availability group:

• Healthy if all replicas are fully synchronized.

• Partially healthy if only some of the replicas are fully synchronized.

• Not healthy if no replica is fully synchronized.

Failure Condition Level

0 - No automatic failover or restart;

1 - Failover or restart on server down;

2 - Failover or restart on server unresponsive;

3 - Failover or restart on critical server errors;

4 - Failover or restart on moderate server errors;

5 - Failover or restart on any qualified failure conditions.

Health Check Timeout

Availability Group health check timeout in milliseconds.

Automated Backup Preference

At an availability group level, specify whether backups should or should not run on the primary replica.

The possible preferences for where backups should run are as follows:

0 - PRIMARY - Only on the primary replica - Backups should always occur on the primary replica.

1 - SECONDARY_ONLY - Performing backups on a secondary replica is preferable.

2 - SECONDARY - Performing backups on a secondary replica preferable, but performing backups on the primary replica is acceptable if no secondary replica is available for backup operations. This is the default behavior.

3 - NONE - No preference about whether backups are performed on the primary replica or on a secondary replica.

Backup Locations

The collection shows drives or shares for backup locations.

SQL Server.

 

Real-time

3600

Online

3600

Offline

3600

 

Member Name

The total free space of the backup media.

Error Message

It indicates that there has been an error, which trying to reach media for inspection.

Media Used Space

The total used space on the media.

Media Free Percentage

The percentage of free space out of the total size of the media.

Media Used Percentage

The percentage of the used space our of the total size of the media.

Blocking History

This collection retrieves the hierarchical tree of all sessions involved in the blocking process. The hierarchical tree is based on snapshots taken at a predefined interval.

SQL Server.

 

Real-time

60

Online

60

Offline

60

 

Blocked

The total number of all blocked sessions.

Blocked by

The session that is currently blocking the selected session.

Blocked Time

Total wait time spent by all blocked sessions.

Command

The current or previous command executed.

CPU

The total amount of CPU consumed so far by the session. This metric can be useful when deciding which sessions to kill.

Database

The name of the database.

Host Name

The name of the client computer.

Lock Type

The type of the resource that is currently locked (Database, Table, Page, Row, Extent, and so on).

Locking

The unique session number for the session that either owns or requests the lock.

Login Time

The time that the session was created.

Mode

The kind of lock being applied to the resource (Shared, Exclusive, Update, IntentShared, IntenExclusive and so on).

OS User

Windows user name for a session that uses Windows Authentication.

Physical IO

The total amount of I/O operations carried out so far by the session. This metric can be useful when deciding which sessions to kill.

Program

The name of the application that the user is currently running (for example, Microsoft Access).

Request Status

Resource

The resource that is in conflict. This metric often identifies a database and table.

The data in the Resource column is reported directly from SQL Server and, for performance reasons, is not resolved to actual resource names during normal data collection.

SQL Text

Displays the SQL text of the session that is blocked and/or blocking.

SQL User

The SQL Server user login name for this session.

Status

The status of the session (Blocked, Blocking or both). For sessions at the head of the blocking chain (those that are not blocked), this metric also indicates if the session is Runnable or Sleeping.

Type

The type of the lock request that is waiting (for example: Database, Table, Page, Row, Key, and Extent).

Wait Time

Indicates how long this session has been waiting for the lock (measured in seconds). This shows 0 if the session is not waiting.

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