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Foglight for SQL Server (Cartridge) 5.9.7.10 - 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
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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 Long Running Session 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

Session Trace

This collection traces over events that occurred in the currently monitored SQL Server instance.

System.

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

SPID

The session unique identifier (Session Process ID).

The unique number that SQL Server has assigned to identify the selected session.

Start Time

The time when the class event started.

End Time

The time when the class event ended.

Event Class

The type of class that was traced.

Duration

The duration, in milliseconds, of the event class.

Text Data

The SQL text that was captured as a result of the trace event.

Reads

The number of logical disk reads carried out by the server on behalf of the event.

Writes

The number of physical disk writes carried out by the server on behalf of the event.

CPU

The amount of CPU time (in milliseconds) used by the event.

Database ID

ID of the current database.

Object Name

System-assigned ID of the object.

Index ID

ID for the index on the object affected by the event.

SQL PI Instance Statistics

SQL PI Instance Statistics.

SQL Server.

Real-time

60

Online

60

Offline

60

CPU Usage

CPU consumption of all the requests running on the monitored instance. Value can be larger than clock time if there is more than one CPU running.

CPU Usage Rate

Rate of CPU consumption of all the requests running on the monitored instance.

Num Executions

The number of statements executed during the current interval.

Num Executions Rate

Rate of statements executed during the current interval.

Total Logical Reads

The total number of logical reads operations performed by all requests running on the instance.

Total Logical Reads Rate

The average number of logical reads operations per second performed by all requests running in the instance.

Total Writes

The total number of logical writes operations performed by all requests running on the instance.

Total Writes Rate

The average number of logical writes operations per second performed by all requests running in the instance.

Total Physical Reads

The total number of physical reads operations performed by all requests running in the instance.

Total Physical Rate

The average number of physical reads operations per second performed by all requests running in the instance.

Row Count

The number of rows that have been returned to the client.

Tempdb I/O

Amount of time spent waiting for IO against Tempdb.

Tempdb GAM Wait

Amount of time spent waiting for a Global Allocation Map (GAM) page of Tempdb. GAM page tracks which extents have been allocated. The high amount of wait for an allocation page may indicate that the Tempdb is not configured according to best practice recommendations.

Tempdb SGAM Wait

Amount of time spent waiting for a Shared Global Allocation Map (SGAM) page of Tempdb. SGAM tracks which extents are being used as mixed (shared) extents. The high amount of wait for an allocation page may indicate that the Tempdb is not configured according to best practice recommendations.

Tempdb PFS Wait

Amount of time spent waiting for a Free Space (PFS) page of Tempdb. PFS tracks the allocation status of each page and approximately how much free space it has left. The high amount of wait for an allocation page may indicate that the Tempdb is not configured according to best practice recommendations.

Plan Recompilations

The number of times the plan of the statement was recompiled. For batch - this metric indicates the number of times at least one statement in the batch was recompiled.

Elapsed Time

Amount of time it took for the execution to end. This includes both active and idle time.

Degree of Parallelism

The maximum number of SQL Server threads assigned to the activity.

Granted Query Memory

The maximum amount of memory (KB) allocated to the execution of an activity.

SQL Server Connections Summary

This collection provides general information about all of the connections in SQL Server.

SQL Server.

Real-time

20

Online

60

Offline

300

Active Connections Percent

The percentage of active connections as part of the user sessions.

All Active Connections

The number of all SQL active connections.

Background Sessions

The total number of background sessions.

Blocked Connections

The total number of blocked sessions.

Blockers Connections

The total number of blocking sessions.

Connections Running DBCC

The total number of sessions running a DBCC command.

Foreground Sessions

The total number of foreground sessions.

Internal Connections

The number of internal connections of the SQL Server instance.

Machine Connections

The number of Client computers that currently have at least one SQL Server session.

Max Block Time

The maximum duration (in seconds) a current process was blocked.

Max Connections Allowed

The maximum number of user connections that SQL server allows.

Max Threads Allowed

The maximum number of threads that SQL server is configured to handle.

SQL Active Threads

The total number of the instance’s currently active threads.

SQL Executions

The total number of time that the selected statement executed during the specified time range.

System Connections

The number of SQL Server system sessions.

Total Connections

The total number of SQL Server sessions, including user and system sessions.

User Active Connections

The number of non-system sessions that are actively processing in SQL Server or that are waiting on locks.

User Connections

The number of SQL Server user (non-system) sessions, excluding SQL Server Agent sessions.

User Inactive Connections

The number of non-system sessions that are not actively processing in SQL Server.

Worker Threads Used Percent

The percentage of active threads out of the maximum number of threads that SQL server is configured to handle.

SQL Server Global Variables

This collection provides general SQL Server parameters, such as I/O, networking, and database operational time.

SQL Server.

Real-time

20

Online

60

Offline

300

CPU Busy

The total time the SQL Server instance has spent working since it was last started.

The result is displayed in CPU time increments, or “ticks”, and is aggregated for all CPU units, so it may exceed the actual elapsed time.

CPU Idle

The total time the SQL Server instance has been idle since it was last started.

The result is displayed in CPU time increments, or “ticks”, and is aggregated for all CPU units, so it may exceed the actual elapsed time.

I/O Errors

The number of I/O errors encountered by SQL Server during the specified time range.

Instance Packet Errors

The number of packet errors encountered by SQL Server during the specified time range.

Instance Packets In

The total number of network packets that were being sent to SQL Server from client applications during the specified time range.

Instance Packets Out

The total number of network packets that were being sent from SQL Server to Client applications during the specified time range.

Instance Packets Total

The rate at which network packets are being sent and received from SQL Server to client applications.

Instance Packet Errors

The rate at which SQL Server is encountering network packet errors.

Total Read Rate

Total number of physical reads carried out by SQL Server since the instance was last started.

Total Write Rate

Total number of physical writes carried out by SQL Server since the instance was last started.

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