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  1. Move machine between Groups using Powershell

    This is possible with the UI, however this does not work for a Machine.

    $base = Get-RedgateMonitorBaseMonitor | Where-Object { $_.Name -match '2112' }
    $inst = Get-RedgateMonitorMonitoredObject -BaseMonitor $base -Type Machine -Name "devsql0001"
    $group = Get-RedgateMonitorGroup -Path 'TestGroup' -BaseMonitor $base

    $instance.Group = $group
    $instance | Update-RedgateMonitorMonitoredObject
    HandleApiError : The remote server returned an error: (405) Method Not Allowed.
    At C:\ps1\RedgateMonitor\RedgateMonitor.psm1:6008 char:9
    + HandleApiError -ErrorRecord $_ -URL $Uri -Method $Method
    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Write-Error], WebException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,HandleApiError

    6 votes
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  2. Alert "regarding "instance alerts" - Cluster failover - for Postgres"

    for Alert "regarding "instance alerts" - Cluster failover - for Postgres", would like to have it available on the individual server level and not just the monitoring group. That way we can customize our notification accordingly.

    9 votes
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  3. Create an alert that triggers when receiving only partial telemetry from a server

    I have a situation where Redgate Monitor is sometimes not receiving telemetry from the server OS. This occurred sporadically for several weeks until I had to open the server's detailed information, where I discovered the missing telemetry. The monitor triggered no alerts during those weeks despite it being caused by crashing windows services.

    I've attached a screenshot that shows the missing telemetry for CPU and memory, caused by the perfmon service timing out and crashing.

    After opening a ticket I was informed that there are no alert conditions in the monitor to detect this situation. This seems like a crucial…

    4 votes
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  4. I would like to suppress an alert in PostgreSQL log

    I would like to suppress an alert in PostgreSQL log, I made a configuration but it is not working, I keep receiving the alert coming from the PostgreSQL log. Support told me it is only possible for SQL Server.

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  5. new altert for service state of PowerBI Reporting Services PBIRS like "SQL Server Reporting Service status (2017+)"

    In addition to SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS, we have more and more PowerBI Reporting Services PBIRS.
    For SSRS since 2017 there is a separate alarm "SQL Server Reporting Service status (2017+)" in Redgate.
    This tells us when an SSRS is no longer running. This also works.

    However, as far as I can tell, this alert does not cover PBIRS.
    Recently, customers increasingly want PBIRS instead of SSRS and unfortunately we do not currently see the status of the PBIRS service in Redgate and do not receive an alert if this service is not running.

    We know that PBIRS and…

    11 votes
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  6. Report to identify alert overrides

    We are using the alert categories "Host machine alerts", "Instance Alerts", "SQL Server alerts", and "Availability Group alerts" for our SQL Server environment. We have defined general thresholds for the alerts w/in each category. We then have situations where we override the alerts for a monitored object in an alert subgroup or the monitored object itself because the general alert threshold(s) don't make sense for the sub group or the object. It would be very useful to have a report which shows where we have performed these alert overrides. A report showing where an alert is overriden or a report…

    2 votes
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  7. In AzureSQL, I would like Redgate Monitor to not "keep awake" systems which are set to "sleep".

    Within AzureSQL you can set SQL Servers to be Serverless and also to "sleep after" a time window. This means you can save money for systems which are not heavily used.
    I think Redgate Monitor needs to have a "light touch" mode for such systems where it will firstly check the config and say "ok, this server is asleep, I dont need to look at it" before reporting maybe in the infomration status "system asleep". When the system wakes up, it should monitor as normal.
    This is a cost saving exercise since, after adding Redgate to our Legacy AzureSQL servers,…

    3 votes
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  8. Make configuring alerts easier

    Currently we have several instances grouped into three top-level groups and then several subgroups underneath. This structure allows us to set alerts at the group level and then drop instances in and out of that defined set.

    If we select a group and configure an alert setting, when the page refreshes it does not return back to that same sub-group, instead opting to go back to the very top 'All Servers' level which if not spotted can mean you then select the next alert to configure and inadvertently change the setting for all servers.

    This seems like basic functionality but…

    5 votes
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  9. groups

    Group properties.
    I am using groups to group databases by application /development group. Then use tags to determine prd, dev, uat etc.

    What would be really useful would be able to add properties to a group such as the developer name to contact when i see poor queries

    2 votes
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  10. Subject line change on Alerting .Include TargetObject name instead of Base monitor server

    Dear team ,
    We are successfully integrated SQL Monitor with halcyon monitoring Via SNMP traps. Business rules in Halcyon generates the ticket in SD and it comes to DBA's for action.
    we are happy that setup is working as expected but we wanted to have a TargetSystem name in subject line of the alerts instead of coming as base monitor server name where SQL monitor hosted . This will let us take a quick glance on high priority systems rather than less priority .
    Subject line should include target Object instead of base monitor server name (which is default for…

    4 votes
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  11. customize email notifications

    I would like to be able to customize the email notifications in redgate through the use of variables that can be substituted anywhere in the email notification (title, body etc..). At the very least I would like the alert id to be added to the title of the email and not just the body.

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  12. Set database file usage per drive level on the DATABASE LEVEL

    , i know we can set database file usage per drive level on the server level. But there are many times when a vendor created db, they have multiple data files mdf/ndf and have them set to limits. So i was wondering can we get even more granular. I want to be able to drill down to the database and select a particular file group and say ignore this drive, it has met its capacity and even though its 100% filled data is no longer being written there. And the reason behind that is there can be multiple data files…

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  13. identify blocking sql no longer executing, but didnt commit transaction

    I want to be able to see the blocking statemement of a session that is done executing a statment, but did not commit the transaction. It seems that the "blocking Statment" is missing in the blockchain, if the statement causing the block is no longer executing. This leads me to think that your currently pulling the sqlhandle of the blocking session, whereas the more , or at least sometimes more appropiate think to do is to pull the "mostrecentsqlhandle" from sqltext. please consider.

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  14. implementing user permission settings at the instance level, rather than at the cluster level.

    In my company, it is crucial to implement permission settings at the instance level, rather than at the cluster level, for accessing overviews and creating summarized reports. ~
    This feature is extremely important because our clusters are shared by multiple tenants/instrances, and we need the ability to assign specific permissions to the respective owners of each instance.

    4 votes
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  15. Monitor Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

    Is there a plan to support monitor PostreSQL Flexible Server on Azure?

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  16. alerts summary tile to be able to filter out cleared alerts

    Please allow Alerts Summary tile to be able to filter out cleared alerts, similar to the Alerts tile

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  17. "Whats new" should link to the relevant release notes under "New features" tab

    It currently only shows up the the release currently running, not what is in the new release. I have to search the web site to find out whether there is anything in the release that I care about enough to upgrade.

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  18. Custom Metrics are specific to a base monitor without a way to copy them

    I have to create all custom metrics and alerts 3 times, once in each base monitor. And there is no way in the UI to copy from one to another.

    I guess this makes sense because each base monitor only knows about the groups and targets it has. But it would be a great enhancement if the UI supported copying the custom metrics from one base monitor to another.

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  19. On the Alerts Group Details > Blocking Process page, I want to see Start, End, and Blocked Process Count columns columns

    I would like to see Start and End columns or a Duration column, along with a Blocked Process Count.

    When displaying the Process tab on the detail page, it would be helpful for each blocked process to display as a collapsed line in a tree, each branch of which can be expanded. Each line should display the SessionId, Start and End or Duration, and the Application, Host, User, and the first (n) characters of the SQL fragment. It is great to have all the details available, but I currently get one huge page with no navigation for one blocker (see…

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  20. Have links on the Configuration/Alerts page look like links

    The alert names don’t look like links, so I never tried clicking on them until recently. That does work, as does clicking on the Description. However, some styling (blue text or a blue underline) would make this feature more discoverable for oblivious people like me. 😊

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