Suggestions
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Add field 'Description' to Powershell module manifest
Currently it is not possible to redistribute the powershell module to an internal nuget powershell repository, because the field 'Description' is missing in the psd1 file.
At the moment we need to add this field and sign the module again before publishing it to our internal nuget feed.3 votes -
Pie chart in SQL versions estate page to have CU patch status rather than SQL server version
Pie chart in SQL versions estate page to have CU patch status rather than SQL server version
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Pie chart in SQL versions estate page to have CU patch status rather than SQL server version
Pie chart in SQL versions estate page to have CU patch status rather than SQL server version
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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,HandleApiError6 votes -
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 -
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.
1 vote -
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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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…
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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 -
"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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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.
1 vote -
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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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. 😊
1 vote -
For the web hook can have option to only alert on raised and closed separate
"Send Webhook messages when alerts are raised or ended" is the current text, Would be nice to have option not to alert on closed.
1 vote -
I would like to configure different gMSA accounts as credentials for different servers
I would like to use the more secure gMSA accounts when configuring credentials for servers that are monitored and use different gMSA accounts for different servers
1 vote -
be able to add individual machines instead of an entire cluster
Right now when adding a node to Redgate Monitor and if it's part of a cluster, the entire cluster is added (even when switching off the auto-discovery of the clustername as this is only applied to the name itself).
Especially with large cluster estates, it's not possible to add a single node instead of the entire cluster.
This has impact on licenses, as the entire cluster needs to be licensed instead of each individual node that you actually want monitoring for.3 votes -
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
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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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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 -
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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