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  1. Skip warnings on Database Snapshot Backups

    I'm seeing warnings about backups not getting done on snapshots. Obviously it's not looking at the type.

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  2. Disk Names in Overviews and Analysis

    Disk Names in Overviews and Analysis

    Hello,
    I think that it will be usefull to have a same disk names in Overviews and Analysis as they are shown in the system in Disk Management.

    ServerData (F:)
    Server    Logs (G:)
    Server_System (H:)

    Not only F: G: H: as they are visible now in SQL Monitor.
    Thank you.

    15 votes
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  3. Add "Re-send Email" for an Alert

    Some emails find black holes. Need option in the "Actions" dropdown to re-send an Alert email. Please pop-up the addressee dialog so we can direct/redirect to recipient list and add a custom subject to help us segregate the email into an email thread for discussion/attention.

    15 votes
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  4. Single sign on

    Make it so that I can add an AD group to the settings, then enable AD Auth in IIS and not be prompted for username and password.
    LDAP settings should not be needed.

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    completed  ·  Daniel Rothig responded

    Support (at) red-gate.com can provide you with instructions how to disable SQL Monitor authentication in order to fall back on IIS authentication, which supports Single Sign On.

  5. Include drive letter in subject and body of disk space alert email

    It would be helpful to know which drive (by letter) the alert information detail is about in the email. The drive letter should be included in the subject line such as Disk space | ServerName | E:\ as well as in the body of the email. This information helps identify the problem drive without having to go to SQL Monitor for that information.

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  6. Stop being nagged about maintenance windows - because they don't fit our operation

    The nag about "you haven't set up any maintenance windows" is something you could allow us to turn off. Period.

    SQL Monitor's simplistic feature does not tie in with the way Rackspace performs their patching, so the feature is useless and the nag is annoying as it keeps on coming up and we keep on dismissing it.

    Please, give us a "Turn of maintenance window reminders globally" option - it can't be that hard to do...

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    completed  ·  Adam responded

    Hi,

    SQL Monitor 7.1.11.9625 has been released to check for updates and contains a fix for this bug (SRP-11455 fixed an issue where some informational messages were not dismissible).

    Please do let us know if you continue to see this issue. Thanks for your patience.

    Adam
    SQL Monitor Development Team

  7. Add an alert to monitor failed logins.

    The sql logs show failed logins, could we have an alert for this?

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  8. Improve the performance of the user interface

    When I access the user interface (hosted on IIS) it is quite slow to use.
    It frequently takes several seconds between clicking on something and things happening.

    It does not appear to be a resource problem, as both the IIS/Monitor server and the database server has plenty of resources to spare.

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    completed  ·  Daniel Rothig responded

    I’m marking this as “closed” seeing as performance improvements will be indefinitely be delivered, so it would never make sense to consider this work “done”.

  9. In an AlwaysOn environment with backup preferences is set to Primary, I do not want the alert for Backup overdue and Log backup overdue

    is it possible to remove backup alert on not readable databases in an AlwaysOn environment

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  10. Azure AD modern authentication for SQL Monitor

    Be able to login into Redgate SQL Monitor using AAD with multi-factor authentication

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  11. Add the ability to create new alerts

    Instead of limiting the available alerts to a pre-defined list, allow users to create new alerts and threshold metrics based on customized queries. In my opinion, this is about the only glaring omission in the current version of sql Monitor.

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  12. Use the Base Monitor Service account to query Active Directory when using AD Credentials

    We are using a Managed Service Account to run SQL Monitor so we don't have to manage passwords. However we still need to have a regular domain account to query AD because there is no option other than to specify a username and password.

    What would be great is to have an option to use the base monitor service account to query AD instead of having to specify a username and password.

    This would work in a similar way to what already exists when setting up credentials for the server you monitor, where you can choose to connect to the…

    12 votes
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  13. Wire up Notifications to MS Teams (in addition to Slack)

    Wire up Notifications to MS Teams (in addition to Slack)

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  14. Add more narrow time intervals in Reports

    We are using the reports part of SQL Monitor to show them on a TV screen in a proactive way and we find this very helpful.

    Now we have a question, would it be possible to include more narrow intervals like 6 h, 2 h and 30 min in the reports?
    Because even if we lower the reports to 12 h and has auto refresh every 1 min it’s kind of hard to see and react on the spikes in the graphs.
    An example can be seen in the attached fil - Batch request/sec report, it’s hard to spot the…

    12 votes
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  15. be able to schedule monitoring suspend or maintenance on instance level

    We have a cluster with two instances. The databases on these instances are restored on different times during the day.
    I want to be able to schedule suspend of monitoring during these different time periods so that one instance is suspended and the other is not. Or put them in maintenance mode on the instance , not on host machine level.

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    completed  ·  AdminNeil Turner (Admin, Red Gate Software) responded

    Thanks for this suggestion. SQL Monitor 10 now allows teams to suppress alerts, or just their notifications, over certain periods using alert suppression windows. Please see What’s New in SQL Monitor 10 for more details (https://www.red-gate.com/hub/product-learning/sql-monitor/whats-new-in-sql-monitor-10).

    We hope this meets requirements and will mark it as completed. Please raise further suggestions for any improvements you would like to see.

    Thanks,

    SQL Monitor product team

  16. Ability to view tempDB usage over past 24 or 48 hours

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  17. SQL Agent jobs with a 'cancelled' status are incorrectly flagged as 'Job failing' in the Alert Inbox

    With Always On related SQL Agent jobs, an initial job step is added to check whether the target database is Primary/Secondary on the cluster node. If 'Primary', then continue with subsequent job steps, if 'Secondary' then stop and do not attempt any further job steps. In circumstances where the job is stopped the last run outcome is shown as 'Canceled' - however, SQL Monitor shows these particular status jobs as 'Job failing' in the Alert Inbox. The job hasn't really failed and has been stopped in a controlled way. Can the status of these job be correctly identified please?

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    completed  ·  Adam responded

    Thanks for this suggestion, and for the additional comments which helped us decide quickly what solution to implement.

    Version 9.0.13 released 23rd May includes a new Job cancelled alert (off by default) and stops the existing Job failing alert being raised for cancelled jobs.

    We hope this meets requirements and will mark it as closed, but please do raise further suggestions for any improvements you would like to see.

    Thanks,
    SQL Monitor Development Team

  18. Email reports monthly

    I just upgraded to SQL Monitor V7 and it's great being able to have custom metrics in reports. We have a metric that records how many customers are notified in a monthly process (runs overnight on the 1st of the month). We need a way to send out this report via email on the 1st of every month (current options are only to send it weekly)

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    completed  ·  Adam responded

    The ability to email reports on a monthly schedule has now been released.

    Please make a new suggestion if there are any areas of the reporting you think could be improved.

    Kind regards,
    SQL Monitor Development Team

  19. Pagerduty API/WebHooks and Better Notification channel

    We are in a high secure payments network, we do not wish to open ports used for email (smtp) however we would like integration with Pagerduty.

    Please create a generic web hook interface where the payload can be fully customised or direct integration via there API.

    I would like the option to pick what communication channel is used based on the severity of the alert

    Alert Rule XXXXXX
    H M L
    Email
    Pagerduty X
    Slack X

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  20. Remove wait type VDI_CLIENT_OTHER from the wait graph

    SQL Monitor shows high waits for SQL Server 2016+ systems that implement availability groups configured for automatic seeding. Since a multiple system processes called VDICLIENTWORKER are left running by design. This wait tends to be the top wait in an AG configuration and erroneously indicates a problem that does not really exist.

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