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Add support for Contained Availability Groups (CAG) in SQL Server 2022
This is actually a feature that broke with the new version. There is no ability to monitor SQL Agent Jobs.3 votes -
Produce a long running queries report ordered by average execution time
I have been tasked with identifying queries with the longest average execution time so that they can be targeted for optimization. In the server overview this can be done in the top queries section, however this obviously only shows queries for that instance.
In the reporting tab I can create a report for long running queries, but it is based around total execution time. It would be useful if this could be ordered by average execution time.
A query that runs 100,000 times and takes 10ms will have a higher overall execution time than one that runs 50 times and…
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Add Top Waits info for PostgreSQL
Re: PostgreSQL Monitoring
Please add the ability to show wait stats by wait type as you have for SQL Server.
3 votes -
Show login and client hostname/IP address for Top Queries on PostgreSQL
Re: PostgreSQL Monitoring
Please add information about the connection that the queries (in the Top Queries section) were executed on, specifically the client machine hostname/ IP address and the login name.
3 votes -
Job failing Alert option for number of consecutive failures in a row
I have some SQL Agent jobs that run every 2 minutes and legitimately fail occasionally to circumstances outside our control.
I need to be alerted if the job is constantly failing, e.g. failed 5 times in a row, but I do not care about one off failures.Having a customisable option for individual jobs to alert only after X consecutive failures would be fantastic.
2 votes -
Show query history for custom date range in "Top Queries" view
In the top queries window, the history can only be searched via three date ranges:
Zoom Range,
Window Range,
All historyIt would be good to be able to search a custom date range to make the graph easier to see for a time period of interest. Window range is only three days max and all time can be too broad.
5 votes -
Provide Managed identity as an Authentication Method to the Redgate Azure SQL DB
Support for using the managed identity of the Webserver/Applicationserver VM to authenticate over the AAD on the Azure SQL Redgate Database.
-> Maybe also Support for Azure App Service which has built-in this functionality?
3 votes -
Monitor DB2 Databases
I would like to be able to monitor DB2 databases in the same fashion as SQL Server databases.
3 votes -
Monitor Oracle Databases
I would like to be able to monitor Oracle databases in the same fashion as SQL Server databases.
3 votes -
Clear RedGate Alerts automatically
Once the alert is taken care of, RedGate should send an email saying that the alert is cleared. Also, there is no need of a clear button in the web interface, it should be done automatically.
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Estate Licensing - Align with Microsoft HA/DR Licensing policy
Estate licensing appears to tally all licenses for servers in an WFC/HA config. 3 node cluster 4 cores, 12 licenses (when it should be 8). Please provide the process to identify an HA or DR node, which will allow the Redgate Estate portal to align with Microsoft SQL Licensing: https://download.microsoft.com/download/e/2/9/e29a9331-965d-4faa-bd2e-7c1db7cd8348/SQL_Server_2019_Licensing_guide.pdf.
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Median from jobs - calculating Job duration unusual ONLY for sucess
I have noticed that SQL Monitor calculate median from all jobs ragardles if it is failed or sucess...
From my point of view it should analyse only jobs which finished success and calculate median from duration.
I need to know when job succeded what is duration median and if it is ok or not.Please change job duration median to calculate from jobs which ended with sucess.
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Mask sensitive data from deadlock and top queries
We want to let developers use SQL Monitor, but for that sensitive data has to be masked. Two places that come in mind where we can things like literals in WHERE clause etc are deadlock and top queries. This would ideally be combined with a security group which which the masking should apply.
3 votes -
be able to set top level notification settings through powershell module
I want to be able to use Redgatesqm.ps1 to configure smtp server, default email list and other top level notification options.
1 vote -
Only Query Serverless Azure SQL Databases if they are Online and not Paused
As mentioned in the below post, SQL Monitor will keep serverless Azure SQL databases from pausing and saving us the money they are supposed to. I would like the Azure SQL monitoring piece to be rewritten to use the Azure API to determine both if the Azure SQL DB is serverless or not and if it is AND paused, don't run any queries that would wake it. Yet if it is NOT paused, get info about it and update SQL Monitor.
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Job Duration Unusual Alert should be 'AG aware' to avoid false positives
We are using an AG for one of our instances.
As you would expect we have the same SQLAgent jobs created on both instances in this AG, but we only want the job to execute on the primary.
In SQLAgent the jobs on both nodes of the AG have a step at the beginning which checks to see if this is the primary instance.
If it is the primary instance it will proceed to step 2 and execute the rest of the job.
If it is not the primary instance the job will terminate.
This all works fine - however…2 votes -
Ability to filter "TOP Queries" by login
Often we want to filter queries not only per existing options (database, parent or query) but it's useful to be able to search for a specific login.
Could you allow searching by login using "l:" or "login:"?
9 votes -
Add date to legend when filtering across multiple days
When we filter on the top graph across multiple days, on the legend below won't show the days, just the time.
The image is the current case.
What I would like is to have the days.
Instead of "from 08:18 to 08:19"
expected "from 18 Jun 08:18 to 19 Jun 08:19" or equivalent3 votes -
AG sync progress
Implement Availability Group data synchronization progress.
We use Automatic seeding and stats can be observed under "sys.dmhadrautomaticseeding" and "sys.dmhadrphysicalseeding_stats".
Maybe that info not 100% accurate when Traceflag 9567 is ON, but anyway somehow helpful1 vote -
Schedule hourly reports to email out and base on groups
I would like to be able to send hourly email report for example Failed sql agent jobs base on a group not just one server, covering certain period of time like 9-5 each day of the week Monday- Friday.
5 votes
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