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Monitor database total space usage not by individual data files.
I have many databases that we are monitoring for space which have multiple datafiles. Usually most the datafiles are full but at least 1 of the files is able to autogrow. Sometimes autogrow has reached its max limitation and sometimes we have turned it off once the file reached the largest size we will allow it. Our goal is to monitor so the database does not run out of space. We currently get alerts for the files that are full, we know some are full, we aren't worried about them, we still have 1 or 2 files we allow to grow and those are what we are worried about. Is there a way to turn off alerts just for the files we know are full and we don't want to monitor? Or is there a way to monitor database available space instead of on a file by file basis. I have attached a screenshot of what our database files layout typically is. So the first three files I don't want to get alerts on because I know I have 4 other files that can grow.
I have many databases that we are monitoring for space which have multiple datafiles. Usually most the datafiles are full but at least 1 of the files is able to autogrow. Sometimes autogrow has reached its max limitation and sometimes we have turned it off once the file reached the largest size we will allow it. Our goal is to monitor so the database does not run out of space. We currently get alerts for the files that are full, we know some are full, we aren't worried about them, we still have 1 or 2 files we allow to…
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Configure Different Emails for alert levels
Allow for customization of emails for alerts at each alert level, so that I can send to different emails for each alert level.
So that I can send High alerts to one email address, medium alerts to another email address, etc…
64 votes -
see Lock Escalations/sec as available metric in analysis graph
The customizable analysis graph does not include the option to display Lock Escalations/Sec (\SQLServer:Access Methods\Table Lock Escalations/sec). I like to compare this to baseline to regression-test releases. In conjunction with waits\locks, it can also warn the user that an index is no longer being used (as would happen if Entity Framework began searching a varchar column for an nvarchar value).
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See data in local server time
I'd like to all the data from a particular server in local server time instead of my time
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Remove single AG replica
Currently when adding an Availability Group it automatically discover and add all replicas which is great.
However sometime we might not want all replicas to be monitored, in our case it's because of limited bandwidth on a certain asynchronous node. While it is indeed possible to "Pause Monitoring" on that node, it would be nice to be able to delete it completely (using some kind of exception list so it's not re-added automatically).
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Do not uncheck alarms after entering a comment
Scenario: Let's say there are 15 related alarms in the alarm inbox on which you want to add a common comment and then clear.
Currently you would check the 15 alarms, click on the comment button and enter your comment. Unfortunately at that point it would uncheck all the selected alarms and you would need to check them again to clear them.
After entering a comment I would like the current selection to stay checked.
5 votes -
update alerts
When you go into an alert, would it be possible to have a button that can fire off and get the current value as it is now. For example, the attached was raised but may not get picked up for whatever reason until the Monday, if I could refresh the values that would be great as an index main task may have happened between the alert and when I get to it. Hope that makes sense?
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Manage Scheduled SQL Monitor Reports from one overview page.
It's easy to set up a new report and schedule for SQL monitor reports. But once schedules are created it's difficult to manage them.
Have an overview page that would allow you to see all that has been scheduled .... giving options to:
1) Delete individual schedule (e.g. following server decommission or server no longer monitored).
2) Edit individual report schedule ... e.g. change time / frequency and for a particular type of report change the target server for that report ... i.e server replaced, being able to move report from reporting on original server report created for to replacement server.
3) being able to duplicate the report and run against additional / different serverIt's easy to set up a new report and schedule for SQL monitor reports. But once schedules are created it's difficult to manage them.
Have an overview page that would allow you to see all that has been scheduled .... giving options to:
1) Delete individual schedule (e.g. following server decommission or server no longer monitored).
2) Edit individual report schedule ... e.g. change time / frequency and for a particular type of report change the target server for that report ... i.e server replaced, being able to move report from reporting on original server report created for to replacement…1 vote -
Utilize in SQL Monitor Analysis or Reports pages any SQL Server counter available in PERFMON.
For instance BRENT OZAR has an excellent method to diagnose memory pressure. The counter in use is SQLServer: Memory Manager – Memory Grants Pending which is not available.
If Memory Grants Pending is averaging over 0, queries can’t even start because they can’t get enough memory. You may have queries that have incorrect memory grants, or you may just desperately need more RAM.
30 votes -
ADD Support for GCP Cloud SQL (MSSQL managed instances)
As Google Cloud Platform increases their market share and adds features such as managed instances for Microsoft SQL Server, it would be great to have the ability to monitor those as well.
4 votes -
silence alerts for x hours
If an alert is firing repetitively for say a job failure, to be able to silence the alert for a number of specified hours (not permanently) if you know it will recover later, but you don't want to disable the job - just want the alerts to stop temporarily
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Ignore Negative Custom Metric Collection
I am trying to add a custom metric based on the sys.dmosperformance_counters DMV. These are very useful for gaining Instance Level information. These counters increment as each lock is requested. I have used the “Use a calculated rate of change between collections” option which accurately depicts the graph I am trying to accomplish. The caveat is that these counters are reset to 0 when the instance is restarted. Therefore in any of my graphs, I get this huge negative value. This basically renders the metric useless because I cannot visualize any metrics once a server is rebooted.
Is there a way to set the minimum y value displayed in a graph OR is there a way for the collector to ignore any negative value for “rate of change”?
I am trying to add a custom metric based on the sys.dmosperformance_counters DMV. These are very useful for gaining Instance Level information. These counters increment as each lock is requested. I have used the “Use a calculated rate of change between collections” option which accurately depicts the graph I am trying to accomplish. The caveat is that these counters are reset to 0 when the instance is restarted. Therefore in any of my graphs, I get this huge negative value. This basically renders the metric useless because I cannot visualize any metrics once a server is rebooted.
Is…
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MONITORING ERROR (SQL SERVER DATA COLLECTION) more infromation
Is it possible to list the items that failed in the alert?
In the description for this alert it notes that one or more of the following connection methods failed:
WMI
Remote registry (PerfMon and registry access)
Remote file access is not set up (hidden administrative shares should be enabled)
SQL connectivityIs it possible to note in the alert details which one failed? It would make troubleshooting after the fact a bit easier.
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Show alert bubbles in other metrics, too
I like seeing the alert bubbles in the main overview. It would be helpful to also be able to see them in the additional metrics shown below. Anothe option would be to align these other metrics with the main 4-metric window.
1 vote -
Add AND/OR conditions for disk alerts
We are using SQL Monitor to monitor disks and we also send these disk alerts to our NOC(24/7 monitor team) and when they receives an alert they are calling us on our On-Call service when outside office hours.
The alerts are not always relevant as the alert can be like for example:
Disk free space less than 5 % but actual space left is 300 GB, which is more than enough and no alert and phone call had to be triggered.We are trying to set custom disk alerts but as we have 1000+ disk alerts to configure it’s impossible to configure all of them.
It would be great if we could be able to create custom disk alerts using Conditions.
An example of what we would like to be able to add to SQL Monitor --> Disk Space Alert:
Disk free space < 5 % AND < 100 GB = Alert Yes
Disk free space < 5 % AND > 100 GB = Alert NoWe are using SQL Monitor to monitor disks and we also send these disk alerts to our NOC(24/7 monitor team) and when they receives an alert they are calling us on our On-Call service when outside office hours.
The alerts are not always relevant as the alert can be like for example:
Disk free space less than 5 % but actual space left is 300 GB, which is more than enough and no alert and phone call had to be triggered.We are trying to set custom disk alerts but as we have 1000+ disk alerts to configure it’s impossible…
44 votes -
show client host name for queries in top SQL
In the TOP SQL, I see login and program name, but not client host name. It would be helpful to see the client host name, too.
9 votes -
Backup overdue alert - RegEx filter
I have many non-production databases on production SQL Instance, that make no sense to backup. I know I can turn this alert off one by one on each database. RegEx filter by database name would be help.
12 votes -
Monitor SQL Server running on AHV hosts
Whilst you have added the ability to monitor vmware hosts, I would like to be able to monitor other virtualization technologies. E.g. AHV (Nutanix)
6 votes -
Customize Estate Version Thresholds
On the estate tab, it would be nice to customize the thresholds that define the yellow and red state. For example, a server behind on one CU might be yellow, but others red.
5 votes -
See the last X weeks of User transactions/SQl statments ran on the server
Have a view in SQlMonitor that can be used to do a quick search on what querys a user has run on SQL Server over the last X weeks.
For our user case we would just need the data for the last two weeks but sure if storage allows user's would like to hold the data for longer.
This is to enable some auditing functionalty to quickly find what a user has ran for reporting.
e.g.
What did user1 run yesterday,
What was run and by who over the last hourThis could also help with finding performance issues. For example user1 is reporting problems with their querys but it dosn't appear in the top 10-50 sql statments in the current view.
Exporting into csv would also be useful.
Have a view in SQlMonitor that can be used to do a quick search on what querys a user has run on SQL Server over the last X weeks.
For our user case we would just need the data for the last two weeks but sure if storage allows user's would like to hold the data for longer.
This is to enable some auditing functionalty to quickly find what a user has ran for reporting.
e.g.
What did user1 run yesterday,
What was run and by who over the last hourThis could also help with finding performance issues. For…
7 votes
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