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  1. SQL Versions Page

    Hi there,

    We maintain a number of legacy SQL Servers that are still monitored via SQL Monitor. I regularly use the SQL Versions page to identify which instances require patching.

    However, some of these servers are under a permanent patch freeze, and I’d like to update their status to “OK” so they no longer appear as needing attention.

    It would be amazing if one could update the patch status for these servers within Redgate to mark them as compliant to reflect their frozen state.

    3 votes
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  2. Alert for full filegroup

    if a database is a fixed size (max size set), or if the db is initially set to be the full size of a disk, there is no alert to let us know that the database is full.

    for instance - if T: drive contains tempdb (and only tempdb) and we've sized it to take the whole drive. we've done funky sizing and growth settings so we can get an alert when the db grows, but once its grown and the temp objects are cleared, we're unlikely to get another disk warning, because the DB will already be taking 100%…

    6 votes
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  3. Be able to see in the overviews panel how much RAM my monitored instances are consuming just like I can see CPU and Disk IO for example.

    I want to monitor how much RAM my instances are consuming while I'm in the overviews panel and even though I can go to a specific panel for checking this specific counter it'd be useful to havr it in the single overviews panel and not moving back and forth.

    2 votes
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  4. Allow customisation of query execution threshold for Individual query monitoring

    Individual query monitoring is currently either only catching or possible only displaying queries longer then 5 seconds. Should be great if it was possible to customise this threshold.

    8 votes
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    completed  ·  AdminLiam Prescott (Product Design, Red Gate Software) responded

    The ability to customise the threshold for capturing individual query executions was added in version 14.6.0.


    To configure, simply go to Settings > Additional monitoring settings. Here you can enable/disable and select a threshold between 1-5 seconds for each of the instances being monitored.

  5. Allow custom scopes in OpenID Connect authorization request

    Currently SQL Monitor only sends the scopes "openid profile".
    In my usage the "groups" scope is needed as well.

    Make this parameter configurable to support any number of custom scopes.

    3 votes
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  6. Attach Custom Documentation To Alerts

    I'd like to be able to customize things like an alert that job X has failed with a link to our own documentation on how to troubleshoot that job. It would be even better if these links could carry forwards into the slack notifications but even just having them on the alert page in SQL monitor for that particular alert would be immensely useful.

    6 votes
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  7. 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.

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  8. Missing database name in blocking session alert

    When I receive an alert about a blocking session, it does not tell me the database. The mail starts with e.g.

    Blocking Session ID: 93
    Number of blocked descendants: 1
    Total blocking duration for all descendants: 00:03:02
    Blocking SQL fragment: CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo]...

    In the subsequent blocks (blocked sessions) it shows the corresponding database name, but only after much of scrolling, when the block cames from a long procedure (some with > 1000 lines).

    So please add the database name to the blocking session part too.

    5 votes
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    completed  ·  Adam responded

    Thanks for the suggestion. Version 7.1.3 has now been released and improvements include adding the database name to the Blocking process alert.

    Kind regards,
    SQL Monitor Development Team

  9. can use proxy

    We have internet access through proxy. I need SQL Monitor to work through this. for example download latest update

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  10. Get the proc name from a deadlock alert

    The Alert gives objectId and databaseid but your average 'accidental DBA' doesn't know the command

    select OBJECTNAME ( objectid [, database_id ] )

    Perhaps somehow suggesting the command as context sensitive help?

    30 votes
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  11. Baseline WaitStats

    SQL Monitor contains an aggregated baseline of wait stats, however there is no way to tell if the current wait stats are "normal" for my environment. For example, we had a problem where LCKMX went through the roof, and as a consequence HADRSYNCCOMMIT plummeted because there was fewer insert/updates/deletes happening. The net difference suggested that there was no problem, but there was.

    I'd like to see something that shows what's "normal" for each wait type, and what the recorded value is.

    7 votes
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  12. see username and hostname in "top 50 queries" and "top 10 waits"

    In SQL Monitor, I want to see username and hostname in "top 50 queries" and "top 10 waits"

    Please add username and hostname in "top 50 queries" and "top 10 waits." These two columns will be useful to trouble shoot SQLs that are causing troubles
    Thanks,

    4 votes
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  13. Add CPU time to Individual query monitoring

    Should be great if we can get CPU time column added to the new Query executions tab.

    CPU time is in addition to logical reads/writes important when looking and performance of the different queries.

    12 votes
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  14. rss

    RSS Feed, can it be exposed so logon to SQL monitor isn't needed

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  15. Improvements to Alert Notifications when you have multiple alert thresholds

    You can configure alerts in Regdate Monitor to have different thresholds (low, medium, high). The problem is that all notifications have to go to the same email address(es).

    We'd suggest an improvement to allow diffent notification methods for each level. For examples, send low alerts go to one email address and medium/high go to a different email address.

    This would allow us to send the more critical alerts via OpsGenie/Jira.

    6 votes
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  16. Traceflag 1222 for deadlocks

    Use traceflag 1222 for deadlocks when monitoring SQL 2005+, and keep 1204 just for SQL 2000 instances. 1222 gives so much more information and doesn't cut off the SQL text.

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    completed  ·  Priya Sinha responded

    Hello,

    We are pleased to annouce that this feature is now implemented as part of v4.0 release. Please check release notes for more details.

    Thanks,
    Priya

  17. Alerts with and/or (boolean) logic

    To determine performance problem b it is needed to monitor several counter values at once. For example when counter x and counter y and counter z are all below 10 then you have a memory problem. I would be nice to contruct that kind of logic to get true performance alerts.

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  18. Add multiple actions for alerts based on different conditions

    It would be nice to be able to configure different actions for the same alert based on different criteria.

    For example, with the SQL Job failure alert - It would be very useful to be able to have these alerts go to X email address if the job contains "DBA" in the job name, and the alert go to Y email address if the job doesn't contain that text in the job name (This is just a basic example, being able to configure multiple of these types of filters would be the goal).

    Right now the only possible…

    19 votes
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  19. add SSO option to the AD/LDAP logon screen

    Attached file is from an application we use that allows the user to quickly logon as themselves, or to manually enter network credentials. In addition, the attached file shows a logon screen with the application version number; this too would be helpful for Redgate Monitor without having to login and check the configuration info page.

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  20. Make cookie timeout duration configurable

    Currently Cookies expire after 2 days, this means you have to re-enter your password for SQL Monitor every two days. This should be configurable. Some of us have adequate desktop security, and secure external access that this is unnecessary.

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