SQL Performance Suite - includes SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server v12.3
Released: Feb 13, 2024
Updates in SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server v12.3
Funktionen
- Improved User Interface with the following changes:
- A new organization Grid View which allows a better glance at your instance metrics and properties.
- An updated Windows Console Grid View similar to SQL Diagnostic Web Console.
- A renovated Card View style, providing you with the same reliable information with a better-summarized look.
- Improved administration dialog to change the scale Health Index Factor for SQL Diagnostic Manager Console.
- Added a new Search feature for handling long lists across your servers, filters, alerts, and more.
- Added a Step Forward or Backward with the drill-down option.
- Administrative actions are not included, only the actions associated with drill-downs are maintained.
- Added new Automated Responses for ServiceNow action providers. To configure it, you must provide the Service Now information such as URL, Username, Password, and Alert Source.
Fehlerkorrekturen
- Reports
- The "Server Uptime" report records the correct values for the uptime and downtime of a specific instance.
- The Database Statistics report is now generating data correctly for a custom range of time.
- The "Top Tables by Fragmentation" report now correctly identifies fragmented tables in the latest version of SQL Diagnostic Manager.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager correctly identifies query records where query plans have been successfully collected.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager successfully generates the "Template Comparison" report.
- Alerts
- SQL Diagnostic Manager accurately displays alert data in the Historical Snapshots tooltip for a specific instance.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager correctly applies the "Where metric severity has changed is in place" alert rule.
- The default value for the user field under the "Alternative Windows Authorization" feature is Blank now.
- The Page Life Expectancy (Baseline) now works as expected, raising alerts according to the baseline thresholds.
- The Resuming Alerts window displays all available alerts that can be snoozed or resumed successfully.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager provides all the information of the Blocking Session Wait Time (Seconds) alert when enabling Capture Blocking (SQL 2005+).
- You can successfully configure e-mail notifications, including "and" conditions.
- You can successfully generate "Alert Forecasts" for Active Alerts in SQL Diagnostic Manager 12.3.
- The "Deadlock" alert is generated as expected and sends alert emails with correct and complete details.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager only displays the active alerts on the environment views.
- Alerts Response
- SQL Diagnostic Manager improved the Alert Response Rules performance. Now you can successfully receive e-mails when creating or updating a rule.
- After upgrading to SQLDM 12, SQL Diagnostic Manager maintains the "Email (SMTP) Provider" alert response configuration.
- With SQL Diagnostic Manager you can correctly import a delete alert response containing an SMTP action provider.
- You can successfully export and import SMTP alert responses using SQL Diagnostic Manager 12.3.
- Custom Counters
- SQL Diagnostic Manager keeps a Server's Custom Counter configuration after changing its tags configurations.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager successfully applies Custom Counter in new Servers when using templates.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager allows selecting and applying custom counters to all servers when creating metric alert responses for cluster environments.
- When using the SQL Diagnostic Manager manual Maintenance Mode, the instances remain linked to Custom Counters.
- General
- SQL Diagnostic Manager supports Extended Event Options for the Activity Monitor and the Query Monitor properties.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager allows user accounts to apply alert templates to a monitor instance.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager improved the analyzer's performance, providing more accurate analysis recommendations.
- DM Console
- SQL Diagnostic Manager allows you to successfully add a new user through the Application Security tab.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager fixed the performance of the Analyze view, generating recommendations properly.
- With SQL Diagnostic Manager, you can personalize the dashboard view by choosing a specific dashboard to display.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager now allows you to grant users access to specific instances through the Application Security window.
- You can successfully export the Analyze report of a monitored instance.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager successfully displays the history browser for SQL Server Azure-managed instances.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager successfully monitors and displays information for scale-out installations, showing the correct version.
- On-Premises
- The Permissions Script for User Creation was successfully improved and now works as expected.
- IDERA Web Console
- SQLDM Web Console successfully displays all the alerts of the monitored instances after an upgrade.
- Dates are now displayed in the proper format on SQLDM Web Console.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager correctly displays graphics in the Web Console, since the graphics order has been fixed.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager fixed the performance of the Analyze view, generating recommendations properly.
- The Alerts view of SQLDM Web Console allows users to set up Advanced Filters effectively.
- High Availability Groups
- The "Days since the last backup" alert functions as intended according to the backup preference settings for High Availability Groups.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager successfully monitors listener status in a High Availability environment while monitoring replicas.
- Upgrade
- SQL Diagnostic Manager displays consistent values for CPU usage metrics and graphics after upgrading to 12.2.4.
- After upgrading, SQL Diagnostic Manager does not raise any unhandled exception related to missing files.
- You can successfully upgrade SQL Diagnostic Manager to 12.0.x keeping your Alert Templates and Responses as well as your configured Tags.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager successfully updates snapshots and refreshes alerts after an upgrade.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager successfully triggers notifications for "SQL Server Agent Job Failure" alerts after an upgrade.
- DBaaS
- SQL Diagnostic Manager keeps the last Sever selection and Time Period for using them when configuring a new report.
- Metrics
- SQL Diagnostic Manager increased the maximum critical threshold value for the "Version Store Size (MB)" metric.
- SQL diagnostic Manager successfully displays the "SQL Server CPU Usage" metric after upgrading to SQLDM 12.
- The "Procedure Cache Hit Ratio" metric has been improved on Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure DB.
- Charts
- SQL Diagnostic Manager correctly shows the Total Deadlock data in the Overview and Sessions charts after an upgrade.
- History Browser
- SQL Diagnostic Manager successfully collects historical data in the History Browser for all the monitored servers.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager correctly displays historical data for TempDB summary in the history browser and across multiple time ranges.