SQL Monitor v11.1.x

Released: Mar 18, 2021

Updates in v11.1.x

v11.1.12

Updated Jun 10, 2021

Features

  • Added new metrics to analysis tab:
    • Page reads/sec.
    • Free list stalls/sec.
  • Improved support aliases in machine-level alert details.

Fixes

  • Change wording of "server" to "instance" in the Set Alias dialog.
  • Fixed stack overflow exception in SQL Monitor related to calculation of a chain of blocked SQL Server processes.

v11.1.11

Updated Jun 1, 2021

Fixes

  • An issue that could cause a foreign key conflict on upgrade has been fixed.

v11.1.10

Updated May 27, 2021

Features

  • Added a new alert type - Configuration change which is raised when server configuration options change.

Fixes

  • The instances affected list on the alerts page now displays (local) rather than empty for default instances.
  • Prevent crash when reading OpenId Connect config from Credential Manager fails.

v11.1.9

Updated May 20, 2021

Features

  • The deadlock report tile can now be filtered by SQL Server.
  • The alert configuration table now shows if webhooks are enabled for each alert type.

Fixes

  • Fixed deadlock XDLs being downloaded in an incorrect format.

v11.1.8

Updated May 13, 2021

Features

  • Improved performance when the website accesses a clustered base monitor service running in multiple subnets.
  • Disabled webhook notifications in alert configuration.

Fixes

  • Fixed overly large memory grants in SQL Process sampler.
  • Fixed admin access not being correctly applied when using basic authentication.
  • Fixed an error monitoring Azure SQL Managed instances in the business critical or premium tier.

v11.1.7

Updated May 4, 2021

Fixes

  • Fixed a regression causing report PDF generation and emailing to fail.
  • Fixed issue sampling top queries when upgrading directly from versions of SQL Monitor older than 11.0.16.

v11.1.6

Updated Apr 29, 2021

Features

  • Added remove instance option to unreachable instances on monitored servers page.

Fixes

  • Fixed long running query alerts for Azure Managed Instance in timezones different from UTC.

v11.1.5

Updated Apr 22, 2021

Fixes

  • Fixed regression of invalid spacing between inputs.

v11.1.4

Updated Apr 15, 2021

Features

  • You can now edit the Microsoft SQL Server Connection Properties when adding an Amazon RDS SQL Server.

Fixes

  • A bug that caused the test button on the Monitored Servers page to incorrectly report failures for failover cluster instances has been fixed.
  • transaction version storage space usage will sample from SQL Server 2016 SP2 version rather than being disabled until SQL Server 2017.
  • Immediately stop displaying cards for removed instances on the global dashboard.
  • Fixed an issue with Azure SQL Databases showing duplicate cards on Global Dashboard.

v11.1.3

Updated Apr 8, 2021

Features

  • Exposed thumbprint if the web server isn't authorized to access base monitor.

Fixes

  • Stops sampling the snapshot databases that were causing errors to be logged in SQL Profiler.
  • Do not generate reports with a disabled schedule.
  • Resolves issue with estate pages failing to display after a failed request to get data.
  • Fixed regression to allow specifying multiple target addresses for SNMP notifications.

v11.1.2

Updated Mar 31, 2021

Features

  • Added Microsoft SQL Server Metrics to Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance overview page.
  • You can now edit SQL Server connection properties when adding an Azure SQL Managed Instance.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with long queries on server overview pages not being scrollable.
  • Fixed an issue with error logs and permissions failing to load for default named instances.
  • Fixed an issue with alerts in sub-groups not being displayed when the top-level groups are selected.
  • Fixed an issue with major version upgrades when base monitor and web frontend are installed separately.

v11.1.1

Updated Mar 25, 2021

Features

  • Microsoft SQL Server configuration options estate page: Added the ability to inspect SQL Server configuration options and visualize configuration variance across your monitored instances.
  • Accounts used to monitor SQL Server instances no longer require the db_ddladmin role for the sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats query.

Fixes

  • Fixes "Server configuration options" on server overview pages showing as blank until the zoom range is changed.
  • An issue that could cause an error accessing the Azure SQL Database overview page has been fixed.

v11.1.0

Updated Mar 18, 2021

Features

  • Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance monitoring support is now out of preview and is fully supported. Each monitored instance will now consume one license.
  • Global dashboard now has a better 'single pane of glass' view with the ability to group by the status of instance (based on alert severity). Additionally these sections are collapsible.
  • Affected SQL Instances list on machine unreachable alert made clickable to access respective server overview pages of the instances.
  • Added support for the "Deadlock (extended event)" alert on Azure Managed Instances.
  • SQL Monitor no longer supports "legacy" (pre-Chromium versions) of Microsoft Edge, now that Microsoft has dropped support for it.

Fixes

  • Updated the urijs package to 1.19.6 to address a reported vulnerability. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), but SQL Monitor's use of this library meant that it was not subject to the vulnerability.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the global dashboard to display an error when an alert was raised on an Azure Managed Instance added with the hostname,port format.
  • Fixed an issue in the PowerShell module where JSend responses from SQL Monitor were being incorrectly processed if the results of an API call were empty.
  • Fixed healthy status for Amazon RDS SQL Server instances in the global dashboard for unreachable instances.
  • An issue that could cause database file usage alerts to be incorrectly raised for databases with autogrowth enabled has been fixed.
  • The deadlock report tile can now be restricted by cluster node, using the "For:" picker on the report.
  • System databases excluded from stored procedure sampling as it was causing permission errors.
  • Fixed an issue with SQL Server error 40613 incorrectly being classified as an authorization error.
  • Fixed issue on disk usage estate page showing incorrect values when filters are changed rapidly.
  • Fixed an issue where an alert on a specific SQL Server instance inside a cluster could also appear on other cards for that cluster on the Global dashboard.