SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server

24x7 SQL performance monitoring, alerting and diagnostics.

Published by IDERA
Distributed by ComponentSource since 2013

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SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server v12.0

Released: Oct 4, 2022

Updates in SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server v12.0

Features

  • SQL Diagnostic Manager now performs 'Scale-out Architecture', including the following features:
    • Multiple DM Installations in a single DM Console.
    • Targeting +2000 instances over four DM Installations.
    • Full Administrative support for DMSO Cluster Environments.
  • Added connectivity and work-ability across untrusted domains using an alternative Microsoft Windows collection account.
  • Added support for upgrades from existing installations.

Fixes

  • Reports
    • When the Deadlock report is generated, SQL Diagnostic Manager sends the email with the correct data.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager added a synchronization state column to the Availability Group Topology report.
    • The Deadlock report includes all the collected data.
    • Custom Counters reports are now exported successfully.
    • The Availability Group Statistics report works as expected. The report is generated within the expected time.
    • The Deadlock report lists all the deadlocks and no deadlock is repeated.
    • The Add Custom report wizard's UI works as expected.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now successfully collects data for the Database Growth Forecast report.
    • In the Overview Dashboard, the Lock Waits report correctly displays data for all the instances.
  • Alerts
    • Database Full (Percent) alert is working as expected, it is not displaying false data.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now successfully saves the Where metric severity has changed condition when it is checked or unchecked.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager correctly monitors the servers and SQLDM Management service memory consumption is as expected.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now correctly generates the OS Privileged CPU and User CPU Usage alerts.
    • The Filegroup Space Full (percent) and Log Full (percent) alerts are working as expected when the database is set to 'no autogrowth' and the alerts configuration is set to 'Yes, alert con the currently used size divided by the maximum possible size'.
    • The Blocking Session Wait Time (seconds) alert is working as expected. The date and time displayed are equal to the deadlock creation time.
    • The All Servers Thumbnail view works as expected when a server alert triggers a status change.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now takes primary nodes instances to generate the Days since last backup alert, avoiding false alerts.
    • The Session CPU Time(seconds) alert raises for on-premise instances.
    • When a job exceeds the time limit, the SQL Server Agent Long Running Job (Percent) alert raises. If the job is stopped, completed, or canceled the alert is deactivated.
    • The Filegroup Space Full (percent) and the Log full (percent) alerts work as expected.
    • Days since last backup alert works as expected on secondary replicas (AlwaysOn) instances.
    • The Availability Group Estimated Data Loss (Seconds) triggers a critical alert after the Suppression Time alert and a warning alert before the Suppression time alert.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager gets Baseline alerts successfully.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager successfully notifies alerts for failed SQL Jobs by sending an email.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager 11.1.6 now triggers the correct Days since last backup alerts.
    • The File Group Space Full (Percentage) alert correctly reports within the expected parameters.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now correctly triggers the Days since last backup alert for secondary replicas.
  • General
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now correctly detects the drives with WMI and OLE automation for added local instances.
    • Desktop Console view keeps custom views changes after adding servers.
    • SQL DM Repository does not use Deprecated Data Types anymore when SQL Server 2019 hosts it.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager successfully refreshes data of the selected server, keeping the original server name.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager allows selecting more than one-month of data across servers.
    • Users' permissions are now working as expected. Users with view access permissions cannot access all options in SQL Diagnostic Manager.
    • The History Browser Range is properly populated according to the selected time range.
    • When adding a new server, the Advanced Encryption Options section shows the correct options to encrypt connections.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager server type remains unchanged after adding or updating the server.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager is no longer displaying the "Reading default instances failed:System.InvalidCastException" error when saving historical snapshots.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now saves the configuration for the newly added Baseline.
    • When SQL Diagnostic Manager installation completes successfully, the Installshield Logs are deleted.
    • SQL DM is no longer raising unhandled exceptions when adding a server (Azure, Amazon, Windows).
    • SQL DM now allows special characters for usernames or passwords.
    • The grooming is no longer filling the transaction log.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now installs the correct Native Client 2012 version.
    • SQL DM supports 4K resolution by successfully scaling and displaying screens, icons, and text.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager is no longer prompting unhandled exceptions when launching.
    • Password values are masked in the 'SQLDMMasterInstaller.log'.
    • After installing SQL Diagnostic Manager, the Connect to SQLDM Repository dialog pops up successfully to specify the location of your repository.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager shows the correct supported version on the Server Wizard.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager opens the properties window for unreachable instances in the expected time frame.
  • Database
    • The refreshing time for the Database Summary and Availability Groups is shorter than before.
    • The LastDatabaseCollectionTime database is successfully populated in the repository as well as in the console application with an offline database.
    • The SQL Databases summary shows the right values for the Compatibility level column.
  • DM Console
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager shortened the loading times in the Queries view and you can properly navigate between tabs in DM console.
    • SQL Diagnostic manager now works as expected when navigating across different instances tabs.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager Console only installer checks for the right .NET Framework.
    • SQL DM is no longer showing a refresh error when navigating to the Files Tab under the Database tab.
    • SQL DM is no longer showing a refresh error when navigating to the Disk Size Tab under the Resources tab.
    • SQL DM is no longer displaying a refresh error when navigating to the TempDB Summary Tab under the Databases tab.
    • After a closeout, SQL Diagnostic Manager keeps the servers added to the new custom views created in "My views".
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager Console works as expected when the Server View Refresh is set at 30 seconds for large environments.
  • Disks
    • Tempdb disks work as expected. They save the drive information of the monitored instance. Besides, the hostname name returns the server name on which the query runs.
  • Table
    • Disabling Collection of Replication Statistics feature is now working correctly.
    • The ServerActivity table is no longer growing unexpectedly large.
    • SQL DM now successfully generates the reports and alerts for the fragmentation table.
  • Analysis
    • The Analyze tab is working as expected.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager shows recommendations correctly when monitoring Azure SQLDB.
    • SQL DM is no longer having issues when a SQL server account is created by SQL dm Recommended Permissions on-premises script avoiding raising Probe Permission Violation warnings and collecting OS data.
    • The prescriptive analysis performs as expected for scheduled jobs.
  • Services
    • SQLdmManagementService.exe successfully runs after upgrading SQL Diagnostic Manager.
    • The SQLdmCollectionService log now shows the expected logging information.
    • SQLdm Management service now successfully updates the repository.
  • IDERA Dashboard
    • The IDERA Dashboard performance was improved and is working as expected.
  • High Availability Groups
    • The High Availability Groups successfully collect replication metrics, showing them in the Replication tab of the Server's Services view.
    • Days since last backup alert works as expected on secondary replica (always on) instances.
    • Monitored AlwaysOn servers are successfully contacted, making the AlwaysOn Listener - DB accessible.
    • Availability Group snapshots displays without any error message.
  • Upgrade
    • The Aggregate Data SQLdmRepository works as expected after upgrading SQLDM to 10.4.2.20.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now works as expected when upgrading to the latest version with SQL server 2005 instances.
    • After upgrading to SQL DM 11.1.6, SQLDM shows correctly the main views ensuring its proper functioning.
  • Graphs
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now correctly displays the graphics from the Dashboard view.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now displays the graph text fully, graphs have a gradient, and all databases are listed under the databases dropdown.
    • The overview tab now correctly displays the transactions per second graph.
  • DBaaS
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager disables some metrics that Azure SQL DBaaS Template cannot monitor.
    • The Dashboard of the Overview tab for Azure-managed instances now displays the network widget.
    • Query Monitor works as expected. It collects no data for Azure SQL Instances when it is not enabled.
    • SQLDM now allows reconfiguring instances from Windows to AzureDB.
    • The Analysis Configuration view is available for RDS instances.
    • Query Monitor successfully collects data on Azure SQL MI servers.
    • The BDaaS Metric Category has two new subcategories for Amazon RDS and Azure DB.
    • SQL Diagnostic manager now adds SQL Azure DBaaS instances and successfully refreshes its servers' alerts.
    • SQL DM Console successfully traces sessions on monitored Azure Managed Instances.
  • Metrics
    • The correct value of the OS memory usage metric now displays in the dashboard graph and in the alert configuration.
    • The Filegroup Space Full(Percent) metric is no longer displaying false data.
    • The SQL Server services metric status now works as expected with suppression value.
    • The Advanced Options window behaves as expected with all metrics.
    • The SQL Server CPU Usage (Percent) metric now reports within the expected values.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now successfully saves the threshold values for the Oldest Open Transaction (minutes) metric.
  • Alert Response
    • By default, the Days since last backup metric is deselected in the alert configuration popup for cloud servers.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now successfully triggers an Alert Response when all the custom counters are Critical.
  • Queries
    • Query Details are displayed by clicking the globe icon on Statement Mode and Signature Mode.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now includes two options to collect session data for SQL Server: Collect extended data from session details and Collect extended data from locks and blocks.
    • The Queries tab gets data loaded faster than before.
    • The Queries view loads faster and work as expected.
  • Query Waits
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager is loading correctly when Query Waits uses Extended Events.
  • Replication
    • SQLDM allows monitoring Services from the Replication tab.
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager now displays the correct Replication Topology data.
  • Template
    • SQL Diagnostic Manager works as expected while attempting to apply a template to a monitored instance.
    • By default, SQL DM automatically selects a template in the Add Servers Wizard.
  • History Browser
    • The History Browser Range is properly populated according to the selected time range.
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