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Idera SQL Boost 2.9 is here!
I am pleased to announce the availability of SQL Boost 2.9 (formerly known as SQL Traffic Accelerator)! This release is about more than just a...
Holiday Time Resources
Have a little free time over the holidays while providing coverage for work, or like to brush up on technical information? In addition to the many...
SQL Diagnostic Manager 9.0 Beta
We are pleased to announce that SQL Diagnostic Manager 9.0 will soon be available for beta testing. Please note that this will be pre-release code...
SQL Safe and AlwaysOn Availability Groups
With the release of version 7.4 in August, SQL Safe added AlwaysOn Availability Group support by taking into account the preferred replica when...
Altering wait categories in SQL Diagnostic Manager
SQL Diagnostic Manager ships with built-in categorization of wait types which are encountered in monitoring. These categories are used on both the...
Did you choose to be a DBA?
We have had this survey question and a few others on the community for a few months and thought we would share some of the results. This was a brief...
SQL Admin Toolset 1.8 Released
We’re happy to announce that SQL Admin Toolset 1.8 has been released. This version adds full support for SQL Server 2014 for all tools in the...
Auditing is More Than a Way to Get the Security Team Off Your Back
As a DBA, you probably look at auditing tools as a something forced upon you by the security officer. You are asked to provide continuous auditing...
The New Idera SQL Enterprise Job Manager is Here!
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Idera’s new SQL Enterprise Job Manager 1.0. To download a free trial version, please visit...
Changing the Max Concurrent Service Connections for SQL Diagnostic Manager
SQL Diagnostic Manager automatically limits the number of connections that a collection service may make to an individual monitored server. This...
What Policy Guidelines are Required for your SQL Environment?
As adherence to regulations continues to be pressed upon organizations by industry and government regulators, the ability of the organizations to...
SQL Diagnostic Manager 8.6 General Availability
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Diagnostic Manager 8.6. Existing users may upgrade to this version through the Idera...
Is it possible to upgrade a Precise Windows FocalPoint server from Windows 32-bit to Windows 64-bit?
Upgrading a Precise Windows FocalPoint server from 32-bit to 64-bit is not supported. Prior to the upgrade, all Precise Software must be...
PowerShell Plus 5.0 is now available!
We are pleased to announce PowerShell Plus 5.0 is now available for download, the most interactive PowerShell development environment (IDE) for...
SQL Traffic Accelerator as a DB performance tool
We get questions from time to time from folks asking what SQL Traffic Accelerator does for DBAs since it sounds like a network monitoring tool....
Diagnostic Manager 8.6 Beta
We are pleased to announce that SQL Diagnostic Manager 8.6 will soon be available for beta testing. Please note that this is pre-release code and...
Why does Precise categorize RMAN backups as "other wait"?
Why does Precise categorize RMAN backups as “other wait”? By design, Precise categorizes the RMAN event activity as “other...
Why does Precise for Oracle require the shared memory information through the OS ipcs command?
When the collector starts it connects to the Oracle SGA. In order to connect to the SGA, Precise for Oracle uses the Shared Memory information...
How does vCenter display ESX hosts which have other Precise agents installed?
Within the Precise UI, the Infrastructure tab, which displays the vCenter information, is designed to be displayed per Application. That is as...
SQL diagnostic manager Secrets: When is a report more than a report?
SQL diagnostic manager provides many different views of the data it collects. This lets you explore all available data when diagnosing tricky...
What Are SQL Elements Health Checks?
I have recently received a number of questions regarding Health Checks in SQL Elements, what are they, how often do they run, and what do I do with...
New Free Tool – SQL Update Statistics is available now!
Table statistics maintenance is an important part of overall SQL Server administration. DBAs understand a common cause of query performance problems...
SQL Safe 7.4 is now available
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Safe 7.4. Existing users may upgrade to this version through the Idera Customer Portal....