SQL Diagnostic Manager provides the following new features and fixed issues.
10.6 New Features
- SQL Diagnostic Manager 10.6 has a new and improved user interface:
- Improved workflow, easing navigation in the desktop Client console.
- Expandable Servers sidebar, allowing users to have a larger screen space.
- Dock and undock user interface components to optimize usage in multi-monitor environments .
- Search bar eases the search of monitored instances in large scale deployments.
- Searchable drop-down instance name navigation without changing drill-down.
- History Range control is now available for historical or real-time analysis.
- Advanced sessions filter by application adds to powerful analysis options including drag-and drop “Group By” options.
- SQL Diagnostic Manager allows you to access Azure Monitor Counters for Custom collection
10.6 Fixed Issues
Alerts
SQLDM-20300 SQL Diagnostic Manager now correctly alerts about DB data files sizing.
SQLDM-30312 SQLDM now correctly triggers and notifies alerts for the Session CPU Time alert.
SQLDM-30859 The Databases category metrics now correctly raise alerts and send email notifications.
Alert Filters
SQLDM-28237 The Longest Running Version Store Transaction (minutes) alert filter is working as expected and the email notification includes the stored comment in the alert.
SQLDM-28711 The % wildcard for 'users' is now allowed by the Exclusion filter for the Session Tempdb Space Usage (MB).
SQLDM-30139 The Alert Suppression configuration is no longer causing an incorrect status of the monitored instance.
SQLDM-30392 The Databases Exclusion configuration in the Advanced Alert filter is working as expected.
Availability Groups
SQLDM-30197 SQLDM now discovers preferred replica information from Availability Group settings.
Custom Counters
SQLDM-29410 The issue with Customer Counter collection when a monitored instance is in maintenance mode has been resolved.
SQLDM-29697 Custom Counters are now correctly shown in the "Alert Configuration" window after the instance is linked to it.
SQLDM-29907 The Custom Counters from a monitored instance can now be removed all in one using Server Properties.
Databases
SQLDM-23252 The installation script for the Model database sizing is now working correctly
SQLDM-28800 The Database Analysis is now reporting the correct schema.
Desktop Client
SQLDM-29209 The new added panels to SQLDM Desktop Client are displaying correct values when loading data from the repository.
Disk Drives
SQLDM-29109 The Disks Drives on a newly registered server are now correctly discoverable using OLE automation or WMI.
Extended Events
SQLDM-30011 SQLDM now correctly collects query data through Extended Events.
General
SQLDM-19742 SQLDM is displaying the SQL Server service pack information correctly.
SQLDM-29182 SQL Diagnostic Manager now correctly notifies by email, the login failures.
SQLDM-29403 SQL Diagnostic Manager now correctly reports the correct Cumulative Updates for the monitored instances.
SQLDM-29408 SQLDM installation is now completing successfully when the service account credentials contains special characters.
SQLDM-30628 SQLDM now correctly identifies the SQL Server version of the monitored instances.
Graphs
SQLDM-30480 SQL Diagnostic Manager now correctly displays baselines in the graphs.
IDERA Dashboard
SQLDM-29130 The widgets in the IDERA Dashboard are rendering properly after selecting an identifier for a custom dashboard.
SQLDM-29212 The Instance Status widget in the IDERA Dashboard is now correctly filtering non-active instances.
SQLDM-30260 The IDERA Dashboard login information is now correctly encrypted.
SQLDM-30350 The IDERA Dashboard is no longer displaying any exceptions when checking monitored instances in DM.
SQLDM-30243 The Server Properties now correctly displays the server data in the IDERA Dashboard interface.
SQLDM-30499 The Overview tab in the web console is no longer displaying an exception when clicking the summary under the Active Alerts widget.
Maintenance Mode
SQLDM-28446 The Servers now correctly follow the Maintenance Mode schedule.
Metrics
SQLDM-5463 The "Mirroring Unsent Log" metric now triggers the Critical alert at a higher threshold value.
SQLDM-29069 The metric graph Disk busy per disk located under the Disk option in the Resources tab is now correctly loading.
Query Monitor
SQLDM-28829 "QueryMonitorCollectQueryPlan" and "QueryMonitorCollectEstimatedQueryPlan" flags in dba.MonitoredSQL Server are no longer setting to 1 when adding instances with the Query Monitor enabled.
SQLDM-30397 SQLDM now correctly creates historical snapshots when Query Monitor is enabled and configured to use Query Store.
SQLDM-30464 The TempDB contention which caused blocking sessions when the Query Monitor is enabled, has been resolved.
Reports
SQLDM-28219 The 'Disk Space Usage Forecast' report now correctly exports to PDF.
SQLDM-29155 The Alert History report is now displaying all the historical alerts of the specified period of time.
SQLDM-29401 The Detailed Session Report is now displaying all the expected data based on its configuration.
SQLDM-30037 The displayed blockings in the reports and in the graphs are now correctly synced.
Resources
SQLDM-28108 The Free Disk column under the Disk Size option of the Resources tab now correctly sorts numerically.
SCOM
SQLDM-29458 The SCOM integration after upgrading SQL Diagnostic Manager now works as expected.
Services
SQLDM-29428 The reported crashes of the SQLdm Management Service caused by configurations in certain Alert Response conditions, are no longer occurring.
Sessions
SQLDM-23196 The Session monitor now correctly displays the Job name along with the Job ID.
SQL Server Agent
SQLDM-28607 When the SQL Server Agent Job Failure alert raises, the Details description no longer exposes sensitive information.
SQLDM-29211 The Advanced Filters for the SQL Server Agent Job Completion metric are no longer case sensitive.