SQL Diagnostic Manager provides the following new features and fixed issues.

12.3 New Features

SQL Diagnostic Manager presents the following features and enhancements:

12.3 Fixed Issues

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.