Problem We need a way to collect performance metrics for all our SQL Servers (Windows and Linux) into one system and display that information in a way our DBAs can read it. Also, we would like to keep the cost down. I know this blog looks really long and may
Problem As good DBAs, we sometimes have the need to monitor stats or just want to be nice to our system admins and share our new shiny toys and watch Windows using the same tools as SQL Server. Install and Configure Telegraf for on Windows The solution for this is fairly simple
Problem I’ve noticed on demo machines that sometimes Telegraf doesn’t start on the first try, and this seems to not happen on most of my production servers, but they have a lot more memory and CPU power. So I figured I would write a quick blog post and provide a
Problem If you been reading this series you are used to looking at Windows and SQL Server but who knows what InfluxDB is and what to look at there especially if installed it on Linux. Lucky for us there is a dashboard to use to watch InfluxDB as well so
I often get emails asking the same time of questions about the setup of Telegraf for SQL Server and Windows while people are trying to set it up. Hopefully, this blog post will help answer most people’s questions and help them troubleshoot the setup. First, if you have a problem