Monitoring

Zabbix – the Swiss Army knife of monitoring

In today’s data-driven economy, downtime isn’t just an IT headache; it’s a direct hit to your bottom line. As modern environments grow more complex, spanning hybrid clouds, edge devices, and massive enterprise clusters, Zabbix monitoring provides the single source of(…)

Observability vs Monitoring

As engineers, we’ve all built dashboards, tuned alerts, and fought noisy monitoring systems. Tools like Elastic, Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, or(…)

Monitoring MSSQL Database Files in Zabbix

Introduction Monitoring Microsoft SQL Server database files is an important part of infrastructure supervision.A database reaching its storage limit can rapidly lead to application outages, transaction failures, or even complete service interruptions. The Initial Problem In SQL Server, retrieving(…)

OGG-08502 Path not found error from OGG Receiver Service

Update: this bug seems to be corrected with the latest GoldenGate patch (23.26.2.0.1). If you face this error, try to patch your GoldenGate deployments. Recently, after a successful migration to GoldenGate 26ai, a customer complained that he was(…)

Install and configure OEM plug-in for GoldenGate

If you are licensed for the GoldenGate Management Pack, using the Enterprise Manager plug-in for GoldenGate improves monitoring and management of your deployments. And after migrating to the Microservices Architecture, you should definitely update your plug-in and rediscover all(…)

Monitoring GoldenGate certificates expiration

Your GoldenGate certificates should be granted by a trusted Certificate Authority, which normally handles the monitoring of certificates. However, if you don’t want your future you, or a colleague, to spend too much time debugging which certificate should be(…)

WebLogic 14 & Elastic Stack: From Metrics to Predictive Insights

Oracle WebLogic Server continues to be a backbone for enterprise Java applications. With version 14, it brings improved Java compatibility, stronger security defaults, and better clustering. But while the platform is robust, monitoring it effectively remains a challenge.

An introduction to Azure Database watcher

Azure Database watcher is a managed monitoring service designed to provide insights and diagnostics for Azure databases and Azure Managed Instance. It helps database administrators and developers track performance, detect anomalies and troubleshoot issues efficiently. By collecting telemetry data,(…)

Setting Up Prometheus and Grafana for a Patroni cluster

In today’s data-driven world, monitoring and visualizing the health and performance of your database clusters is a must. With tools like Prometheus and Grafana, you can gain valuable insights into your PostgreSQL Patroni setup, ensuring its smooth operation and(…)

Monitor Kubernetes with Zabbix

Zabbix might not be the first monitoring tool that comes in mind when you want to monitor a Kubernetes cluster (Did you say Prometheus? 🙂 ). Nevertheless, as an open-source project, Zabbix have affinities with others open-source projects.