Skills 101: Foglight - Getting up to Speed on New Database Platforms

This Skills 101 session explores how Foglight helps DBAs quickly get up to speed on unfamiliar database platforms by guiding them through adding new cartridges, applying licenses, configuring alarm templates, and understanding platform‑specific capabilities. Dennis O’Sullivan demonstrates how Foglight presents performance, workload, and configuration insights for MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Snowflake, and others, highlighting the differences in available dashboards and SQL PI features across engines. He shows how Foglight’s alarms and metrics help users interpret new environments, and how AI‑powered tools—AI Alarms and AI Optimize—translate complex issues into clear explanations and actionable tuning guidance, enabling teams to troubleshoot efficiently even on all platforms. Learn More