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Kontrollkit – new version is available for download!

Февраль 27th, 2010
Just a quick notice to let everyone know that there is a new version of Kontrollkit available. There are two new scripts included as well as some good updates to the my.cnf files. You can download the new version here: http://kontrollsoft.com/software-downloads kt-mysql-systemcheck – generates a report for point-in-time system status that is useful for troubleshooting MySQL [...]
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Kontrollbase – queries to update your max_connections alert

Февраль 26th, 2010
If you have been reading the Kontrollbase performance reports and noticed that one alert says your connection usage vs max connections ration is too high but then recommends you to decrease the max_connections variable, then you will find this fix handy. Its two simple queries that execute on the Kontrollbase schema to update the max_connections [...]
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Kontrollbase receives sponsorship from Network Redux

Февраль 24th, 2010
It is a pleasure to announce that Kontrollbase – the MySQL analytics and performance monitoring webapp for MySQL servers – has a new sponsor. Network Redux is located in Portland, Oregon and offers enterprise quality dedicated and managed hosting as well as cloud services. Thomas Brenneke contacted me to discuss his interest in utilizing the [...]
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Kontrollbase – scripts being rewritten in Python, request improvements now!

Февраль 4th, 2010
The time has come for major performance improvements to the reporter, stats-gather, alerter, and client scripts. This means that I will be rewriting the scripts in Python. A couple of reasons for this; to cut down on the number of modules that are required for the installation process (which also makes distributing the client script [...]
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Kontrollbase user’s group on Brijj.com

Февраль 2nd, 2010
We have a new users’s group on Brijj for anyone that wants to keep up to date with discussions and wants to increase their network profile on the site. Join now: http://www.brijj.com/group/kontrollbase-users
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Kontrollbase – a simple way to install module requirements

Февраль 2nd, 2010
I’ve been looking over the documentation lately and trying to find ways to improve the installation experience for new users. That said, I’ve written a short but useful description of the easiest way to install all of the Perl and PHP requirements for Kontrollbase. You can find it here: http://kontrollsoft.com/kontrollbase/userguide/installation-install_overview.php#simple – or in the Installation [...]
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Kontrollbase 2.0.1 revision 281 available for download

Январь 22nd, 2010
A new version of Kontrollbase – the enterprise monitoring, analytics, reporting, and historical analysis webapp for MySQL database administrators and advanced users of MySQL databases – is available for download. See the downloads page or run “svn update” to get your new version today. http://kontrollsoft.com/software-downloads
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Kontrollbase reporter XML Parser error has been fixed

Январь 22nd, 2010
If you have seen the following error on the Perf Report tab “Message: SimpleXMLElement::__construct()…” – it has been fixed in revision 281. This only affects alerts 11 and 12 so you might not run into it immediately. The solution is to either remove lines “586, 590, 639, 650″ from the bin/kontroll-reporter-5.0.x_linux-x86-2.0.1.pl file, or to run [...]
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Advanced analytics report added to Kontrollbase CLI-reporter

Январь 14th, 2010
It didn’t take long, but the advanced analytics reporting code has been added to the command line reporter version of Kontrollbase. Click here to see an example of the tuning and analytics report output (html format). Now you have all of the reporting features (minus the growth over time) features that are offered in the [...]
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Join the Kontrollbase Users group on LinkedIn

Январь 13th, 2010
We have a new users’s group on LinkedIn for anyone that wants to keep up to date with discussions and wants to increase their network profile on the site. Join now: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2655021
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