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Azure Database for MariaDB monitoring

  • Dynatrace Classic
  • How-to guide
  • 2-min read
  • Published Jun 25, 2020

On the Azure Database for MariaDB overview page you can see if you’re running out of CPU or facing a high I/O percentage, so you always know which queries need to be optimized.

Prerequisites

  • Dynatrace version 1.196+
  • Environment ActiveGate version 1.195+

Enable monitoring

To learn how to enable service monitoring, see Enable service monitoring.

Optionally, for OneAgent integration, see how database activity is monitored.

View service metrics

You can view the service metrics in your Dynatrace environment either on the custom device overview page or on your Dashboards page.

View metrics on the custom device overview page

To access the custom device overview page

  1. Go to Technologies Technologies & Processes Classic.
  2. Filter by service name and select the relevant custom device group.
  3. Once you select the custom device group, you're on the custom device group overview page.
  4. The custom device group overview page lists all instances (custom devices) belonging to the group. Select an instance to view the custom device overview page.

View metrics on your dashboard

If the service has a preset dashboard, you'll get a preset dashboard for the respective service containing all recommended metrics on your Dashboards page. You can look for specific dashboards by filtering by Preset and then by Name.

For existing monitored services, you might need to resave your credentials for the preset dashboard to appear on the Dashboards page. To resave your credentials, go to Settings > Cloud and virtualization > Azure, select the desired Azure instance, then select Save.

You can't make changes on a preset dashboard directly, but you can clone and edit it. To clone a dashboard, open the browse menu (…) and select Clone.
To remove a dashboard from the dashboards list, you can hide it. To hide a dashboard, open the browse menu (…) and select Hide.

Hiding a dashboard doesn't affect other users.

Clone hide azure
Clone hide azure
Mariadb dash
Mariadb dash

Set up a management zone

To import a dashboard for Azure Database for MariaDB, you need to set up a management zone to limit the entities displayed on the dashboard to those relevant to this service.

When you create a management zone for this dashboard:

  1. Create a rule that identifies services based on a common property:
    • Service type: Database
    • Technology: MariaDB
    • Service topology: Opaque service
  2. Add a condition for the database name to contain the mariadb string (case sensitive.)
Example
Azure management zone
Azure management zone

After you create the management zone, select it from your dashboard (Edit > Settings > Default management zone). For more information, see Dashboard timeframe and management zone.

Available metrics

NameDescriptionUnitRecommended

active_connections

Active connections

Count

Applicable

backup_storage_used

Backup storage used

Bytes

cpu_percent

CPU percent

Percent

Applicable

connections_failed

Failed connections

Count

Applicable

io_consumption_percent

IO percent

Percent

Applicable

memory_percent

Memory percent

Percent

Applicable

network_bytes_ingress

Network In across active connections

Bytes

Applicable

network_bytes_egress

Network Out across active connections

Bytes

Applicable

seconds_behind_master

Replication lag in seconds

Count

Applicable

serverlog_storage_limit

Server log storage limit

Bytes

serverlog_storage_percent

Server log storage percent

Percent

Applicable

serverlog_storage_usage

Server log storage used

Bytes

storage_limit

Storage limit

Bytes

storage_percent

Storage percent

Percent

Applicable

storage_used

Storage used

Bytes

Related tags
Infrastructure ObservabilityAzure