Monitoring a Database Instance

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In Monitoring a Database Instance, you can monitor the key metrics of the database server, information details on active sessions, lock tree, PQ tree, and process information in real time. You can also see the alerts that could be problematic warnings. By default, the collected data for the last 10 minutes is retrieved in real time. Collected data is updated every 5 seconds.

Basic screen guide

Selecting the lookup time and target

By default, the collected data for the last 10 minutes is retrieved in real time. If you select values in Time and Instance, the collected data is automatically applied to the graph chart and Active sessions table.

• To view the past data, click the green button in Time and then select the desired lookup time. You can search data up to the last 3 weeks.

• To query a random date and time, select the button in Time. If you click the text range for date and time, the option appears to select the date and time. To search data in real time again, select .

• To search data from other agents, click Instance and then select a desired agent name.

Graph chart section

Default displays 16 metrics saved as presets as a graph chart widget. The horizontal axis of each widget is time, and the vertical axis is the metric number. To know the meaning of each metric, select next to the name or see the following.

• To change the position with another widget, select and drag the upper part of the widget. However, the size of the widget cannot be changed.

  

• When a specific time is selected in the widget, the real-time inquiry mode is stopped and the active sessions performed at the selected time zone appear in the Active sessions table. After that, a button that allows you to view the data every 5 seconds appears on the Active sessions table.

  

  Note

  • The selected time can be seen on the upper right of the Active sessions table.

  • In the Active sessions table list, the text colors are changed black → orange → Red, which means that the performance of the session is getting slower.

Active Sessions / Lock Tree / Process Info

You can search active sessions, lock trees, and processes information in real time. If you select a specific time of the chart in the widget, the real-time inquiry mode is stopped and the session performed at the selected time appears in the table. A time selection button appears above the table to search data in 5-second increments.

• Active sessions

  You can view the sessions running in real time. For more information, see the following.

• Lock tree

  You can see the lock session information, and holder and waiter information in real time. For more information about the table columns, see the following.

• Process Info

  You can query the resource usage of the database server in real time.

Note

• In the table list, the text colors are changed black → orange → Red, which means that the performance of the session is getting slower.

• The Process Info can be checked only when the XOS agent has been installed. For more information, see the following.

Selecting metrics

To add or replace the metric graph to the widget, select on the upper right of the widget. The Select a metric window appears. After completing the desired settings, select Save.

• Preview: You can preview the graph for the selected metric.

• Title: Enter the widget name.

• It displays the metrics displayed on the chart of the selected widget. You can select up to 4 metrics.

  Note

  When you select on the right of a metric, the Event Configuration New menu appears, where you can configure the alerts based on the metric.

• Recommendation Metrics / All Metrics: If you select Recommendation Metrics, the list of frequently viewed metrics in Database Monitoring appears. The metrics displayed in the list can be changed or added in the widget.

• In the area, you can see the trend of metrics in a graph and add or change any widget. By selecting a desired tab, you can narrow down the list of metrics according to the category.

Adding metrics

Multiple metrics can be added in a widget. You can add up to four metrics.

1. Select on the upper right of the widget to add the metrics in.

2. If the Metric Select window appears, in the metrics list or graph list, select on the right of the metric to add.

3. To add more metrics, repeat the step 2.

4. To easily identify the widget, change the Title.

5. Select Save on the lower right of the screen.

Charts are generated as many times added to the widget to which metrics are added. If you select next to the widget name, you can see the name and description of the added metric. You can also check the figure through a tooltip by hovering your mouse over the chart.

Note

The tooltip of the button is not supported in multiple languages.

Changing a metric

You can change a metric in the widget to another.

1. Select on the upper right of the widget to change the metrics.

2. If the Metric Select window appears, select a metric to change in the area.

3. In the metrics list or graph list, select a desired metric.

4. In the area, check that the name of the selected metric has been changed.

5. Select Save on the lower right of the screen.

Deleting a metric

You can delete unnecessary metrics while multiple metrics have been set in the widget.

1. On the upper right of the widget to delete metrics from, select .

2. If the Metric Select window appears, select on the right of the metric to delete from the area.

3. Select Save on the lower right of the screen.

Note

At least one metric must be selected for a widget. You cannot delete all metrics in a widget.

Preset

You can save and recall user-defined widget settings and active session table arrangements as presets. The Default preset cannot be modified.

Save Preset

1. Add or modify the widget metrics.

2. On the upper right of the screen, select .

3. In Save preset, change the name and then select Save.

In the Preset list, select a saved item to fetch the settings.

Note

• The Default preset cannot be modified.

• You can create custom presets up to 5. Including the modified metric graph, the column order, column width, and filter application content of the active sessions are also applied.

Deleting presets

If you select Preset on the upper right of the screen, the preset list appears. Select on the right of the preset to delete.

Using the active session section

Through Active sessions at the bottom of the screen, you can see the real-time active sessions. The following provides the guide for the button on the upper right of the table.

• : Using the column header entries in the table, the list can be filtered.

• : The list of tables is refreshed.

• : The column header entries in the table can be displayed or hidden.

• : You can download the content of the table as a CSV file.

• : A new window appears to see the list on a wider screen.

Zooming in the graph chart section

If the current screen is small and difficult to check the widgets, you can see the graph chart widget on a wider screen. Select at the bottom of the Active sessions section. The Active sessions section is collapsed and the graph chart widget section is expanded.

To zoom out the graph chart widget, select at the bottom of the Active sessions section.

Setting the table columns

You can hide the table header columns or add any of them. You can also change the column order. Select .

Note

• After configuration, select Confirm to apply the settings in the table.

• In the search bar, enter text to search the desired columns. Only the columns that meet the entered text are displayed.

• Images may differ depending on the product, project, or menu.

Adding columns

From the list, select the items to add as table header columns. To select all items, select Select All.

Deleting columns

From the list, unselect the columns to delete. Alternatively, select on the right of the item to delete from the list.

Changing the column order

Drag an item to reposition from the list, and then move it to the desired position.

Initializing the configuration

To cancel all changes and reset them, select Initialized.

Filtering the table data

1. Select on the upper right of the table.

2. Select a column header and a condition in the table.

3. Enter a desired value in the Enter conditions field.

4. Select Save.

Column information guide

Active session

The following lists the columns in the table displayed for the Active sessions section. The data is collected using the currentOp.

Item	Description
opid	Unique identifier of the operation
type	If the value is op, the operation type can be viewed in the op field.
host	Server name
desc	Description of the client including connectionId
active	If the operation starts, the value is true and if it is idle, the value is false.
currentOpTime	Start time of the operation
op	operation type (none, update, insert, query, command, getmore, remove, etc.)
ns	The name of the namespace appears with Database or Collection.
numYields	Number of executed operations
waitingForLock	If the operation is waiting for lock, the value is true and if it has acquired lock, the value is false.
waitingForFlowControl	If the operation is waiting for flowcontrol, the value is true.

Lock tree

Item	Description
holder type	Type of the holder session (transaction ID, tuple, etc.)
lock mode	holder_mode (exclusive lock, shared lock, etc.)
waiter type	Type of the waiter session (transaction ID, tuple, etc.)
lock request	waiter_mode (exclusive lock, shared lock, etc.)

Process information

The following items are the metrics collected if the XOS agent has been installed.

Item	Description
cputime	CPU usage time
cpuusage	CPU Utilization
elapse	Elapsed time of CPU usage
vsize	Virtual memory size (Kb)
rss	Resident Set Size (RSS) that is the number of physical pages associated with the process.
state	Process status
ioread	Actual time spent reading the block (milliseconds)
iowrite	Actual time spent writing the block (milliseconds)
pss	Process specific memory usage + Percentage of shared memory occupied by one process
uid	user id
cmd	Executing command
longcmd	Full path of cmd