Documentation forServer & Application Monitor
Monitoring your applications and environment is a key capability of Hybrid Cloud Observability and is also available in a standalone module, Server & Application Monitor (SAM). Hybrid Cloud Observability and SAM are built on the self-hosted SolarWinds Platform.

Microsoft Azure SQL Server Database

This SAM application monitor template contains metrics for monitoring a SQL Server Database. Some counters may require manual configuration, such as setting up installation-specific instances or correcting thresholds for your environment.

Microsoft AzureRM was deprecated on February 29, 2024. To use the Az module templates, uninstall the AzureRM module and install the Az module. To install the Azure Az module, refer to: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/install-az-ps?view=azps-7.1.0.

Passwords for legacy Microsoft Azure application monitor templates and related application monitors are stored as plain text in the SolarWinds Platform database. SolarWinds recommends switching to Microsoft Azure API poller templates that leverage OAuth 2.0 authorization.”

Prerequisites

  • PowerShell modules (Az, Az.Accounts, Az.Resources) installed

  • Parameters for connecting to your Azure account

    • Subscription ID

    • Application ID

    • Tenant ID

    • Secret Key

  • Any Azure App (with its name and ID) having minimum role as Read Only

  • SQL Server Database name for which metrics are being calculated

  • PowerShell 5.1 or later

Credentials

  • Windows Administrator privileges on the target system
  • Login credential to access the Azure Portal, passed as script arguments per prerequisites (<SubscriptionID>, <TenantID>, <ApplicationID>, value=<Secret Key>, <SQL Server Database Name>).
  • Optional parameters can be passed to script argument:
    • Time interval for which data has to be fetched (in hours).
    • Number of retries as the second last argument; the default is 3 times.
    • WaitTime as the last argument; the default is 0.5 seconds.

Notes

Component monitors

Blocked Connections

This metric provides the average number of firewall blocked connections established for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the Polling Frequency.

Unit: Count

Failed Connections

This monitor provides the average number of failed connections established for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the Polling Frequency.

Unit: Count

Successful Connections

This metric provides the average number of successful connections established for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the Polling Frequency.

Unit: Count

Deadlocks

This metric provides the average number of deadlocks established for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the Polling Frequency.

Unit: Count

Database throughput units (DTU) Limit

This metric provides the average database throughput limit in units for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the Polling Frequency.

Unit: Count

Database throughput units (DTU) used

This metric provides the average database throughput units used for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Count

Sessions percentage

This metric provides the average percentage of available sessions used for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Percent

Database size percentage

This metric provides the average percentage of storage used for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Percent

Total database size

This metric provides the average for the total database size for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Bytes

Workers percentage

This metric provides the average percentage of available workers used for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Percent

Average CPU utilization

This metric provides the average percent CPU used for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Percent

Average IO utilization

This metric provides the average percentage of data IO used for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Percent

Average log utilization

This metric provides the average percentage of log IO used for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Percent

In-Memory OLTP storage percent

This monitor provides the average In-Memory OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) storage percent for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Percent

Database throughput unit (DTU) percentage

This metric provides the average percentage of database throughput units used for the given SQL database during the time period specified as the polling frequency.

Unit: Percent