Documentation forSolarWinds Observability SaaS

DNS Zone metrics

Azure DNS provides DNS hosting, resolution, and load balancing for your applications using the Microsoft Azure infrastructure. Use the Azure Resource Manager to gather metrics for this resource, then ensure your cloud platform is configured in SolarWinds Observability SaaS to collect this resource type's data. See Add an Azure cloud account.

Depending on the subscription pricing tier of your Azure account or its resources, additional metrics may be available for this entity. To collect additional Azure metrics, select the premium pricing tier when configuring your Azure namespaces.

Many of the collected metrics from DNS Zone entities are displayed as widgets in SolarWinds Observability explorers; additional metrics may be collected and available in the Metrics Explorer. You can also create an alert for when an entity's metric value moves out of a specific range. See Entities in SolarWinds Observability SaaS for information about entity types in SolarWinds Observability SaaS.

The following table lists some of the metrics collected for these entities. To see the DNS Zone metrics in the Metrics Explorer, type azure.dnszone in the search box.

MetricUnitsDescription
sw.metrics.healthscorePercent (%)

Health score. A health score provides real-time insight into the overall health and performance of your monitored entities. The health score is calculated based on anomalies detected for the entity, alerts triggered for the entity's metrics, and the status of the entity. The health score is displayed as a single numerical value that ranges from a Good (70-100) to Moderate (40-69) to Bad (0-39) distinction.

To view the health score for DNS Zone entities in the Metrics Explorer, filter the sw.metrics.healthscore metric by entity_types and select azurednszone.

azure.dnszone.QueryVolumeCountNumber of queries served for a DNS zone.
azure.dnszone.RecordSetCapacityUtilizationPercent (%)Percent of Record Set capacity utilized by a DNS zone.
azure.dnszone.RecordSetCountCountNumber of Record Sets in a DNS zone.