Azure SQL Managed Instance monitoring

On the Azure SQL Managed Instance overview page you get insights into various aspects of database performance, including CPU usage, virtual core count, storage space, IO bytes sent/received, and much more.

Prerequisites

Dynatrace version 1.196+
Environment ActiveGate version 1.195+

Enable monitoring

To enable monitoring for Azure SQL Managed Instance, you first need to set up integration with Azure Monitor.
Optionally, for OneAgent integration, see how database activity is monitored.

Add the service to monitoring

In order to view the service metrics, you must add the service to monitoring in your Dynatrace environment.

To add a service to monitoring

Go to Settings > Cloud and virtualization and select Azure.
On the Azure overview page, scroll down and select the desired instance. Select the Edit button.
Scroll down, select Manage services and Add service. Choose the service name from the list and select Add service.
Select Save changes.

Monitor resources based on tags

You can choose to monitor resources based on existing Azure tags, as Dynatrace automatically imports them from service instances.

To monitor resources based on tags

Go to Settings > Cloud and virtualization > Azure and select the Azure instance.
For Resource monitoring method, select Monitor resources based on tags.
Enter the Key and Value.
Select Save.

Note: To import the Azure tags automatically into Dynatrace, enable Capture Azure tags automatically.

Configure service metrics

Once you add a service, Dynatrace starts automatically collecting a suite of metrics for this particular service. These are recommended metrics.

Recommended metrics:

Are enabled by default
Can't be disabled
Can have recommended dimensions (enabled by default, can't be disabled)
Can have optional dimensions (disabled by default, can be enabled).

Apart from the recommended metrics, most services have the possibility of enabling optional metrics.

Optional metrics:

Can be added and configured manually

To add and configure metrics

Go to Settings > Cloud and virtualization and select Azure.
On the Azure overview page, scroll down and select the desired Azure instance. Select the Edit button.
Scroll down to the Supporting services section and select Manage services.
To add a metric, select the service for which you want to add metrics.
Select Add metric.
From the menu, select the metric you want.
Select Add metric to add the metric to monitoring.
To configure a metric, select the Edit button associated with it.
Select Apply to save your configuration.

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

Go to Technologies on the Dynatrace navigation menu.
Filter by service name and select the relevant custom device group.
Once you select the custom device group, you're on the custom device group overview page.

Example of custom device group overview page azure-cdg 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.

Example of custom device overview page azure-cd

View metrics on your dashboard

Once you add a service to monitoring, a preset dashboard for the respective service containing all recommended metrics is automatically created on your Dashboards page. You can look for specific dashboards by filtering by Preset and then by Name. azure-presets

Note: 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.
Note: Hiding a dashboard doesn't affect other users.
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Available metrics

Name	Description	Unit	Recommended
avg_cpu_percent	Average CPU percentage	Percent	✔️
io_bytes_read	IO bytes read	Bytes	✔️
io_bytes_written	IO bytes written	Bytes	✔️
io_requests	IO requests count	Count	✔️
reserved_storage_mb	Storage space reserved	Count	✔️
storage_space_used_mb	Storage space used	Count	✔️
virtual_core_count	Virtual core count	Count	✔️