CloudWatch

Learn how to monitor your Oracle Database@AWS resources using AWS CloudWatch.

Access Monitoring Services

Learn how to access monitoring services from the AWS console.

Complete the following steps:

  1. Follow the steps to Access the Resource List. For more information, see Access the Resource List.
    Note

    Monitoring is only available for Exadata VM cluster resources.
  2. Access the specifics of that resource by selecting the link in the Name field in the table.
    Note

    Monitoring is only available for resources in the Available status.
  3. In the Summary for that resource, select the Monitoring tab.
Note

AWS and OCI use different metrics aggregation methods. AWS uses the last nearest time unit (for more information, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch_concepts.html). OCI uses the next nearest time unit (for more information, see the documentation).

Metrics

Oracle Database@AWS provides a mechanism within Amazon Web Services (AWS) to monitor Exadata Database Services and Autonomous Database on Dedicated Infrastructure metrics.

Amazon CloudWatch collects raw data and processes it into readable metrics. These metrics are retained for 15 months which allows you to access historical information and obtain a better perspective on how your applications or resources are performing.

You can set alarms to watch for specific thresholds and configure notifications or automated actions when those threshold are met. For more information, see What is Amazon CloudWatch?.

Complete the following steps to monitor metrics:

  1. Form the AWS console, select CloudWatch.
  2. Expand the Metrics section and select the All metrics link.
  3. From All metrics page, you can create alarms , view logs and events and create a default dashboard. Select the Multi source query tab, and then select AWS/ODB as Namespace.
  4. The Metric name field provides a metric name with aggregate function. Select your Aggregate function and Metrics name based on your requirements. For more information, see Statistics.
  5. You can select dimensions and Filter by selected dimensions. If you want to clear filters, select the Clear filters button.
  6. You can group your dimensions by selecting Group by dimensions.
  7. Select an ordering criteria for the Order by field to order your metrics.
    Note

    By default, metrics are shown in ascending order
  8. Select the Graph query button to monitor metrics and insights.
Note

AWS and OCI use different metrics aggregation methods. For more information, see Metrics concepts.