Foglight for Sybase 5.7.5.40 - User and Reference Guide

MDA Instance Metrics

MDA Instance Metrics

 

Table 3. MDA Instance Metrics

Name	Description
DB Type	Type of database.
Version	The Sybase version being monitored. You can expand the version detail by clicking on or hovering on any version number.
Up Since	The date and time that the Sybase agent was last restarted.
Eng. Summary
Last Sample Time	The last date (month/day/year) and time (hour:minute, AM/PM) that data was sampled.
Sample Period	The frequency (in seconds) of data sampling.
Sybase Error Log
The number of Sybase errors. This field displays color-coded real-time behavior for severity. You can drill down by clicking on the device symbol. A popup appears showing a detailed list of the errors.

MDA Alarms

MDA Alarms

 

Table 4. MDA Alarms

Name	Description
Agent Status	When the agent instance is running, the following status message appears: • Collecting Data When the agent instance is running but not collecting data, one of the following status messages appear: • Starting • Stopped • Stopping • Running but not collecting data (initiated by clicking • Unknown
Host	The number of fatal, critical, and warning alarms for this host. You can drill down to the detailed alarm list.
Agent	The number of fatal, critical, and warning alarms for this database agent. You can drill down to the detailed alarm list.

MDA Processes Metrics

MDA Processes Metrics

 

Table 5. MDA Processes Metrics

Name	Description
Connections in Use	The number of client application connections currently in use. You can drill down by clicking on the device symbol. A popup appears showing the number of current connections in use plotted over time. It provides further drill downs to: • Top Activity Drilldown—a Top Activity Dashboard appears. • Edit Threshold—a Manage Thresholds Dashboard appears.
Connection Usage	The percentage of total available connections currently in use. You can drill down by clicking on the number. A popup appears showing the percentage of connections that are available, plotted over time. It provides further drill downs to: • Top Activity Drilldown—a Top Activity Dashboard appears. • Edit Threshold—a Manage Thresholds Dashboard appears.
Active Processes	The number of active client application connections. You can drill down by clicking on the device symbol. A popup appears showing the active connections plotted over time. It provides further drill downs to: • Top Activity Drilldown—a Top Activity Dashboard appears. • Edit Threshold—a Manage Thresholds Dashboard appears.
Active Processes Percent	The percentage of total available processes currently in use. This field displays color-coded real-time behavior for severity. You can drill down by clicking on the number. A popup appears showing the percentage of processes that are active, plotted over time. It provides further drill downs to: • Top Activity Drilldown—a Top Activity Dashboard appears. • Edit Threshold—a Manage Thresholds Dashboard appears.
Locks
Last Probe Requested	The number of the last probe requested. This field displays color-coded real-time behavior for severity.
Average Locks Wait (sec)	The average amount of time spent waiting for a lock to release. This field displays color-coded real-time behavior for severity.
Blocked	The number of blocked processes detected. This field displays color-coded real-time behavior for severity.
Deadlocks	The number of deadlocks detected. This field displays color-coded real-time behavior for severity.

MDA Engines Metrics

MDA Engines Metrics

 

Table 6. MDA Engines Metrics

Name	Description
Online	The number of database engines currently online. This field displays color-coded real-time behavior for severity.
Configured	The number of database engines currently configured. This field displays color-coded real-time behavior for severity.
Avg. Engines Busy	The average number of database engines that are busy. This field displays color-coded real-time behavior for severity. You can drill down by clicking on the icon. A popup appears showing the percentage of engine total busy and engine I/O busy, plotted over time. It provides further drill downs to: • Engines Drilldown—a Engine Activity Dashboard appears. • Edit Threshold—a Manage Thresholds Dashboard appears.
CPU	The percentage of CPU time all engines spent not idle. This field displays color-coded real-time behavior for severity. You can drill down by clicking on the number. A popup appears showing the percentage of engine total busy and engine I/O busy, plotted over time. It provides further drill downs to: • Engines Drilldown—a Engine Activity Dashboard appears. • Edit Threshold—a Manage Thresholds Dashboard appears.
I/O	The percentage of input/output resources currently being used by the database engines. This field displays color-coded real-time behavior for severity. You can drill down by clicking on the number. A popup appears showing the percentage of engine total busy and engine I/O busy, plotted over time. It provides further drill downs to: • Engines Drilldown—a Engine Activity Dashboard appears. • Edit Threshold—a Manage Thresholds Dashboard appears.
Context Switches /s	The number of context switches for the engines in this database, per second. This field displays color-coded real-time behavior for severity.