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Monitoring and Tuning Azure SQL Database: Warner Chaves

Azure SQL Database provides tools for monitoring and tuning performance. There are metrics for connectivity, performance, and the database that can be used to set alerts. System views track resource usage and waits at different granularities. The Azure Portal allows browsing performance data and the service can provide tuning recommendations, including automatically creating or dropping indexes.

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Monitoring and Tuning Azure SQL Database: Warner Chaves

Azure SQL Database provides tools for monitoring and tuning performance. There are metrics for connectivity, performance, and the database that can be used to set alerts. System views track resource usage and waits at different granularities. The Azure Portal allows browsing performance data and the service can provide tuning recommendations, including automatically creating or dropping indexes.

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Monitoring and Tuning Azure SQL

Database

Warner Chaves
SQL MCM / MS DATA PLATFORM MVP

@warchav sqlturbo.com
What’s in This
Module?
Monitoring with Azure Metrics Alerts
System Views to Track Performance
Tuning Tools and Automation
Monitoring

A DBA still needs to be responsible for proper database


access and performance.
You can alert on critical database metrics
tracked by Azure.
Metrics Tracked

Connectivity Performance Database


CONNECTIVITY
Blocked by Firewall
Failed Connections
Successful Connections
PERFORMANCE
DTU Percentage
DTU Limit
DTU Used
CPU Percentage
Log IO Percentage
Data IO Percentage
Deadlocks
DATABASE
Sessions Percentage
Total Database Size
Database Size Percentage
Workers Percentage
In-Memory OLTP Storage Percentage
Alert Definition

Condition Threshold
Select a metric Period Action
(<,<=,>,>=) value
Demo
Setting up Database Alerts with the
Azure Portal and PowerShell
Performance System Views

Resource Usage Views Wait Stats View


Resources Tracked

Average CPU % Average Data IO % Average Memory %


Average Log Write %
Percentage Meaning

70% CPU

S0 Database = 10 DTUs

This means 70% of the CPU power of 10 DTUs is


consumed. It’s not a complete measure without the DTU
value.
How do these resource
levels translate to the DTUs
consumed?
The percentage consumed of your DTUs
is equal to the max percentage level of
CPU, Data or Log.
For Example

70% CPU

85% Data IO

30% Log Write


S0 Database = 10 DTUs

This situation will translate to a 85% DTU Consumption


measurement. Once any resource reaches 100% you will
experience throttling of resources.
Resource Views

sys.resource_stats sys.dm_db_resource_stats
Server scope (master) Database scope
Measures in 5 minute intervals Measures in 15 second intervals
Retains 14 days of history Retains 1 hour of history
Captures when resource usage changes Captures even with no activity
Waits View

You can use the sys.dm_db_wait_stats view to see the


wait types and their statistics inside each database.

The sys.dm_os_wait_stats view is available but doesn’t


offer much insight.
Demo
Tracking performance with system
views
Performance Tools

Query
Performance
Performance Automatic Tuning
Recommendations
Insights
Query Store

Query Store needs to be enabled on the database so


Azure can use this information for recommendations.
Automatic Tuning

Azure can automatically create and drop indexes based


on your queries.
Demo
Reviewing performance and
recommendations in the Azure Portal
Azure provides alerts for performance,
database or connectivity issues.

Summary There are multiple system views tracking


resource usage at different granularity.
The Azure Portal provides an easy way to
browse performance data.
The service can provide tuning
recommendations.
The service can automatically create or
drop indexes if desired.
Apply your DBA experience
to Azure SQL Database!

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