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SQL Virtual Log Files Count alarm This alarm is raised on the SQL Azure | Overview page | Disk Storage panel | Log Files component when the count of Virtual Log Files (VLFs) is excessive.
Tempdb Auto Growth alarm This alarm is raised when Tempdb is configured to auto grow and a significant number of growth events are detected.
Tempdb File Size alarm This alarm is raised when files in Tempdb have different physical sizes.
Tempdb Version Store Generation Rate Alarm This alarm is raised when the Tempdb Version Store growth rate is high compared to the cleanup rate.
Tempdb Version Store Size alarm This alarm is raised when the Tempdb version store is too large for your environment.
Compiles - Percentage Recompilations alarm The Compiles - Percentage Recompilations alarm becomes active when the average ratio between the number of recompiles and the total number of compiles exceed...
CPU Time Percentage Used CPU Time Percentage Used alarm is active when the stress on the processors for the specific SQL Azure connection exceeds a threshold. This value is calculate...
Databases - Data File Group About to Grow The Databases - Data File Group About to Grow alarm is raised when a file in the disk group is about to grow. You can use this information to ensure the time...
Databases - Data File Group Space Used alarm The Databases - Data File Group Space Used Alarm is raised when a disk group (or the actual disk) is in danger of filling.
Databases - Dynamic Data File Group Growths Remaining alarm The Databases - Dynamic Data File Group Growths Remaining alarm is raised when the disk space is insufficient for files to keep growing into or the maximum f...
Databases - Dynamic Log File Growths Remaining alarm The Databases - Dynamic Log File Growths Remaining alarm becomes active when a non fixed size log file in any database is in danger of running out of space t...
Databases - Log File Space Used alarm The Databases - Log File Space Used Alarm becomes active when a log in any database is in danger of filling.
Databases - Log Flush Wait Time Alarm The Databases - Log Flush Wait Time alarm becomes active when the duration of the last log flush for a database exceeds a threshold.
Databases - SQL I/O Errors alarm The Databases - SQL I/O Errors alarm is raised when I/O errors are encountered by SQL Azure.
Index Fragmentation alarm The Index Fragmentation alarm is raised when the largest index partition on the SQL Azure is more than 5% fragmented. It is a good idea to defragment large i...
Index Fragmentation Status alarm The Index Fragmentation Status alarm is raised when data cannot be collected.
I/O Stall Time alarm The I/O Stall Time alarm becomes active when the average I/O wait time for any database file exceeds a threshold. This value is taken over a specific number ...
Latch - Total Wait Time Rate alarm Latches are monitored to help identify performance bottlenecks.
Locks - Blocked Processes alarm The Locks - Blocked Processes alarm is raised when a block persists for longer than the time specified in the threshold. The default is 120 seconds.
Locks - Deadlocks alarm The Locks - Deadlocks alarm is raised when the number of deadlocks that have occurred since the previous data collection exceeds a threshold.
Memory - Page Life Expectancy alarm The Memory - Page Life Expectancy alarm becomes active when the page life expectancy falls below a threshold.
Missing SQL Performance Counters alarm Spotlight Enterprise uses the SQL Azure virtual table sysperfinfo to retrieve data for many of its displays. In some rare cases, this table may not contain i...
Monitored Server - SQL Azure Alarm Action Failure alarm This alarm is raised when a (specified action) failed to evaluate.
Monitored Server - SQL Azure Alarm Evaluation Failure alarm Spotlight failed to evaluate the specified alarm from the given collection.
Monitored Server - SQL Azure Collection Execution Failure alarm This alarm is raised when a (specified collection) failed to run against the server.
Monitored Server - SQL Azure Connection Failure alarm Spotlight has failed to connect to the SQL Azure database. Check the SQL Azure connection details and SQL Azure availability.
Monitored Server - SQL Azure Planned Outage alarm This alarm is raised during a planned outage of the connection. Spotlight will resume monitoring the service at the end of the planned outage period.
Network - SQL Azure Packets Error Rate alarm The Network - SQL Azure Packets Error Rate alarm becomes active when the rate at which SQL Azure is encountering network packet errors exceeds a threshold.
Poor Performance Health Alarm The database is spending too much time waiting for bottlenecks such as locks and latches.
SQL - Long Running SQL alarm The SQL - Long Running SQL alarm is raised when SQL has been running longer than a configured time. Because the (configured time) is unique to each environme...
SQL - Running out of Threads alarm The SQL - Running out of Threads alarm is raised when the number of worker threads in use is high compared to the maximum number of worker threads configured.
SQL Custom Counters alarm The Custom Counters alarm is raised when the values of any of the custom counters you have configured exceed their thresholds or data collection fails.
User - Connection Count alarm The User - Connection Count alarm is raised when the number of users connected exceeds a threshold.
User - Logins Per Second alarm The User - Logins Per Second alarm is raised when the average number of logins per second exceeds a threshold. This value is taken over a specific number of ...
User - Response Time alarm The User - Response Time alarm is raised when the time taken for Spotlight to send a simple query to the monitored SQL Azure instance, have it processed and ...