How to monitor RDS using CLoudWatch

Question

Hi

I have an oracle 19c RDS instance running. Does RDS automatically publish all performance and other statistics data to CloudWatch or do I need to set this up manually?

Is there any good training video or article on how to read or use the CloudWatch data or graphs for monitoring?

Thanks

Didier_Durand · Accepted Answer

Hi,

I guess that this blog post is exactly what you're looking for: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/monitor-real-time-amazon-rds-os-metrics-with-flexible-granularity-using-enhanced-monitoring/

This blog post is about best practices for RDS monitoring with SQL Server but it provides good inspiration for Oracle:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/part1-best-practices-on-how-to-configure-monitoring-and-alerts-for-amazon-rds-for-sql-server/

Best,

Didier

Dylan Zenner · Answer

In general, yes, RDS publishes enough performance metrics to cloudwatch. There is an option to turn on enhanced monitoring, which will publish OS-level metrics to Cloudwatch. But, you will have to make the decision on if you need that level of monitoring.

Check the docs on RDS here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/en_us/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_Monitoring.html

How to monitor RDS using CLoudWatch

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