SolarWinds Observability tab for Service Observability
Dashboard and charts on the SolarWinds Observability tab of the Service Details page in the SOW.
Note: The X axis on SolarWinds charts use Universal Time Code (UTC) instead of the user's timezone.
Application dashboard
This dashboard displays performance metrics for the selected service.
Note: If the dashboards have been customized, they might not reflect the information shown on this page.
| Chart | Description | Data source |
|---|---|---|
| Rate | Aggregate rate of transactions through the service, per minute. | SolarWinds |
| Latency | Aggregate duration of transactions through the service, in milliseconds. | SolarWinds |
| Time spent in database calls | Duration of requests to databases, in milliseconds. | SolarWinds |
| Time spent in database queries | Time spent querying the database, in milliseconds. | SolarWinds |
| Database throughput | Rate of database requests for this service per minute. | SolarWinds |
Compute dashboard
This dashboard displays metrics for hosts related to the service.
| Chart | Description | Data source |
|---|---|---|
| CPU utilization | Percent of the host processing power being consumed. | SolarWinds |
| Memory utilization | Percent of memory the host is using. | SolarWinds |
| Disk utilization | Percent of disk space being used. | SolarWinds |
| All Active Servers | Information for all hosts the service is actively using. Select a host link to view more detailed information. | CMDB |
| All Active VM Instances | Information for all virtual machine instances the service is actively using. Select a VM link to view more detailed information. | CMDB |
Database dashboards
Database metrics are currently not supported for SolarWinds.
Networking dashboards
These dashboards display metrics for network devices related to the service.
By default, the Firewall dashboard displays Palo Alto metrics and the Load Balancer dashboard displays F5 Big-IP metrics.
| Chart | Description | Data source |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Utilization | Percentage of CPU utilization on the firewall device. | SolarWinds |
| Session Utilization | Percentage of session capacity currently in use. | SolarWinds |
| Drop Rate | Percentage of network packets/connections that the device has intentionally blocked or failed to process. | SolarWinds |
| Availability | Percentage of time the firewall is available. | SolarWinds |
| Recent Changes | Table displaying recent configuration changes made to the firewall device. | CMDB |
| Current Open Incidents | Table listing active incidents affecting the firewall device. | CMDB |
| All Active Alerts | Table listing all active alerts related to the firewall device. | CMDB |
| Chart | Description | Data source |
|---|---|---|
| Connection Utilization | Percentage of available connections currently in use. | SolarWinds |
| Inbound Rate | Rate of bytes per second received from the configured nodes. | SolarWinds |
| Outbound Rate | Rate of bytes per second sent to the configured nodes. | SolarWinds |
| Pool Member Status | Pool Availability Status:- `0`: None \(no status available\) - `1`: Available, all members healthy - `2`: Degraded, some members down - `3`: Unavailable, all members down - `4`: Unknown, status cannot be determined | SolarWinds |
| Error | Percentage of inbound errors on the load balancer. | SolarWinds |
| Latency | Aggregate duration of transactions through the load balancer, in milliseconds. | SolarWinds |
| Chart | Description | Data source |
|---|---|---|
| Error | Percentage of inbound errors on the interface. | SolarWinds |
| Traffic | Rate in bytes per second of traffic through the interface. | SolarWinds |
| Bandwidth Utilization | Percentage of available bandwidth. | SolarWinds |
| Chart | Description | Data source |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Utilization | Percentage of CPU utilization on the networking device. | SolarWinds |
| Packet Loss | Percentage of packets dropped. | SolarWinds |
| Error | Percentage of errors on the networking device. | SolarWinds |
Parent Topic:SolarWinds templates for Service Observability