Monitoring Agent for Amazon EC2 metrics

The metrics for Monitoring Agent for Amazon EC2 resource types collect data for monitoring with IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management. Every Monitoring Agent for Amazon EC2 resource type defines a set of dimensions and metrics. The descriptions provide such information as data type, dimension key, and metric unit.

Resource amazonEc2Aggregation

Data for all EC2 instances that have CloudWatch enabled. The following section lists the metrics, dimensions and components of Resource amazonEc2Aggregation.

Metrics

The following metrics are available for the resource.

Average Disk Writes in MB for all Instances

• The average number of disk writes in megabytes over all instances that have CloudWatch enabled.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Average Network Traffic in MB for all Instances

• The average network traffic in megabytes coming in over all instances that have CloudWatch enabled.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Average Out Network Traffic for all Instances

• The average network traffic in megabytes going out over all instances that have CloudWatch enabled.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Average Utilization of all Instances

• The average CPU utilization over all instances that have CloudWatch enabled.
• The type is double.
• The unit is percent.

Disk Reads in MB for all Instances

• The average number of disk reads in megabytes over all instances that have CloudWatch enabled.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Running Percent of Instances

• The percentage of deployed EC2 instances that are currently running.
• The type is double.
• The unit is percent.

Total Instances

• The total number of EC2 instances that are deployed.
• The type is int.
• The unit is instances.

Dimensions

The following dimensions are available for the resource.

Node

• Node.
• The type is string.

Component: Amazon Web Services Region Health

Amazon Web Services Region Health. The following section lists the metrics and dimensions of Component Amazon Web Services Region Health.

Metrics

The following metrics are available for the component.

Percent Up

• The zone percent up for this region.
• The type is double.
• The unit is percent.

Dimensions

The following dimensions are available for the component.

Messages for Zone

• Informational messages for the zone.
• The type is string.

Node

• Node.
• The type is string.

Region

• The region.
• The type is string.

Resource amazonEc2Instance

Amazon EC2 Instance. The following section lists the metrics, dimensions and components of Resource amazonEc2Instance.

Metrics

The following metrics are available for the resource.

CPU Average

• The average CPU utilization for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is percent.

CPU Maximum

• The maximum CPU utilization for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is percent.

CPU Minimum

• The minimum CPU utilization for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is percent.

Disk Read Data Average

• The average number of disk reads in megabytes for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Disk Read Data Maximum

• The maximum number of disk reads in megabytes for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Disk Read Data Minimum

• The minimum number of disk reads in megabytes for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Disk Read Data Sum

• The total number of disk reads in megabytes for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Disk Read Operations Average

• The average number of disk read operations for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is operations.

Disk Read Operations Maximum

• The maximum number of disk read operations for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is operations.

Disk Read Operations Minimum

• The minimum number of disk read operations for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is operations.

Disk Read Operations Sum

• The total number of disk read operations for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is operations.

Disk Write Data Average

• The average number of disk writes in megabytes for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Disk Write Data Maximum

• The maximum number of disk writes in megabytes for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Disk Write Data Minimum

• The minimum number of disk writes in megabytes for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Disk Write Data Sum

• The total number of disk writes in megabytes for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Disk Write Operations Average

• The average number of disk write operations for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is operations.

Disk Write Operations Maximum

• The maximum number of disk write operations for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is operations.

Disk Write Operations Minimum

• The minimum number of disk write operations for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is operations.

Disk Write Operations Sum

• The total number of disk write operations for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is operations.

Network Average Total

• The total number of network packets coming in and out for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is packets.

Network In Average

• The average network traffic in megabytes coming in for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Network In Maximum

• The maximum network traffic in megabytes coming in for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Network Out Average

• The average network traffic in megabytes going out for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Network Out Maximum

• The maximum network traffic in megabytes going out for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is megabytes.

Network Packets In Average

• The average number of network packets coming in for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is packets.

Network Packets In Maximum

• The maximum number of network packets coming in for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is packets.

Network Packets Out Average

• The average number of network packets going out for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is packets.

Network Packets Out Maximum

• The maximum number of network packets going out for this instance.
• The type is double.
• The unit is packets.

Queue Length

• The number of read and write operation requests waiting to be completed in a specified time period.
• The type is double.
• The unit is requests.

Dimensions

The following dimensions are available for the resource.

CW Enabled

• Shows whether CloudWatch is enabled.
• The type is int.

Instance ID

• The unique ID of this EC2 instance.
• The type is string.

Instance Name

• The tag name assigned to the EC2 instance (the value of the 'Name' tag). If no TAG name is assigned; then use the INSTANCE_ID.
• The type is string.

Instance Type

• The type of EC2 instance. (For example, t2.micro, m4.large, etc.).
• The type is string.

IP Address

• The public IP address of the instance.
• The type is string.

Launch Time

• The elapsed time since this instance was last started. Shown in days, hours, minutes, and seconds. This value is updated each time that the instance is started. It does not indicate whether the instance is running. See the State Name attribute for running state information.
• The type is string.

Node

• Node.
• The type is string.

OS Type

• The name of the operating system running on this instance.
• The type is string.

Private DNS

• Private DNS of this EC2 instance.
• The type is string.

State Code

• The runtime state code of the instance.
• The type is int.

State Name

• The runtime state description of the instance.
• The type is string.

Status Check Instance

• A check of the instance status.
• The type is string.

Status Checks System

• A check of the system status.
• The type is string.

Tags

• The tags that are associated with the instance. Max 10 key/value tag pairs. Format is key1=value1,key2=value1,...,key10=value10.
• The type is string.

Volume ID

• The EBS volume ID.
• The type is string.

Zone

• The availability zone in which the instance resides.
• The type is string.

Component: Thread Pool Summary

Information about the status of the internal thread pool used to collect data asynchronously. The following section lists the metrics and dimensions of Component Thread Pool Summary.

Metrics

The following metrics are available for the component.

Dimensions

The following dimensions are available for the component.