Maria Event Statements Test

The Performance Schema is a feature for monitoring the database server performance and it is implemented as a storage engine on the Maria Database server. The storage engine contains a database called performance_schema, which in turn consists of a number of tables that can be queried with regular SQL statements, returning specific performance information. Whenever there is a dip in the performance of the Maria Database server, it is necessary for the administrators to check the performance schema tables for any discrepancies. Administrators can use the Maria Event Statements test to perform such a check on the performance schema tables.

This test monitors the performance schema tables of the target Maria Database server and reports the number of digest statements executing on the database server. This test also throws light on the SQL statements that are running on the performance schema tables, the statements waiting for locks and the rows affected and examined. Using this test, administrators can also figure out the FLUSH commands executed on the tables as well as the temporary tables.

Target of the test : A Maria Database server

Agent deploying the test : An internal/remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the database being monitored

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The IP address of the Maria Database server.

Port

The port on which the server is listening.

Database

Specify the name of the database that is to be monitored on the target Maria Database server.

User and Password

The eG agent has to be configured with the credentials of a user who has server-wide process and select privileges on the monitored Maria Database server. To know how to create such a user, refer to Configuring the eG Agent with Access Privileges section.

Confirm Password

Confirm the password by retyping it here.

SSL

This indicates that the eG agent will communicate with the Maria Database via HTTPS or not. By default, this flag is set to No, as the target Maria database is not SSL-enabled by default. If the target database is SSL-enabled, then set this flag to Yes.

Verify CA

If the eG agent is required to establish an encrypted connection with the target Maria Database server by authenticating the server's identity through verifying the server CA certificate, set Verify CA flag to Yes. By default, this flag is set to No.

DD Frequency

Refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 1:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD Frequency.

Detailed Diagnosis

To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.

The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

  • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability
  • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.
Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Digest statements

Indicates the number of digest statements executing on the database server.

Number

The Performance Schema digest is a hashed, normalized form of a statement with the specific data values removed. It allows statistics to be gathered for similar kinds of statements.

Statements waiting for lock

Indicates the number of statements that were waiting for a lock on the database server.

Number

The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the Thread ID, Event ID, name of the event, the start time, end time, the duration of the event, the lock time of the event and the SQL statement that created the event.

Rows affected

Indicates the number of rows that were affected by the statements on the database server.

Number

 

Rows sent

Indicates the number of rows sent by the statements on the database server.

Number

 

Rows examined

Indicates the number of rows that were read during the statement execution.

Number

 

Statement errors

Indicates the rate at which FLUSH commands were executed.

Number

 

Statements running

Indicates the number of statements running on the database server.

Number

The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the Thread ID, Event ID, name of the event, the start time, end time, the duration of the event, the lock time of the event and the SQL statement that created the event.

Statements waited

Indicates the number of statements that were waiting on the database server for execution.

Number

 

Statement warnings

Indicates the number of statements that were executed with a warning on the database server.

Number

 

Temporary disk tables

Indicates the number of implicit temporary tables that were created on the disk, while executing statements during the last measurement period.

Number

If the value of this measure is high, consider increasing the ‘tmp_table_size’ configuration setting for the server.

Temporary tables

Indicates the number of implicit temporary tables that were created in the memory created while executing statements during the last measurement period.  

Number