Accessing CloudWatch metrics - FSx for ONTAP

Accessing CloudWatch metrics

You can see Amazon CloudWatch metrics for Amazon FSx in the following ways:

  • The Amazon FSx console

  • The Amazon CloudWatch console

  • The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) for CloudWatch

  • The CloudWatch API

The following procedure explains how to view your file system's CloudWatch metrics with the Amazon FSx console.

To view CloudWatch metrics for your file system using the Amazon FSx console

  1. Open the Amazon FSx console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/.

  2. In the left navigation pane, choose File systems, then choose the file system whose metrics you want to view.

  3. On the Summary page, choose Monitoring & performance from the second panel to view graphs for your file system's metrics.

There are four tabs on the Monitoring & performance panel.

  • Choose Summary (the default tab) to display any active warnings, CloudWatch alarms, and graphs for File system activity.

  • Choose Storage to view storage capacity and utilization metrics.

  • Choose Performance to view file server and storage performance metrics.

  • Choose CloudWatch alarms to view graphs of any alarms configured for your file system.

The following procedure explains how to view your volume's CloudWatch metrics with the Amazon FSx console

To view CloudWatch metrics for your volume using the Amazon FSx console

  1. Open the Amazon FSx console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/.

  2. In the left navigation pane, choose Volumes, then choose the volume whose metrics you want to view.

  3. On the Summary page, choose Monitoring (the default tab) from the second panel to view graphs for your volume's metrics.

The following procedure explains how to view your file system's CloudWatch metrics with the Amazon CloudWatch console.

To view metrics using the Amazon CloudWatch console

  1. On the Summary page of your file system, choose Monitoring & performance from the second panel to view graphs for your file system's metrics.

  2. Choose View in metrics from the actions menu in the upper right of the graph that you want to view in the Amazon CloudWatch console. This opens the Metrics page in the Amazon CloudWatch console.

The following procedure explains how to add FSx for ONTAP file system metrics to a dashboard in the Amazon CloudWatch console.

To add metrics to a Amazon CloudWatch console

  1. Choose the set of metrics (Summary, Storage, or Performance) in the Monitoring & performance panel of the Amazon FSx console.

  2. Choose Add to dashboard in the upper right hand of the panel. This opens the Amazon CloudWatch console.

  3. Select an existing CloudWatch dashboard from the list, or create a new dashboard. For more information, see Using Amazon CloudWatch dashboards in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.

The following procedure explains how to access your file system's metrics with the AWS CLI.

To access metrics from the AWS CLI

The following procedure explains how to access your file system's metrics with the CloudWatch API.

To access metrics from the CloudWatch API