Viewing GaussDB Instance Overview Data

Scenarios

You can view information about created DB instances, including instance statuses and alarm statistics.

To apply for the permissions needed, submit an application by choosing Service Tickets > Create Service Ticket in the upper right corner of the management console.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and project.
3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > GaussDB.
4. In the navigation pane, choose Overview.
   

   If there are no DB instances, no DB instance information will be displayed on the Overview page. Instead, you can only create a DB instance on this page.

   If you are a new user, create a DB instance as prompted. If there are existing instances, you can view instance information on this page.

   • Instances by Status

     You can also view instance status statistics on the Instances page.

     Figure 1 Instances by Status
     

     Table 1 Parameters for instance status statistics

     Item	Description	Operation	Handling Suggestion
     Total instances	Number of instances installed in the current GaussDB system	Click Total instances to go to the instance list and view all instances.	-
     Abnormal	Number of instances that are in an abnormal state on the Instances page If the storage space of an instance is full, the instance is also considered abnormal.	Click Abnormal to go to the instance list and view abnormal instances.	Contact customer service.
     Creation failed	Number of instances that are in the creation failed state on the Instances page	Click Creation failed to go to the instance list and view instances that fail to be created.	Contact customer service.
     Frozen	Number of instances that are in the frozen state on the Instances page	Click Frozen to go to the instance list and view frozen instances.	For details, see Resource Freezing, Unfreezing, Release, Deletion, and Unsubscription.
     Creating	Number of instances that are in the creating state on the Instances page	Click Creating to go to the instance list and view instances that are being created.	-
     Running	Number of instances that are in the available state on the Instances page	Click Running to go to the instance list and view running instances.	-
     Stopped	Number of instances that are in the stopped state on the Instances page	Click Stopped to go to the instance list and view stopped instances.	-

   • Alarm Statistics

     You can view alarm statistics in the last 1 hour, last 3 hours, last 12 hours, last 1 day, last 3 days, or last week. Instance alarm details are displayed from multiple dimensions. For details, see Table 2 and Table 3.

     Table 2 Description of the Top 5 Instances by Total Number of Alarms area

     Item	Description
     Alarm Severity	Number of all uncleared alarms of different severities in the specified period The alarm severity can be critical, major, minor, or warning.
     Top 5 Instances by Total Number of Alarms	Number of alarms of the top 5 instances with the largest number of uncleared alarms in a specified period

     Table 3 Alarm list description

     Item	Description
     Alarm Name/ID	Name and ID of an alarm
     Instance Name/ID	Name and ID of the instance for which an alarm is generated
     Alarm Severity	Severity of an alarm NOTICE: Critical alarms are generated for faults that affect system-provided services. You need to take countermeasures immediately. For example, if a device or resource is unavailable, fix it immediately.
     Alarm Type	Type of an alarm, which can be Metric or Event
     First Reported	Time when an alarm was reported for the first time
     Last Reported	Lasted time when an alarm was reported