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Measurements

Retrieves measurements collected by the Monitoring and Automation Agents for your MongoDB processes, databases, and hardware disks. Monitoring Agents collect process and database measurements using MongoDB diagnostic commands, including serverStatus and dbStats. Automation Agents collect measurements for servers that run managed mongod and mongos processes.

Query Parameters

When you issue a GET command to retrieve measurements through the measurements endpoint, you must include the granularity parameter and either the period or start and end parameters.

Each endpoint supports the following query parameters:

Parameter Description
granularity

An ISO-8601-formatted time period that specifies the interval between measurement data points. For example, PT30S specifies 30-second granularity.

The supported values for this parameter are the same as are available in the Granularity drop-down list when you view metrics in the Ops Manager interface.

period How far back in the past to retrieve measurements, as specified by an ISO-8601 period string. For example, setting PT24H specifies 24 hours. An ISO-8601-formatted time period that specifies how far back in the past to query. For example, to request the last 36 hours, specify: period=P1DT12H.
start The time at which to start retrieving measurements, as specified by an ISO-8601 timestamp string. If you specify start you must also specify end.
end The time at which to stop retrieving measurements, as specified by an ISO-8601 timestamp string. If you specify end you must also specify start.
m

Specifies which measurements to return. If m is not specified, all measurements are returned.

To specify multiple values for m, you must repeat the m parameter. For example:

../measurements?m=CONNECTIONS&m=OPCOUNTER_CMD&m=OPCOUNTER_QUERY

You must specify measurements that are valid for the host. Ops Manager returns an error if any specified measurements are invalid For available measurements, see Measurement Types.

Endpoints

Get Host, Process, and System Measurements

You must include the granularity parameter and either the period or start and end parameters.

GET /api/public/v1.0/groups/GROUP-ID/hosts/HOST-ID/measurements?granularity=ISO-8601-PERIOD&period=ISO-8601-PERIOD

Host measurements provide data on the state of the MongoDB process. The Monitoring Agent collects host measurements through the MongoDB serverStatus and dbStats commands.

System and process measurements provide data on the CPU usage of the servers that run MongoDB. The Automation Agent collects these measurements. You must run Ops Manager Automation to retrieve system and process measurements.

Get Disk Partition Measurements

You must include the granularity parameter and either the period or start and end parameters.

GET /api/public/v1.0/groups/GROUP-ID/hosts/HOST-ID/disks/PARTITION-NAME/measurements

Disk measurements provide data on IOPS, disk use, and disk latency on the servers running MongoDB, as collected by the Automation Agent. You must run Ops Manager Automation to retrieve disk measurements.

Get Database Measurements

You must include the granularity parameter and either the period or start and end parameters.

GET /api/public/v1.0/groups/GROUP-ID/hosts/HOST-ID/databases/DATABASE-NAME/measurements

Database measurements provide statistics on database performance and storage. The Monitoring Agent collects database measurements through the dbStats command.

Get a List of Measurement Types

To retrieve the applicable Measurement Types without returning a large document, issue the following GET command with a value of PT5M for both the granularity and period. This returns a document with only one data point for each measurement.

GET /api/public/v1.0/groups/GROUP-ID/hosts/HOST-ID/measurements?granularity=PT5M&period=PT5M

Ops Manager filters out any measurement types that are not applicable. For example, if you are querying a replica set’s primary, Ops Manager will not return measurements specific to replica set secondaries, such as replication lag.

Sample Entity

{
  "groupId" : "533c5895b910306f21033a",
  "hostId" : "1db152b29e319f270e4c34b52b01fd2e",
  "start" : "2016-08-23T17:47:44Z",
  "end" : "2016-08-23T22:22:44Z",
  "granularity" : "PT5M",
  "databaseName" : "products",
  "measurements" : [
    {
      "dataPoints" : [ {
          "timestamp" : "2016-08-23T17:47:44Z",
          "value" : 0.46137412902281843
        },
        ...
      ],
      "name" : "PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_CHILDREN_KERNEL",
      "units" : "PERCENT"
    }
  ],
  "links" : [ ... ]
}

Entity Fields

Name Type Description
groupId string ID of the group that owns the host.
hostId string ID of the host to which the measurements pertain.
start string The beginning of the period for which to retrieve measurements, specified as an ISO-8601 timestamp.
end string The end of the period for which to retrieve measurements, specified as an ISO-8601 timestamp.
granularity string An ISO-8601-formatted time period that specifies the size of the interval covered by each data point. For example, PT5M specifies a 5-minute granularity.
databaseName string

The database to which the measurement applies. Only present for the following endpoint and its children:

../groups/GROUP-ID/hosts/HOST-ID/databases/DATABASE-NAME/measurements
measurements object array An array of measurements and their data points.
measurements.dataPoints object array An array of objects, where each object represents a single data point. If there is no data point available for a particular moment in time (i.e., a timestamp), the value field is set to null.
measurements.dataPoints.timestamp string The timestamp of the beginning of the time interval represented by this data point.
measurements.dataPoints.value float The value of the data point.
measurements.name string The name of the measurement. For possible values, see Measurement Types below on this page.
measurements.units string

How the measurement is quantified. Possible units are:

  • PERCENT
  • MILLISECONDS
  • BYTES
  • GIGABYTES
  • BYTES_PER_SECOND
  • MEGABYTES_PER_SECOND
  • GIGABYTES_PER_HOUR
  • SCALAR_PER_SECOND
  • SCALAR

Measurement Types

The measurements endpoint returns measurement types in the measurements.name field.

Host Measurements

  • ASSERT_REGULAR
  • ASSERT_WARNING
  • ASSERT_MSG
  • ASSERT_USER
Measure the rate of asserts for a MongoDB process, as collected from the MongoDB serverStatus command’s asserts document.
  • BACKGROUND_FLUSH_AVG
Measurement found on the host’s background flush avg chart. To view the chart, see View Metrics.
  • CACHE_BYTES_READ_INTO
  • CACHE_BYTES_WRITTEN_FROM
  • CACHE_USAGE_DIRTY
  • CACHE_USAGE_USED
  • TICKETS_AVAILABLE_READS
  • TICKETS_AVAILABLE_WRITES
Apply to a MongoDB process’s WiredTiger storage engine, as collected from the MongoDB serverStatus command’s wiredTiger.cache and wiredTiger.concurrentTransactions documents.
  • CONNECTIONS
Measures connections to a MongoDB process, as collected from the MongoDB serverStatus command’s connections document.
  • CURSORS_TOTAL_OPEN
  • CURSORS_TOTAL_TIMED_OUT
Measure the number of cursors for a MongoDB process, as collected from the MongoDB serverStatus command’s metrics.cursor document.
  • EXTRA_INFO_PAGE_FAULTS
  • GLOBAL_ACCESSES_NOT_IN_MEMORY
  • GLOBAL_PAGE_FAULT_EXCEPTIONS_THROWN
Measurements found on the host’s Record Stats and Page Faults charts. To view the charts, see View Metrics.
  • GLOBAL_LOCK_CURRENT_QUEUE_TOTAL
  • GLOBAL_LOCK_CURRENT_QUEUE_READERS
  • GLOBAL_LOCK_CURRENT_QUEUE_WRITERS
Measure operations waiting on locks, as collected from the MongoDB serverStatus command. Ops Manager computes these values based on the type of storage engine.
  • GLOBAL_LOCK_PERCENTAGE
Applicable only to hosts running MongoDB 2.0 and earlier. Measures operations waiting on the global lock, as collected from the MongoDB serverStatus command.
  • INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_ACCESSES
  • INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_HITS
  • INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_MISSES
  • INDEX_COUNTERS_BTREE_MISS_RATIO
Measurements found on the host’s btree chart. To view the chart, see View Metrics.
  • JOURNALING_COMMITS_IN_WRITE_LOCK
  • JOURNALING_MB
  • JOURNALING_WRITE_DATA_FILES_MB
Measurements found on the host’s journal - commits in write lock chart and journal stats chart. To view the charts, see View Metrics.
  • MEMORY_RESIDENT
  • MEMORY_VIRTUAL
  • MEMORY_MAPPED
  • COMPUTED_MEMORY
Measure memory for a MongoDB process, as collected from the MongoDB serverStatus command’s mem document.
  • NETWORK_BYTES_IN
  • NETWORK_BYTES_OUT
  • NETWORK_NUM_REQUESTS
Measure throughput for MongoDB process, as collected from the MongoDB serverStatus command’s network document.
  • OPLOG_SLAVE_LAG_MASTER_TIME
  • OPLOG_MASTER_TIME
  • OPLOG_MASTER_LAG_TIME_DIFF
  • OPLOG_RATE_GB_PER_HOUR
Measurements that apply to the MongoDB process’s oplog.
  • DB_STORAGE_TOTAL
  • DB_DATA_SIZE_TOTAL
Measurements displayed on the host’s db storage chart. To view the chart, see View Metrics.
  • OPCOUNTER_CMD
  • OPCOUNTER_QUERY
  • OPCOUNTER_UPDATE
  • OPCOUNTER_DELETE
  • OPCOUNTER_GETMORE
  • OPCOUNTER_INSERT
Measure the rate of database operations on a MongoDB process since the process last started, as collected from the MongoDB serverStatus command’s opcounters document.
  • OPCOUNTER_REPL_CMD
  • OPCOUNTER_REPL_UPDATE
  • OPCOUNTER_REPL_DELETE
  • OPCOUNTER_REPL_INSERT
Measure the rate of database operations on MongoDB secondaries, as collected from the MongoDB serverStatus command’s opcountersRepl document.
  • DOCUMENT_RETURNED
  • DOCUMENT_INSERTED
  • DOCUMENT_UPDATED
  • DOCUMENT_DELETED
The average rate per second of documents returned, inserted, updated, or deleted for a selected time period. These measurements are found on the host’s Document Metrics chart. To view the chart, see View Metrics.
  • OPERATIONS_SCAN_AND_ORDER
For a selected time period, the average rate per second for operations that perform a sort but cannot perform the sort using an index. This measurement is found on the host’s Scan and Order chart. To view the chart, see View Metrics.
  • AVG_READ_EXECUTION_TIME
  • AVG_WRITE_EXECUTION_TIME
  • AVG_COMMAND_EXECUTION_TIME
Available to hosts running MongoDB v3.4+. The average execution time in milliseconds per read, write, or command operation over the selected time period. These measurements are found on the host’s Operation Execution Times chart. To view the chart, see View Metrics.
  • QUERY_EXECUTOR_SCANNED
The average rate per second to scan index items during queries and query-plan evaluations. This rate is driven by the same value as totalKeysExamined in the output of explain. This measurement is found on the host’s Query Executor chart, accessed when viewing metrics.
  • QUERY_EXECUTOR_SCANNED_OBJECTS
The average rate per second to scan documents during queries and query-plan evaluations. Ops Manager derives the rate using the explain output’s totalDocsExamined value. This measurement is found on the host’s Query Executor chart, accessed when viewing metrics.
  • QUERY_TARGETING_SCANNED_PER_RETURNED
The ratio of the number of index items scanned to the number of documents returned. This measurement is found on the host’s Query Targeting chart, accessed when viewing metrics.
  • QUERY_TARGETING_SCANNED_OBJECTS_PER_RETURNED
The ratio of the number of documents scanned to the number of documents returned. This measurement is found on the host’s Query Targeting chart, accessed when viewing metrics.
  • HOTTEST_LOCK_PERCENTAGE
Applicable only to hosts running MongoDB versions 2.2 through 2.6. Measures the amount of time hosts are write locked. For more information see Lock %.

Process Measurements

  • PROCESS_CPU_USER
  • PROCESS_CPU_KERNEL
  • PROCESS_CPU_CHILDREN_USER
  • PROCESS_CPU_CHILDREN_KERNEL
The CPU usage of MongoDB. For servers with more than 1 CPU core, these values can exceed 100%. Only available if you use Ops Manager Automation.
  • PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_USER
  • PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_KERNEL
  • PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_CHILDREN_USER
  • PROCESS_NORMALIZED_CPU_CHILDREN_KERNEL
The CPU usage of MongoDB, scaled to a range of 0-100% by dividing by the number of CPU cores. Only available if you use Ops Manager Automation.

System Measurements

  • SYSTEM_CPU_USER
  • SYSTEM_CPU_KERNEL
  • SYSTEM_CPU_NICE
  • SYSTEM_CPU_IOWAIT
  • SYSTEM_CPU_IRQ
  • SYSTEM_CPU_SOFTIRQ
  • SYSTEM_CPU_GUEST
  • SYSTEM_CPU_STEAL
CPU usage of processes on the host server. For servers with more than 1 CPU core, this value can exceed 100%. Only available if you use Ops Manager Automation.
  • SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_USER
  • SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_KERNEL
  • SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_NICE
  • SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_IOWAIT
  • SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_IRQ
  • SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_SOFTIRQ
  • SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_GUEST
  • SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_STEAL
CPU usage of processes on the host server, scaled to a range of 0-100% by dividing by the number of CPU cores. Only available if you use Ops Manager Automation.

Disk Measurements

  • DISK_PARTITION_IOPS_READ
  • DISK_PARTITION_IOPS_WRITE
  • DISK_PARTITION_IOPS_TOTAL
Measures throughput of I/O operations for the disk partition used for MongoDB. Only available if you use Ops Manager Automation.
  • DISK_PARTITION_UTILIZATION
The percentage of time during which requests are being issued to and serviced by the partition. This includes requests from any process, not just MongoDB processes. Only available if you use Ops Manager Automation.
  • DISK_PARTITION_LATENCY_READ
  • DISK_PARTITION_LATENCY_WRITE
Measures latency per operation type of the disk partition used by MongoDB. Only available if you use Ops Manager Automation.
  • DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_FREE
  • DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_USED
  • DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_PERCENT_FREE
  • DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_PERCENT_USED
Measures the free disk space and used disk space on the disk partition used by MongoDB. Only available if you use Ops Manager Automation.

Database Measurements

  • DATABASE_WRITE_LOCK_PERCENTAGE
Measures the amount of time the host is write locked.
  • DATABASE_AVERAGE_OBJECT_SIZE
  • DATABASE_COLLECTION_COUNT
  • DATABASE_DATA_SIZE
  • DATABASE_FILE_SIZE
  • DATABASE_STORAGE_SIZE
  • DATABASE_INDEX_SIZE
  • DATABASE_INDEX_COUNT
  • DATABASE_EXTENT_COUNT
  • DATABASE_OBJECT_COUNT

Measures the database’s on-disk storage space, as collected from the MongoDB dbStats command.

The Monitoring Agent retrieves database measurements every 20 minutes by default but adjusts frequency when necessary to reduce the impact on database performance. You can disable the collection of database statistics through the Ops Manager interface by clicking Settings in the Ops Manager interface, then clicking Group Settings, and then setting Collect Database Specific Statistics to No.

Examples

Get Host, Process, and System Measurements

Request

curl -i -u "username:apiKey" --digest "https://<ops-manager-host>/api/public/v1.0/groups/533c5895b910306f21033a/hosts/814e70da8167883b9939608a12a/measurements?granularity=PT10M&period=PT48H"

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "end" : "2016-08-10T20:47:41Z",
  "granularity" : "PT10M",
  "groupId" : "533c5895b910306f21033a",
  "hostId" : "814e70da8167883b9939608a12a",
  "links" : [ ... ],
  "measurements" : [ {
    "dataPoints" : [ {
      "timestamp" : "2016-08-10T20:47:41Z",
      "value" : 0.0
    }, ... ],
    "name" : "ASSERT_REGULAR",
    "units" : "SCALAR_PER_SECOND"
  }, ..., {
    "dataPoints" : [ {
      "timestamp" : "2016-08-10T20:47:39Z",
      "value" : 1.3203959480720555
    }, ... ],
    "name" : "SYSTEM_NORMALIZED_CPU_STEAL",
    "units" : "PERCENT"
  } ],
  "start" : "2016-08-08T20:57:38Z"
}

Get Disk Partition Measurements

Request

curl -i -u "username:apiKey" --digest "https://<ops-manager-host>/api/public/v1.0/groups/533c5895b910306f21033a/hosts/814e70da8167883b9939608a12a/disks/xvdf/measurements?granularity=PT5M&period=PT24H"

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "end" : "2016-08-10T03:40:38Z",
  "granularity" : "PT5M",
  "groupId" : "533c5895b910306f21033a",
  "hostId" : "814e70da8167883b9939608a12a",
  "links" : [ ... ],
  "measurements" : [ {
    "dataPoints" : [ {
      "timestamp" : "2016-08-10T03:40:38Z",
      "value" : 0.0
    }, ... ],
    "name" : "DISK_PARTITION_IOPS_READ",
    "units" : "SCALAR_PER_SECOND"
  }, ..., {
    "dataPoints" : [ {
      "timestamp" : "2016-08-10T03:40:38Z",
      "value" : 3.2846554854156516
    }, ... ],
    "name" : "DISK_PARTITION_SPACE_PERCENT_USED",
    "units" : "PERCENT"
  } ],
  "partitionName" : "xvdf",
  "start" : "2016-08-09T03:50:21Z"
}

Get Database Measurements

Request

curl -i -u "username:apiKey" --digest "https://<ops-manager-host>/api/public/v1.0/groups/533c5895b910306f21033a/hosts/fd5b59188dc13ad142493/databases/markets/measurements?granularity=PT5M&period=PT6H"

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "databaseName" : "markets",
  "end" : "2016-08-11T21:08:40Z",
  "granularity" : "PT5M",
  "groupId" : "533c5895b910306f21033a",
  "hostId" : "fd5b59188dc13ad142493",
  "measurements" : [ {
    "dataPoints" : [ ],
    "name" : "DATABASE_WRITE_LOCK_PERCENTAGE",
    "units" : "PERCENT"
  },
  {
    "dataPoints" : [ {
      "timestamp" : "2016-08-11T21:08:40Z",
      "value" : 51.780589415213704
    } ... ],
    "name" : "DATABASE_AVERAGE_OBJECT_SIZE",
    "units" : "BYTES"
  },
  ...,
  {
    "dataPoints" : [ {
      "timestamp" : "2016-08-11T21:08:40Z",
      "value" : 32405.0
    } ],
    "name" : "DATABASE_OBJECT_COUNT",
    "units" : "SCALAR"
  } ],
  "start" : "2016-08-11T21:08:40Z",
  "links" : [ ... ]
}