Monitoring and Management

This chapter, Monitoring and Management, delves into the critical aspects of overseeing and maintaining database systems in the cloud. In today’s fast-paced technological landscape, effective monitoring and management are essential to ensure databases function optimally, remain secure, and deliver reliable performance. This chapter provides a comprehensive understanding of the tools, practices, and techniques required to monitor databases in real time, track resource utilization, and respond to potential issues promptly.

You will learn the art of real-time monitoring and understand how to track database performance metrics, resource utilization, and user activity. You will gain insights into setting up alerting mechanisms that proactively notify administrators about potential issues, allowing timely interventions.

Cloud-specific management strategies are a highlight of this chapter. You will discover how to execute tasks such as database backups...