Google Cloud Disk (Persistent Disk) monitoring integration

Monitor your Google Cloud Disk, also known as Persistent Disk resources with Site24x7 to get timely alerts whenever the resource's performance and utilization deviates from the ideal thresholds.

Setup and configuration

Adding Google Cloud Disk while configuring a new Google Cloud monitor

If you have not configured a Google Cloud monitor yet, add one by following the steps below:
1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Go to Cloud > GCP > Add GCP Monitor or Admin > Cloud Monitoring > Google Cloud Platform(GCP).
3. Provide a unique display name for identification purposes.
4. Upload the JSON file that contains the private key of the service account to authenticate Site24x7 for performing resource discovery.
5. Select Cloud Disk from the Select the Resources for Monitoring list.
6. Select existing Notification Profiles, User Alerts Groups, Tags, and IT Automation Templates or add new ones. You can also integrate Site24x7's alarms with your preferred third-party service.
7. Click Start GCP Monitoring.
Adding Google Cloud Disk to an existing Google Cloud monitor

If you already have a Google Cloud monitor configured for the service account, you can add Google Cloud Disk by following the steps below:
1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Go to Cloud > GCP and select your GCP monitor.
3. Click the hamburger icon next to Service View and select Edit, which brings you to the Edit GCP Monitor page.
4. On the Edit GCP Monitor page, select Cloud Disk from the Select the Resources for Monitoring list and click Save.
5. After successful configuration, go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud Disk. Now you can view the discovered Google Cloud Disk resources.

Note

It will take approximately five minutes to discover new GCP resources.

Polling frequency

Site24x7's Google Cloud Disk monitor collects minute-wise metric data, and the statuses of your Google Cloud Disk are reported every five minutes.

Supported metrics

Metric name	Description	Statistic	Unit
Disk Average Latency	The average latency of the disk reported in the last 60 seconds	Average	Microseconds
Disk Average I/O Queue Depth	The average input-output queue length of the disk reported in the last 60 seconds	Average	Count
Peak Disk Read Bytes	The maximum amount of data read by the disk in the data sampling period	Maximum	Bytes
Peak Disk Read Ops	The maximum read requests per second processed by the disk	Average	Count
Peak Disk Write Bytes	The maximum amount of data written by the disk in the data sampling period	Maximum	Bytes
Peak Disk Write Ops	The maximum write requests per second processed by the disk	Average	Count
Provisioned disk IOPS	The provisioned input-output operations per second (IOPS) of the disk specified by the user	Total	Count
Provisioned Disk Size	The provisioned size of the disk specified by the user	Total	Bytes
Provisioned Disk Throughput	The provisioned throughput of the disk specified by the user	Total	Count
Disk Read Bytes	Total amount of data read by the disk	Total	Bytes
Disk Read Operations	Total number of read operations performed by the disk	Total	Count
Disk Write Bytes	Total amount of data written by the disk	Total	Bytes
Disk Write Operations	Total number of write operations performed by the disk	Total	Count
Async Replication Sent Bytes Count	The average difference in number of bytes sent through cross-region network	Average	Bytes
Async Replication Time Since Last Replication	The time since last replication was done	Average	Seconds
Regional Disk Replica State	Replica status of the regional disk	Average	Count

Threshold configuration

Global configuration
1. In the Site24x7 web client, go to the Admin section on the left navigation pane.
2. Select Configuration Profiles from the left pane and select Threshold and Availability from the drop-down menu.
3. Click Add Threshold Profile in the top-right corner.
4. For Monitor Type, select Cloud Disk.
5. Now you can set the threshold values for the metrics listed above.
Monitor-level configuration
1. In the Site24x7 web client, go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud Disk.
2. Select a resource you would like to set a threshold for, then click the hamburger icon.
3. Select Edit, which directs you to the Edit Cloud Disk Monitor page.
4. You can set the threshold values for the metrics with the Threshold and Availability option.
5. You can also configure IT Automation at the attribute level.

IT Automation

Site24x7 offers a set of exclusive IT Automation tools that automatically resolve performance degradation issues. These tools react to events proactively rather than waiting for manual intervention. The IT Automation tools automate repetitive tasks and automatically remediate threshold breaches. The alarm engine continually evaluates system events for which thresholds are set and executes the mapped automation when there is a breach.

How to configure IT Automation for a monitor

Configuration Rules

Editing multiple monitors to associate different monitor groups or add a different tag can be a tedious process. With Site24x7's Configuration Rules, you can automate the configuration settings of your monitoring resources. Also, Site24x7 allows you to create custom rules to track configuration changes continuously and achieve the ideal configuration settings.

How to add Configuration Rules

Summary

The Summary tab will give you the performance data organized by time for the metrics listed above. To view the summary:

Go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud Disk.
Select a resource.
Click the Summary tab.

Configuration Details

The Configuration Details tab provides details on the configurations of application instances. To get the configuration details:

Go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud Disk.
Select a resource.
Click the Configuration Details tab.

Reports

Gain in-depth data about the various parameters of your monitored resources and accentuate your service performance using our insightful reports.

To view reports for a Google Cloud Disk resource:

Go to the Reports section on the left navigation pane.
Select Cloud Disk from the menu on the left.
You can find the Availability Summary Report, Performance Report, and Inventory Report for one selected monitor. Or you can get the Summary Report, Availability Summary Report, Health Trend Report, and Performance Report for all the Google Cloud Disk monitors.

You can also get reports from the Summary tab of the Google Cloud Disk monitor:

Click the Summary tab.
Get the Availability Summary Report of the monitor by clicking Availability.
You can also find the Performance Report of the monitor by clicking any chart title.