Supported metrics for Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances

The following table lists the metrics available for the Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances resource type.

Table headings

Metric - The metric display name as it appears in the Azure portal.
Name in Rest API - Metric name as referred to in the REST API.
Unit - Unit of measure.
Aggregation - The default aggregation type. Valid values: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Total, Count.
Dimensions - Dimensions available for the metric.
Time Grains - Intervals at which the metric is sampled. For example, PT1M indicates that the metric is sampled every minute, PT30M every 30 minutes, PT1H every hour, and so on.
DS Export- Whether the metric is exportable to Azure Monitor Logs via Diagnostic Settings.

For information on exporting metrics, see - Metrics export using data collection rules and Create diagnostic settings in Azure Monitor.

For information on metric retention, see Azure Monitor Metrics overview.

For a list of supported logs, see Supported log categories - Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances

Metric Name in REST API Unit Aggregation Dimensions Time Grains DS Export
Average CPU percentage

Average CPU percentage
avg_cpu_percent Percent Average, Maximum, Minimum <none> PT1M Yes
IO bytes read

IO bytes read
io_bytes_read Bytes Average, Maximum, Minimum <none> PT1M Yes
IO bytes written

IO bytes written
io_bytes_written Bytes Average, Maximum, Minimum <none> PT1M Yes
IO requests count

IO requests count
io_requests Count Average, Maximum, Minimum <none> PT1M Yes
Storage space reserved

Storage space reserved
reserved_storage_mb Count Average, Maximum, Minimum <none> PT1M Yes
Storage space used

Storage space used
storage_space_used_mb Count Average, Maximum, Minimum <none> PT1M Yes
Virtual core count

Virtual core count
virtual_core_count Count Average, Maximum, Minimum <none> PT1M Yes

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