CockroachDB includes metrics to monitor backup, restore, and scheduled backup jobs. You can use monitoring integrations to alert when there are anomalies, such as backups that have failed or restore jobs encountering a retryable error.
Depending on whether you are using a CockroachDB Dedicated or CockroachDB Self-Hosted cluster, you can use the following to monitor backup and restore metrics for your CockroachDB cluster:
- Prometheus endpoint: CockroachDB Self-Hosted
- Datadog integration: CockroachDB Dedicated
We recommend setting up monitoring to alert when anomalies occur. You can then use the following SQL statements to inspect details relating to schedules, jobs, and backups:
For detail on managed backups that Cockroach Labs stores for your CockroachDB Cloud cluster, see the Backups page in the Cloud Console.
Metrics are reported per node. Therefore, it is necessary to retrieve metrics from every node in the cluster. For example, if you are monitoring whether a backup fails, it is necessary to track scheduled_backup_failed on each node.
Prometheus endpoint
You can access the Prometheus endpoint (http://<host>:<http-port>/_status/vars) for backup and restore metrics with CockroachDB Dedicated or CockroachDB Self-Hosted clusters.
See the Monitor CockroachDB with Prometheus tutorial for guidance on installing and setting up Prometheus and Alertmanager to track metrics.
Available metrics
We recommend the following guidelines:
- Use the
schedules_backup_last_completed_timemetric to monitor the specific backup job or jobs you would use to recover from a disaster. - Configure alerting on the
schedules_backup_last_completed_timemetric to watch for cases where the timestamp has not moved forward as expected.
| Metric | Description |
|---|---|
schedules_backup_succeeded |
The number of scheduled backup jobs that have succeeded. |
schedules_backup_started |
The number of scheduled backup jobs that have started. |
schedules_backup_last_completed_time |
The Unix timestamp of the most recently completed scheduled backup specified as maintaining this metric. Note: This metric only updates if the schedule was created with the updates_cluster_last_backup_time_metric option. |
schedules_backup_failed |
The number of scheduled backup jobs that have failed. Note: A stuck scheduled job will not increment this metric. |
schedules_round_reschedule_wait |
The number of schedules that were rescheduled due to a currently running job. A value greater than 0 indicates that a previous backup was still running when a new scheduled backup was supposed to start. This corresponds to the on_previous_running=wait schedule option. |
schedules_round_reschedule_skip |
The number of schedules that were skipped due to a currently running job. A value greater than 0 indicates that a previous backup was still running when a new scheduled backup was supposed to start. This corresponds to the on_previous_running=skip schedule option. |
jobs_backup_currently_running |
The number of backup jobs currently running in Resume or OnFailOrCancel state. |
jobs_backup_fail_or_cancel_retry_error |
The number of backup jobs that failed with a retryable error on their failure or cancelation process. |
jobs_backup_fail_or_cancel_completed |
The number of backup jobs that successfully completed their failure or cancelation process. |
jobs_backup_fail_or_cancel_failed |
The number of backup jobs that failed with a non-retryable error on their failure or cancelation process. |
jobs_backup_resume_failed |
The number of backup jobs that failed with a non-retryable error. |
jobs_backup_resume_retry_error |
The number of backup jobs that failed with a retryable error. |
jobs_restore_resume_retry_error |
The number of restore jobs that failed with a retryable error. |
jobs_restore_resume_completed |
The number of restore jobs that successfully resumed to completion. |
jobs_restore_resume_failed |
The number of restore jobs that failed with a non-retryable error. |
jobs_restore_fail_or_cancel_failed |
The number of restore jobs that failed with a non-retriable error on their failure or cancelation process. |
jobs_restore_fail_or_cancel_retry_error |
The number of restore jobs that failed with a retryable error on their failure or cancelation process. |
jobs_restore_currently_running |
The number of restore jobs currently running in Resume or OnFailOrCancel state. |
Datadog integration
To use the Datadog integration with your CockroachDB Dedicated cluster, you can:
- Export the following schedule backup metrics to Datadog using the Cloud API. To set this up, refer to Export Metrics From a CockroachDB Standard Cluster or Export Metrics From a CockroachDB Advanced Cluster.
- Access the Cloud Console Monitoring page to enable the integration. To set this up, refer to Monitor CockroachDB Cloud with Datadog.
Available metrics in Datadog
| Metric | Description |
|---|---|
schedules_backup_succeeded |
The number of scheduled backup jobs that have succeeded. |
schedules_backup_started |
The number of scheduled backup jobs that have started. |
schedules_backup_last_completed_time |
The Unix timestamp of the most recently completed backup by a schedule specified as maintaining this metric. |
schedules_backup_failed |
The number of scheduled backup jobs that have failed. |
See also
- Third-Party Monitoring Integrations
- Manage a Backup Schedule
- Backup and Restore Overview
- Backup Validation
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