Monitor the appliance with system views - Analytics Platform System

This article lists the system views that you can use for monitoring Analytics Platform System (PDW).

Monitor the Appliance by Using System Views

SQL Server PDW includes comprehensive system views that enable you to obtain detailed information about the appliance health, state, and performance. This table provides links to system views that can be used for each monitoring capability.

A diagram of Analytics Platform System (PDW) system views alerts.

Information Type Related System Views
Overall status of the appliance sys.dm_pdw_sys_info
Alerts sys.pdw_health_alerts

sys.dm_pdw_component_health_alerts

sys.dm_pdw_component_health_active_alerts

sys.dm_pdw_component_health_status
Appliance components and their status sys.pdw_health_component_groups

sys.pdw_health_components

sys.pdw_health_component_properties

sys.pdw_health_component_status_mappings

sys.dm_pdw_nodes
Monitor requests (including queries, loads, backups, and restores) sys.dm_pdw_exec_sessions

sys.dm_pdw_exec_requests

sys.dm_pdw_request_steps

sys.dm_pdw_sql_requests

sys.dm_pdw_dms_workers

sys.dm_pdw_waits

sys.dm_pdw_errors

sys.pdw_distributions
Monitor additional information for loads, backups, and restores. sys.pdw_loader_backup_runs

sys.pdw_loader_backup_run_details

sys.pdw_loader_run_stages
OS-level logs and performance information sys.dm_pdw_os_performance_counters

sys.dm_pdw_os_event_logs

sys.dm_pdw_os_threads