GCP Filestore instances are fully managed NFS file servers on Google Cloud for use with applications running on Compute Engine virtual machine (VM) instances, Google Kubernetes Engine clusters, external datastores such as Google Cloud VMware Engine, or your on-premises machines.

You must configure cloud connections to monitor this entity. See Configure Google Cloud Platform Connection.

Cisco Cloud Observability displays GCP entities on the Observe page. Metrics are displayed for specific entity instances in the list and detail views.

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Detail View 

To display the detail view of a GCP Filestore instance:

  1. Navigate to the Observe page.
  2. Under Database & Storage, click GCP Filestore Instances.
    The list view now displays.
  3. From the list, click a Name to display the detail view.
    The detail view displays metrics, key performance indicators, and properties (attributes) related to the instance you selected.

Metrics and Key Performance Indicators 

Cisco Cloud Observability displays the following metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) for GCP Filestore.

Some GCP metrics have been modified in Cisco Cloud Observability. Metric display names and descriptions may differ from the source metric.

Display NameSource Metric NameDescription
Operations Latency (ms)
  • nfs/server/average_read_latency
  • nfs/server/average_write_latency
The average latency for all disk operations. This metric is not populated for basic tier instances.
Instance Availability (True/False)nfs/server/instance_availableTrue if the e2e NFS prober using sec=krb5 is able to probe the instance.
Disk Capacity (By)
  • nfs/server/free_bytes
  • nfs/server/used_bytes
The total free/used bytes.
Disk Capacity (%)
  • nfs/server/free_bytes_percent
  • nfs/server/used_bytes_percent
The free/used disk space as a percentage of the total space.
Free Raw Disk Capacity (%)nfs/server/free_raw_capacity_percentThe free raw capacity, as a percentage of the total space.
Operations (Count)
  • nfs/server/read_ops_count
  • nfs/server/write_ops_count
  • nfs/server/metadata_ops_count
The count of disk/metadata operations.
Operations Size (By)
  • nfs/server/read_bytes_count
  • nfs/server/write_bytes_count
The bytes read/written from the disk.
Operations Duration (ms)
  • nfs/server/read_milliseconds_count
  • nfs/server/write_milliseconds_count
The count of milliseconds spent on disk operations.
Snapshots Size (By)nfs/server/snapshots_used_bytesThe number of bytes used by the snapshots.
Procedure Calls (Count)nfs/server/procedure_call_countThe NFS server procedure call count.
Domain Controllers (True/False)nfs/server/domain_reachableTrue if at least one of the active directory domain controllers (AD DCs) is reachable.

Properties (Attributes)

Cisco Cloud Observability displays the following properties for GCP Filestore.

Display NameSource Property NameDescription
IDnameThe ID of the Filestore.
Name-The name of the Filestore.
Project ID-The ID of the GCP project.
Region-The region where the job is deployed in, trimmed from the GCP name field.
Zone-The geographical region the resource is running.
StatestateThe instance state.
Status MessagestatusMessageAdditional information about the instance state, if available.
Create TimecreateTimeThe time when the instance was created.
TiertierThe service tier of the instance.
ETagetagThe server-specified ETag for the instance resource. Used to prevent simultaneous updates from overwriting each other.
Satisfies PzssatisfiesPzsReserved for future use.
KMS Key NamekmsKeyNameThe Key Management Service (KMS) key name used for data encryption.

Retention and Purge Time-To-Live (TTL)

For all cloud and infrastructure entities, the retention TTL is 180 minutes (3 hours) and the purge TTL is 525,600 minutes (365 days). 

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