Merge pull request #33661 from dimitri-furman/database-watcher

Add a new alert template

Author: rwestMSFT

azure-sql/database-watcher-alerts.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ titleSuffix: Azure SQL Database & SQL Managed Instance
 description: A detailed description of Azure Monitor Alerts in database watcher
 author: lcwright
 ms.author: lancewright
+ms.reviewer: dfurman
 ms.date: 02/12/2025
 ms.service: azure-sql
 ms.subservice: monitoring
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ The following tables describe currently available alert rule templates for each
 | Workload patterns | Blocked requests | 1 - Error | 5 minutes | Alerts if there is a minimum number of blocked requests in a database that have been waiting longer than a certain duration. |
 | Workload patterns | Deadlock spike | 3 - Informational | 5 minutes | Alerts if the number of deadlocks in a database exceeds a threshold. |
 | Workload patterns | Lock wait spike | 2 - Warning | 5 minutes | Alerts if the cumulative wait time for locks in a database exceeds a threshold. |
+| Workload patterns | Long active transactions | 3 - Informational | 5 minutes | Alerts if there active transactions where transaction duration exceeds a threshold. |
 | Workload patterns | Memory wait spike | 3 - Informational | 5 minutes | Alerts if the cumulative wait time for memory in a database exceeds a threshold. |
 | Workload patterns | Network IO wait spike | 3 - Informational | 5 minutes | Alerts if the cumulative wait time for network IO in a database exceeds a threshold. |
 | Workload patterns | Request rate drop | 3 - Informational | 5 minutes | Alerts if the request rate in a database dropped significantly. |
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ The following tables describe currently available alert rule templates for each
 | Workload patterns | Blocked requests | 1 - Error | 5 minutes | Alerts if there is a minimum number of blocked requests on an instance that have been waiting longer than a certain duration. |
 | Workload patterns | Deadlock spike | 3 - Informational | 5 minutes | Alerts if the number of deadlocks on an instance exceeds a threshold. |
 | Workload patterns | Lock wait spike | 2 - Warning | 5 minutes | Alerts if the cumulative wait time for locks on an instance exceeds a threshold. |
+| Workload patterns | Long active transactions | 3 - Informational | 5 minutes | Alerts if there active transactions where transaction duration exceeds a threshold. |
 | Workload patterns | Memory wait spike | 3 - Informational | 5 minutes | Alerts if the cumulative wait time for memory on an instance exceeds a threshold. |
 | Workload patterns | Network IO wait spike | 3 - Informational | 5 minutes | Alerts if the cumulative wait time for network IO on an instance exceeds a threshold. |
 | Workload patterns | Request rate drop | 3 - Informational | 5 minutes | Alerts if the request rate on an instance dropped significantly. |

azure-sql/database-watcher-analyze.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ titleSuffix: Azure SQL Database & SQL Managed Instance
 description: Examples of analytical queries that use database watcher monitoring data
 author: lcwright
 ms.author: lancewright
+ms.reviewer: dfurman
 ms.date: 02/07/2025
 ms.service: azure-sql
 ms.subservice: monitoring

azure-sql/database-watcher-data.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ titleSuffix: Azure SQL Database & SQL Managed Instance
 description: A detailed description of SQL monitoring data collected by database watcher
 author: lcwright
 ms.author: lancewright
+ms.reviewer: dfurman
 ms.date: 12/20/2024
 ms.service: azure-sql
 ms.subservice: monitoring

azure-sql/database-watcher-faq.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   author: lcwright
   ms.author: lancewright
   ms.date: 02/07/2025
-  ms.reviewer: wiassaf
+  ms.reviewer: wiassaf, dfurman
   ms.service: azure-sql
   ms.subservice: monitoring
   ms.topic: faq

azure-sql/database-watcher-manage.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ titleSuffix: Azure SQL Database & SQL Managed Instance
 description: Setup and configuration details for database watcher
 author: lcwright
 ms.author: lancewright
-ms.reviewer: wiassaf
+ms.reviewer: wiassaf, dfurman
 ms.date: 02/07/2025
 ms.service: azure-sql
 ms.subservice: monitoring

azure-sql/database-watcher-overview.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ titleSuffix: Azure SQL Database & SQL Managed Instance
 description: An overview of database watcher for Azure SQL, a managed monitoring solution for database services in the Azure SQL family.
 author: lcwright
 ms.author: lancewright
-ms.reviewer: wiassaf
+ms.reviewer: wiassaf, dfurman
 ms.date: 03/13/2025
 ms.service: azure-sql
 ms.subservice: monitoring

azure-sql/database-watcher-quickstart.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ titleSuffix: Azure SQL Database & SQL Managed Instance
 description: Learn how to create a new database watcher to monitor an Azure SQL database, elastic pool, or SQL managed instance using Microsoft Entra authentication and private connectivity.
 author: lcwright
 ms.author: lancewright
-ms.reviewer: wiassaf
+ms.reviewer: wiassaf, dfurman
 ms.date: 02/07/2025
 ms.service: azure-sql
 ms.subservice: monitoring