Extending MySQL Enterprise Monitor with Custom Advisors, Graphs, and Data Collections

MySQL Enterprise Monitor provides a plethora of base Advisors, Graphs and Data Collections for DBAs and Developers. However, have you ever wanted to extend these to suit your environment more closely? If so – this session is for you. Come to learn:

How to extend the Agent’s base Data Collections:

o The data collection XML format
o Adding collections based on SQL statement return values (even application specific ones)

How to add new custom Graphs:

o The graph XML format
o Disk based monitoring
o Graphing new custom Data Collections

How to add new custom Advisors:

o Using the UI to create new rules based on standard and custom data collections