# Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) **URL:** https://forums.percona.com/c/percona-monitoring-and-management-pmm/30.md?page=3 [Latest](https://forums.percona.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.percona.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.percona.com/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [Pg\_stat\_monitor 2.2 - Collapsing similar queries](https://forums.percona.com/t/pg-stat-monitor-2-2-collapsing-similar-queries/39763)
**Author:** [@ANDiv1976](https://forums.percona.com/u/ANDiv1976)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pg-stat-monitor-2-2-collapsing-similar-queries/39763 "2025-11-25T15:24:14Z")
Why doesn’t pg\_stat\_monitor 2.2 collapse such similar queries? Under high TPS, all buckets get filled with identical queries. As a result, it starts consuming more shared memory. It can collapse similar queries. In pg\_s… --- ## [How to monitor AWS RDS spreaded across 100+ accounts using PMM](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-aws-rds-spreaded-across-100-accounts-using-pmm/39782)
**Author:** [@Sarma\_Chavali](https://forums.percona.com/u/Sarma_Chavali)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-aws-rds-spreaded-across-100-accounts-using-pmm/39782 "2025-11-25T13:41:43Z")
Hi all, I have a typical scenario, We have speeded RDS Aurora instances across multiple AWS accounts; Is there a easy way to monitor using single IAM role attached to PMM EC2 machine; We are using PMM3.x version. Any … --- ## [PostgreSQL:PMM agent queries are consuming more CPU's](https://forums.percona.com/t/postgresql-pmm-agent-queries-are-consuming-more-cpus/39748)
**Author:** [@Naresh9999](https://forums.percona.com/u/Naresh9999)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/postgresql-pmm-agent-queries-are-consuming-more-cpus/39748 "2025-11-19T12:07:48Z")
PMM agent queries are consuming high CPU, and I’m not sure why they are taking this much processing power. Can someone help me understand why these queries are continuously using high CPU on each database one after anot… --- ## [Choose a monitoring extension pg\_stat\_monitor](https://forums.percona.com/t/choose-a-monitoring-extension-pg-stat-monitor/39649)
**Author:** [@nareshnarala](https://forums.percona.com/u/nareshnarala)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/choose-a-monitoring-extension-pg-stat-monitor/39649 "2025-11-18T12:31:41Z")
Hi All, Could you please confirm whether pg\_stat\_monitor.pgsm\_enable\_query\_plan needs to remain disabled permanently, or it only needs to be disabled temporarily while enabling the pg\_stat\_monitor extension, and can the… --- ## [Errors in collecting metrics under high database load](https://forums.percona.com/t/errors-in-collecting-metrics-under-high-database-load/39688)
**Author:** [@ANDiv1976](https://forums.percona.com/u/ANDiv1976)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/errors-in-collecting-metrics-under-high-database-load/39688 "2025-11-17T13:54:08Z")
Hello! I installed PMM server version 3. On a highly loaded test server running PostgreSQL version 14, I installed the PMM agent version 3 and pg\_stat\_monitor 2.2. Metrics are being received. Agent settings: pg\_stat\_m… --- ## [Disable sending messages to the client side](https://forums.percona.com/t/disable-sending-messages-to-the-client-side/39698)
**Author:** [@ANDiv1976](https://forums.percona.com/u/ANDiv1976)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/disable-sending-messages-to-the-client-side/39698 "2025-11-14T12:49:16Z")
How can I disable sending unnecessary messages from pg\_stat\_monitor to the client side? We configured pg\_stat\_monitor.pgsm\_max to limit shared memory consumption. And if the buffer doesn’t free up in time, the following … --- ## [Rootless podman based pmm server ver 3.4.1 remains unhealthy](https://forums.percona.com/t/rootless-podman-based-pmm-server-ver-3-4-1-remains-unhealthy/39704)
**Author:** [@amod\_kakade](https://forums.percona.com/u/amod_kakade)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/rootless-podman-based-pmm-server-ver-3-4-1-remains-unhealthy/39704 "2025-11-13T04:59:01Z")
Hi WHen I try to startup PMM server container ver 3.4.1 on OL9 the container status remains unhealthy. There are no further errors. The container startup is success. pmm-admin status also is clean. Appreciate help podm… --- ## [Info about how PMM evaluate the metrics for a given filesystem](https://forums.percona.com/t/info-about-how-pmm-evaluate-the-metrics-for-a-given-filesystem/39709)
**Author:** [@Frak](https://forums.percona.com/u/Frak)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/info-about-how-pmm-evaluate-the-metrics-for-a-given-filesystem/39709 "2025-11-11T09:05:56Z")
Description: Metrics usage for a given filesystem. Hi all, on the pmm dashboard for a given mountpoint i see the values for Free,Used and Usage% If i extract the metrics about the same filesystem with curl using: node… --- ## [Are pmm-agents v3 compatible with pmm-server v2 (2.44.0)?](https://forums.percona.com/t/are-pmm-agents-v3-compatible-with-pmm-server-v2-2-44-0/39705)
**Author:** [@ddkozyreva](https://forums.percona.com/u/ddkozyreva)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/are-pmm-agents-v3-compatible-with-pmm-server-v2-2-44-0/39705 "2025-11-10T18:58:02Z")
Hello! I’d like to know if pmm-agents v3 are compatible with pmm-server v2. I couldn’t find anything about this in the documentation. Could you provide some information? Thank you. --- ## [Query information is missing](https://forums.percona.com/t/query-information-is-missing/39693)
**Author:** [@ANDiv1976](https://forums.percona.com/u/ANDiv1976)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/query-information-is-missing/39693 "2025-11-10T08:54:35Z")
Several PostgreSQL servers are connected to the monitoring. The agent configuration is the same everywhere. On some servers, the monitoring shows that there is no QAN information. How can I understand why QAN is not … --- ## [Vmalert in PMM 3.4.1 Docker Cannot Start Due to Missing Notifier Configuration](https://forums.percona.com/t/vmalert-in-pmm-3-4-1-docker-cannot-start-due-to-missing-notifier-configuration/39701)
**Author:** [@Fan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Fan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/vmalert-in-pmm-3-4-1-docker-cannot-start-due-to-missing-notifier-configuration/39701 "2025-11-10T06:51:15Z")
I am running Percona PMM 3.4.1 deployed via Docker. I encountered an issue where vmalert cannot start at all. The error message indicates that neither -notifier.url, -notifier.config, nor -notifier.blackhole is configure… --- ## [Is the vmalert still available in PMM v3?](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-the-vmalert-still-available-in-pmm-v3/37547)
**Author:** [@chadr](https://forums.percona.com/u/chadr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-the-vmalert-still-available-in-pmm-v3/37547 "2025-11-10T05:22:44Z")
I remember that the vmalert will be removed starting from PMM v3 according to above ticket but seems it is still there. Will the vmalert somehow be removed in further version of PMM v3 or it has still any responsibilit… --- ## [Proxysql\_exporter error in scraping runtime mysql servers](https://forums.percona.com/t/proxysql-exporter-error-in-scraping-runtime-mysql-servers/35215)
**Author:** [@Animesh\_Agarwal](https://forums.percona.com/u/Animesh_Agarwal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/proxysql-exporter-error-in-scraping-runtime-mysql-servers/35215 "2025-11-09T16:25:48Z")
I have deployed pmm-client as a sidecar to the proxysql container. As per the documentation ProxySQL - Percona Monitoring and Management we should use admin-stats\_credentials to configure read only user for monitoring pr… --- ## [\[PMM 3\] How to configure different retention periods for QAN (30 days) and Metrics (6 months)?](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-3-how-to-configure-different-retention-periods-for-qan-30-days-and-metrics-6-months/39690)
**Author:** [@frank.pan](https://forums.percona.com/u/frank.pan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-3-how-to-configure-different-retention-periods-for-qan-30-days-and-metrics-6-months/39690 "2025-11-06T15:12:51Z")
Hello, I am using PMM 3 and my QAN data is generating a very large volume, which is causing disk space issues. I need to configure different retention periods for my data: QAN Data (Query Analytics): I only need to … --- ## [PMM Server 3.2.0 on Kubernetes: Auto-Logout/Unauthorized Error with Multiple Replicas](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-3-2-0-on-kubernetes-auto-logout-unauthorized-error-with-multiple-replicas/39677)
**Author:** [@pravata\_dash](https://forums.percona.com/u/pravata_dash)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-3-2-0-on-kubernetes-auto-logout-unauthorized-error-with-multiple-replicas/39677 "2025-11-04T18:24:56Z")
Hello Percona Community, I am setting up a PMM Server (version 3.2.0) deployment in my local Kubernetes environment (running on macOS) using the official Percona Helm chart. The Setup PMM Version: 3.2.0 (using officia… --- ## [Need confirmation about the variable pg\_stat\_monitor.pgsm\_enable\_query\_plan](https://forums.percona.com/t/need-confirmation-about-the-variable-pg-stat-monitor-pgsm-enable-query-plan/39651)
**Author:** [@Naresh9999](https://forums.percona.com/u/Naresh9999)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/need-confirmation-about-the-variable-pg-stat-monitor-pgsm-enable-query-plan/39651 "2025-10-30T13:06:13Z")
Hi Team, Could you please confirm whether the pg\_stat\_monitor.pgsm\_enable\_query\_plan needs to remain disabled permanently, or whether it only needs to be disabled temporarily while enabling the pg\_stat\_monitor extension… --- ## [Invalid username or password](https://forums.percona.com/t/invalid-username-or-password/39656)
**Author:** [@khaled1](https://forums.percona.com/u/khaled1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/invalid-username-or-password/39656 "2025-10-30T11:47:35Z")
I Installed Percona PMM 3 on Debian 13 from below script and the setup was completed successfully but after the setup I cannot login with error invalid username or password then I see that Debian 13 is not fully support… --- ## [Reduce just ClickHouse retention](https://forums.percona.com/t/reduce-just-clickhouse-retention/39604)
**Author:** [@Juan\_Ferrer\_Toribio](https://forums.percona.com/u/Juan_Ferrer_Toribio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/reduce-just-clickhouse-retention/39604 "2025-10-28T21:55:41Z")
Description: When running PMM with Docker, it’s possible to modify retention with the DATA\_RETENTION environment variable, but this seems to affect VictoriaMetrics ¿and ClickHouse?. In my case, ClickHouse is using the mo… --- ## [Request - Or Config setting?](https://forums.percona.com/t/request-or-config-setting/39566)
**Author:** [@meyerder](https://forums.percona.com/u/meyerder)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/request-or-config-setting/39566 "2025-10-16T14:47:22Z")
I have noticed that in newer versions the defaults to a 1 min refresh.. Prior version I think this was disabled. For me this causes quite a few slowdowns as it seems like some of the pages take almost that long to load.… --- ## [SMS messages not being received from PMM](https://forums.percona.com/t/sms-messages-not-being-received-from-pmm/16520)
**Author:** [@Mikem](https://forums.percona.com/u/Mikem)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/sms-messages-not-being-received-from-pmm/16520 "2025-10-14T16:12:48Z")
Configured a Communication channel in PMM and can successfully send emails but sms texts are not being sent/received. Using tmobile so format is phone#@tmomail.net. Any advice on how to troubleshoot this? --- ## [Installation of PMM server and client at one server](https://forums.percona.com/t/installation-of-pmm-server-and-client-at-one-server/39544)
**Author:** [@Sarge](https://forums.percona.com/u/Sarge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/installation-of-pmm-server-and-client-at-one-server/39544 "2025-10-14T14:38:59Z")
Hello to Community ! Trying to meet with PMM 3 version I’ve met two questions Is it possible to install PMM server and PMM client at the same (remote) server and get access using web ? Is it possible to install PM… --- ## [PMM prevents MongoDB from accepting connections randomly](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-prevents-mongodb-from-accepting-connections-randomly/39530)
**Author:** [@harish.jaipu](https://forums.percona.com/u/harish.jaipu)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-prevents-mongodb-from-accepting-connections-randomly/39530 "2025-10-10T19:15:09Z")
Sharing PMM agent errors reported. ● pmm-agent.service - pmm-agent Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/pmm-agent.service; enabled; preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-09-28 11:03:31 +… --- ## [Email alerts configuration for Mongodb](https://forums.percona.com/t/email-alerts-configuration-for-mongodb/36217)
**Author:** [@Dhivya](https://forums.percona.com/u/Dhivya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/email-alerts-configuration-for-mongodb/36217 "2025-09-25T12:44:51Z")
Hi All, Am trying to configure emails alerts for critical parameters like service down ,replication lag and connections for now. For Service down I used the default alert rule templates it worked. But for replication l… --- ## [Fresh install PMM3 and face Login failed Invalid username or password](https://forums.percona.com/t/fresh-install-pmm3-and-face-login-failed-invalid-username-or-password/38895)
**Author:** [@suresh](https://forums.percona.com/u/suresh)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/fresh-install-pmm3-and-face-login-failed-invalid-username-or-password/38895 "2025-09-23T10:00:44Z")
Description: Login failed Invalid username or password after fresh install of PMM3 with default login user admin/admin Steps to Reproduce: \[Step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce the issue, including any specific… --- ## [Pbm backups from the operator](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-backups-from-the-operator/39397)
**Author:** [@Fetah\_Jusufi](https://forums.percona.com/u/Fetah_Jusufi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-backups-from-the-operator/39397 "2025-09-22T16:39:53Z")
Description: Is it possible to view the existing backups that I have and I setup directly in the tasks and also pitr? As I understand I need to add it directly in PMM, but I dont know how reliable that is! I would like … --- ## [Too high load and QPS levels in QAN MySQL](https://forums.percona.com/t/too-high-load-and-qps-levels-in-qan-mysql/39417)
**Author:** [@svist](https://forums.percona.com/u/svist)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/too-high-load-and-qps-levels-in-qan-mysql/39417 "2025-09-22T07:01:28Z")
MySQL: Server version: 5.7.35-38-log Percona Server (GPL), Release ‘38’, Revision ‘3692a61’ mysql\> show variables like ‘%slow%’; ±----------------------------------±-----------------------------------+ | Variable\_name… --- ## [Looking to download PMM 3.3.0 client RPMs for RedHat 7 (el7) and RedHat 6 (el6)](https://forums.percona.com/t/looking-to-download-pmm-3-3-0-client-rpms-for-redhat-7-el7-and-redhat-6-el6/39385)
**Author:** [@avi\_vainshtein](https://forums.percona.com/u/avi_vainshtein)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/looking-to-download-pmm-3-3-0-client-rpms-for-redhat-7-el7-and-redhat-6-el6/39385 "2025-09-21T04:24:04Z")
Greetings I’m looking for PMM 3.3.0 client RPMs for RedHat 7 (el7) and RedHat 6 (el6) hosts. Do they exist and are available for download ? thanks in advance, Avi --- ## [Embed (iframe) v2.12 PMM panels](https://forums.percona.com/t/embed-iframe-v2-12-pmm-panels/8428)
**Author:** [@Sean225](https://forums.percona.com/u/Sean225)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/embed-iframe-v2-12-pmm-panels/8428 "2025-09-18T15:47:03Z")
I am trying to get some panels to embed in a htm page hosted on another server. I am using the docker version 2.12 and have already changed the setting to allow embed (allow\_embedding: true). The panel just shows up as… --- ## [Pmm-agent running "strange" queries](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-agent-running-strange-queries/39384)
**Author:** [@FabricioPedrosoJorge](https://forums.percona.com/u/FabricioPedrosoJorge)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-agent-running-strange-queries/39384 "2025-09-15T15:57:58Z")
Hello dear Percona team, On our PMM3 deployment, we can see that the “pmm-agent“ is running some strange queries on MySQL databases. These strange queries are all failing. For example: SELECT UNIX\_TIMESTAMP(ts), UNIX\_T… --- ## [Get settings of exporters](https://forums.percona.com/t/get-settings-of-exporters/39198)
**Author:** [@fredricj](https://forums.percona.com/u/fredricj)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/get-settings-of-exporters/39198 "2025-09-12T02:51:16Z")
Is there a way to get the settings of an exporters? For example I want to get the settings of –disable-tablestats-limit and –max-query-length from mysqld\_exporter [Previous page](https://forums.percona.com/c/percona-monitoring-and-management-pmm/30.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.percona.com/c/percona-monitoring-and-management-pmm/30.md?page=4)