Measuring latency between availability group nodes in real-time












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We have a monitor in which we would like to display the replication latency between primary and secondary node in milliseconds in real-time.



We're using this query:



;WITH 
AG_Stats AS
(
SELECT AR.replica_server_name,
HARS.role_desc,
Db_name(DRS.database_id) [DBName],
DRS.last_commit_time
FROM sys.dm_hadr_database_replica_states DRS
INNER JOIN sys.availability_replicas AR ON DRS.replica_id = AR.replica_id
INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_states HARS ON AR.group_id = HARS.group_id
AND AR.replica_id = HARS.replica_id
),
Pri_CommitTime AS
(
SELECT replica_server_name
, DBName
, last_commit_time
FROM AG_Stats
WHERE role_desc = 'PRIMARY'
),
Sec_CommitTime AS
(
SELECT replica_server_name
, DBName
, last_commit_time
FROM AG_Stats
WHERE role_desc = 'SECONDARY'
)
SELECT p.replica_server_name [primary_replica]
, p.[DBName] AS [DatabaseName]
, s.replica_server_name [secondary_replica]
, s.last_commit_time
, p.last_commit_time
, DATEDIFF(ms,s.last_commit_time,p.last_commit_time) AS [Sync_Lag_MS]
FROM Pri_CommitTime p
LEFT JOIN Sec_CommitTime s ON [s].[DBName] = [p].[DBName]


Result:



primary_replica DatabaseName secondary_replica last_commit_time        last_commit_time        Sync_Lag_MS
--------------- ------------ ----------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------
XXXXX NextGenAG ANGSQLD01 2018-06-08 13:18:08.853 2018-06-08 13:18:08.853 0


However the last_commit_time columns are not updated in real-time. They are updated every 5-10 minutes, which is not the case based on the OLTP workload which performs write operations every few milliseconds.










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    We have a monitor in which we would like to display the replication latency between primary and secondary node in milliseconds in real-time.



    We're using this query:



    ;WITH 
    AG_Stats AS
    (
    SELECT AR.replica_server_name,
    HARS.role_desc,
    Db_name(DRS.database_id) [DBName],
    DRS.last_commit_time
    FROM sys.dm_hadr_database_replica_states DRS
    INNER JOIN sys.availability_replicas AR ON DRS.replica_id = AR.replica_id
    INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_states HARS ON AR.group_id = HARS.group_id
    AND AR.replica_id = HARS.replica_id
    ),
    Pri_CommitTime AS
    (
    SELECT replica_server_name
    , DBName
    , last_commit_time
    FROM AG_Stats
    WHERE role_desc = 'PRIMARY'
    ),
    Sec_CommitTime AS
    (
    SELECT replica_server_name
    , DBName
    , last_commit_time
    FROM AG_Stats
    WHERE role_desc = 'SECONDARY'
    )
    SELECT p.replica_server_name [primary_replica]
    , p.[DBName] AS [DatabaseName]
    , s.replica_server_name [secondary_replica]
    , s.last_commit_time
    , p.last_commit_time
    , DATEDIFF(ms,s.last_commit_time,p.last_commit_time) AS [Sync_Lag_MS]
    FROM Pri_CommitTime p
    LEFT JOIN Sec_CommitTime s ON [s].[DBName] = [p].[DBName]


    Result:



    primary_replica DatabaseName secondary_replica last_commit_time        last_commit_time        Sync_Lag_MS
    --------------- ------------ ----------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------
    XXXXX NextGenAG ANGSQLD01 2018-06-08 13:18:08.853 2018-06-08 13:18:08.853 0


    However the last_commit_time columns are not updated in real-time. They are updated every 5-10 minutes, which is not the case based on the OLTP workload which performs write operations every few milliseconds.










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      We have a monitor in which we would like to display the replication latency between primary and secondary node in milliseconds in real-time.



      We're using this query:



      ;WITH 
      AG_Stats AS
      (
      SELECT AR.replica_server_name,
      HARS.role_desc,
      Db_name(DRS.database_id) [DBName],
      DRS.last_commit_time
      FROM sys.dm_hadr_database_replica_states DRS
      INNER JOIN sys.availability_replicas AR ON DRS.replica_id = AR.replica_id
      INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_states HARS ON AR.group_id = HARS.group_id
      AND AR.replica_id = HARS.replica_id
      ),
      Pri_CommitTime AS
      (
      SELECT replica_server_name
      , DBName
      , last_commit_time
      FROM AG_Stats
      WHERE role_desc = 'PRIMARY'
      ),
      Sec_CommitTime AS
      (
      SELECT replica_server_name
      , DBName
      , last_commit_time
      FROM AG_Stats
      WHERE role_desc = 'SECONDARY'
      )
      SELECT p.replica_server_name [primary_replica]
      , p.[DBName] AS [DatabaseName]
      , s.replica_server_name [secondary_replica]
      , s.last_commit_time
      , p.last_commit_time
      , DATEDIFF(ms,s.last_commit_time,p.last_commit_time) AS [Sync_Lag_MS]
      FROM Pri_CommitTime p
      LEFT JOIN Sec_CommitTime s ON [s].[DBName] = [p].[DBName]


      Result:



      primary_replica DatabaseName secondary_replica last_commit_time        last_commit_time        Sync_Lag_MS
      --------------- ------------ ----------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------
      XXXXX NextGenAG ANGSQLD01 2018-06-08 13:18:08.853 2018-06-08 13:18:08.853 0


      However the last_commit_time columns are not updated in real-time. They are updated every 5-10 minutes, which is not the case based on the OLTP workload which performs write operations every few milliseconds.










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      We have a monitor in which we would like to display the replication latency between primary and secondary node in milliseconds in real-time.



      We're using this query:



      ;WITH 
      AG_Stats AS
      (
      SELECT AR.replica_server_name,
      HARS.role_desc,
      Db_name(DRS.database_id) [DBName],
      DRS.last_commit_time
      FROM sys.dm_hadr_database_replica_states DRS
      INNER JOIN sys.availability_replicas AR ON DRS.replica_id = AR.replica_id
      INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_states HARS ON AR.group_id = HARS.group_id
      AND AR.replica_id = HARS.replica_id
      ),
      Pri_CommitTime AS
      (
      SELECT replica_server_name
      , DBName
      , last_commit_time
      FROM AG_Stats
      WHERE role_desc = 'PRIMARY'
      ),
      Sec_CommitTime AS
      (
      SELECT replica_server_name
      , DBName
      , last_commit_time
      FROM AG_Stats
      WHERE role_desc = 'SECONDARY'
      )
      SELECT p.replica_server_name [primary_replica]
      , p.[DBName] AS [DatabaseName]
      , s.replica_server_name [secondary_replica]
      , s.last_commit_time
      , p.last_commit_time
      , DATEDIFF(ms,s.last_commit_time,p.last_commit_time) AS [Sync_Lag_MS]
      FROM Pri_CommitTime p
      LEFT JOIN Sec_CommitTime s ON [s].[DBName] = [p].[DBName]


      Result:



      primary_replica DatabaseName secondary_replica last_commit_time        last_commit_time        Sync_Lag_MS
      --------------- ------------ ----------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------
      XXXXX NextGenAG ANGSQLD01 2018-06-08 13:18:08.853 2018-06-08 13:18:08.853 0


      However the last_commit_time columns are not updated in real-time. They are updated every 5-10 minutes, which is not the case based on the OLTP workload which performs write operations every few milliseconds.







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          You can technically do it using XEvents but you have to build your own tool to stream the data in near to realtime to your dashboard .. this involves data extraction and streaming.



          Workflow will be as below :



          Collect AG info:



           USE tempdb
          IF OBJECT_ID('AGInfo') IS NOT NULL
          BEGIN
          DROP TABLE AGInfo
          END
          IF OBJECT_ID('LatencyCollectionStatus') IS NOT NULL
          BEGIN
          DROP TABLE LatencyCollectionStatus
          END
          CREATE TABLE LatencyCollectionStatus(
          [collection_status] [NVARCHAR](60) NULL,
          [start_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
          [startutc_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL
          )
          INSERT INTO LatencyCollectionStatus(collection_status, start_timestamp, startutc_timestamp) values ('Started', GETDATE(), GETUTCDATE())
          SELECT
          AGC.name as agname
          , RCS.replica_server_name as replica_name
          , ARS.role_desc as agrole
          INTO AGInfo
          FROM
          sys.availability_groups_cluster AS AGC
          INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_cluster_states AS RCS
          ON
          RCS.group_id = AGC.group_id
          INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_states AS ARS
          ON
          ARS.replica_id = RCS.replica_id
          where AGC.name = N'YOUR AG NAME '-- change here !!


          Create XE Session as below :



          IF EXISTS (select * from sys.server_event_sessions 
          WHERE name = N'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing')
          BEGIN
          DROP EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER
          END
          CREATE EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_apply_log_block,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_log_block,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_database_flow_control_action,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_send_complete,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_send_harden_lsn_message,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_transport_flow_control_action,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_flush_complete,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_flush_start,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_block_pushed_to_logpool,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_receive_harden_lsn_message,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_group_commit,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_compression,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_decompression,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_lsn_send_complete,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_filestream_wait,
          ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_vlfheader ADD TARGET package0.event_file(SET filename=N'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing.xel',max_file_size=(25),max_rollover_files=(4))
          WITH (MAX_MEMORY=4096 KB,EVENT_RETENTION_MODE=ALLOW_SINGLE_EVENT_LOSS,MAX_DISPATCH_LATENCY=30 SECONDS,MAX_EVENT_SIZE=0 KB,MEMORY_PARTITION_MODE=NONE,TRACK_CAUSALITY=OFF,STARTUP_STATE=ON)

          ALTER EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER STATE = START


          Extract XEvent Info:



                          BEGIN TRANSACTION
          USE tempdb
          IF OBJECT_ID('#EventXml') IS NOT NULL
          BEGIN
          DROP TABLE #EventXml
          END

          SELECT
          xe.event_name,
          CAST(xe.event_data AS XML) AS event_data
          INTO #EventXml
          FROM
          (
          SELECT
          object_name AS event_name,
          CAST(event_data AS XML) AS event_data
          FROM sys.fn_xe_file_target_read_file(
          'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing*.xel',
          NULL, NULL, NULL)
          WHERE object_name IN ('hadr_log_block_group_commit',
          'log_block_pushed_to_logpool',
          'log_flush_start',
          'log_flush_complete',
          'hadr_log_block_compression',
          'hadr_capture_log_block',
          'hadr_capture_filestream_wait',
          'hadr_log_block_send_complete',
          'hadr_receive_harden_lsn_message',
          'hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden',
          'recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps',
          'hadr_capture_vlfheader',
          'hadr_log_block_decompression',
          'hadr_apply_log_block',
          'hadr_send_harden_lsn_message',
          'hadr_log_block_decompression',
          'hadr_lsn_send_complete',
          'hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message')

          ) xe

          IF OBJECT_ID('DMReplicaEvents') IS NOT NULL
          BEGIN
          DROP TABLE DMReplicaEvents
          END

          SET ANSI_NULLS ON

          SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

          CREATE TABLE DMReplicaEvents(
          [server_name] [NVARCHAR](128) NULL,
          [event_name] [NVARCHAR](60) NOT NULL,
          [log_block_id] [BIGINT] NULL,
          [database_id] [INT] NULL,
          [processing_time] [BIGINT] NULL,
          [start_timestamp] [BIGINT] NULL,
          [publish_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
          [log_block_size] [BIGINT] NULL,
          [target_availability_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
          [local_availability_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
          [database_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
          [mode] [BIGINT] NULL,
          [availability_group_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
          [pending_writes] [BIGINT] NULL
          )

          IF OBJECT_ID('LatencyResults') IS NOT NULL
          BEGIN
          DROP TABLE LatencyResults
          END
          CREATE TABLE LatencyResults(
          [event_name] [NVARCHAR](60) NOT NULL,
          [processing_time] [BIGINT] NULL,
          [publish_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
          [server_commit_mode] [NVARCHAR](60) NULL
          )


          INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
          SELECT
          @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
          xe.event_name,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
          NULL AS database_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="total_processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
          CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 75, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_size"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_size,
          NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS database_replica_id,
          NULL AS mode,
          NULL AS availability_group_id,
          NULL AS pending_writes
          FROM #EventXml AS xe
          CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
          WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_send_complete'

          GO


          INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
          SELECT
          @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
          xe.event_name,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'INT') AS database_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="duration"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
          CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 65, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
          NULL AS log_block_size,
          NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS database_replica_id,
          NULL AS mode,
          NULL AS availability_group_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="pending_writes"]/value)[1]','BIGINT') AS pending_writes
          FROM #EventXml AS xe
          CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
          WHERE xe.event_name = 'log_flush_complete'

          GO

          INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
          SELECT
          @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
          xe.event_name,
          NULL AS log_block_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="time_to_commit"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
          NULL AS start_timestamp,
          CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 72, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
          NULL AS log_block_size,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="ag_database_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS database_replica_id,
          NULL AS mode,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="group_id"]/value)[1]','UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS availability_group_id,
          NULL AS pending_writes
          FROM #EventXml AS xe
          CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
          WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden'

          GO


          INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
          SELECT
          @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
          xe.event_name,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
          CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 82, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
          NULL AS log_block_size,
          NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS database_replica_id,
          NULL AS mode,
          NULL AS availability_group_id,
          NULL AS pending_writes
          FROM #EventXml AS xe
          CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
          WHERE xe.event_name = 'recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps'

          GO

          INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
          SELECT
          @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
          xe.event_name,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
          CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 73, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="uncompressed_size"]/value)[1]', 'INT') AS log_block_size,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS database_replica_id,
          NULL AS mode,
          NULL AS availability_group_id,
          NULL AS pending_writes
          FROM #EventXml AS xe
          CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
          WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_compression'

          GO


          INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
          SELECT
          @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
          xe.event_name,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
          CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 75, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="uncompressed_size"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_size,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS database_replica_id,
          NULL AS mode,
          NULL AS availability_group_id,
          NULL AS pending_writes
          FROM #EventXml AS xe
          CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
          WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_decompression'

          INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
          SELECT
          @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
          xe.event_name,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
          NULL AS database_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="total_sending_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
          CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 69, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
          NULL AS log_block_size,
          NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
          NULL AS database_replica_id,
          NULL AS mode,
          NULL AS availability_group_id,
          NULL AS pending_writes
          FROM #EventXml AS xe
          CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
          WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_lsn_send_complete'

          INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
          SELECT
          @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
          xe.event_name,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
          NULL AS database_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
          CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 87, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
          NULL AS log_block_size,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="target_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="local_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS local_availability_replica_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="target_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS database_replica_id,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="mode"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS mode,
          AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_group_id"]/value)[1]','UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS availability_group_id,
          NULL AS pending_writes
          FROM #EventXml AS xe
          CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
          WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message'


          DELETE
          FROM DMReplicaEvents
          WHERE CAST(publish_timestamp AS DATETIME) < DATEADD(minute, -2, CAST((SELECT MAX(publish_timestamp) from DMReplicaEvents) as DATETIME))
          COMMIT
          GO





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            We ended getting 2 connections, one to primary and one to secondary. We then write to primary and straight away read from secondary in a loop counting the ms. This approach turned out to be much simpler than the suggested approach above (Thank you by the way). We can see that the latency fluctuates between 300-800ms






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              You can technically do it using XEvents but you have to build your own tool to stream the data in near to realtime to your dashboard .. this involves data extraction and streaming.



              Workflow will be as below :



              Collect AG info:



               USE tempdb
              IF OBJECT_ID('AGInfo') IS NOT NULL
              BEGIN
              DROP TABLE AGInfo
              END
              IF OBJECT_ID('LatencyCollectionStatus') IS NOT NULL
              BEGIN
              DROP TABLE LatencyCollectionStatus
              END
              CREATE TABLE LatencyCollectionStatus(
              [collection_status] [NVARCHAR](60) NULL,
              [start_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
              [startutc_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL
              )
              INSERT INTO LatencyCollectionStatus(collection_status, start_timestamp, startutc_timestamp) values ('Started', GETDATE(), GETUTCDATE())
              SELECT
              AGC.name as agname
              , RCS.replica_server_name as replica_name
              , ARS.role_desc as agrole
              INTO AGInfo
              FROM
              sys.availability_groups_cluster AS AGC
              INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_cluster_states AS RCS
              ON
              RCS.group_id = AGC.group_id
              INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_states AS ARS
              ON
              ARS.replica_id = RCS.replica_id
              where AGC.name = N'YOUR AG NAME '-- change here !!


              Create XE Session as below :



              IF EXISTS (select * from sys.server_event_sessions 
              WHERE name = N'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing')
              BEGIN
              DROP EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER
              END
              CREATE EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_apply_log_block,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_log_block,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_database_flow_control_action,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_send_complete,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_send_harden_lsn_message,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_transport_flow_control_action,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_flush_complete,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_flush_start,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_block_pushed_to_logpool,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_receive_harden_lsn_message,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_group_commit,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_compression,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_decompression,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_lsn_send_complete,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_filestream_wait,
              ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_vlfheader ADD TARGET package0.event_file(SET filename=N'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing.xel',max_file_size=(25),max_rollover_files=(4))
              WITH (MAX_MEMORY=4096 KB,EVENT_RETENTION_MODE=ALLOW_SINGLE_EVENT_LOSS,MAX_DISPATCH_LATENCY=30 SECONDS,MAX_EVENT_SIZE=0 KB,MEMORY_PARTITION_MODE=NONE,TRACK_CAUSALITY=OFF,STARTUP_STATE=ON)

              ALTER EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER STATE = START


              Extract XEvent Info:



                              BEGIN TRANSACTION
              USE tempdb
              IF OBJECT_ID('#EventXml') IS NOT NULL
              BEGIN
              DROP TABLE #EventXml
              END

              SELECT
              xe.event_name,
              CAST(xe.event_data AS XML) AS event_data
              INTO #EventXml
              FROM
              (
              SELECT
              object_name AS event_name,
              CAST(event_data AS XML) AS event_data
              FROM sys.fn_xe_file_target_read_file(
              'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing*.xel',
              NULL, NULL, NULL)
              WHERE object_name IN ('hadr_log_block_group_commit',
              'log_block_pushed_to_logpool',
              'log_flush_start',
              'log_flush_complete',
              'hadr_log_block_compression',
              'hadr_capture_log_block',
              'hadr_capture_filestream_wait',
              'hadr_log_block_send_complete',
              'hadr_receive_harden_lsn_message',
              'hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden',
              'recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps',
              'hadr_capture_vlfheader',
              'hadr_log_block_decompression',
              'hadr_apply_log_block',
              'hadr_send_harden_lsn_message',
              'hadr_log_block_decompression',
              'hadr_lsn_send_complete',
              'hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message')

              ) xe

              IF OBJECT_ID('DMReplicaEvents') IS NOT NULL
              BEGIN
              DROP TABLE DMReplicaEvents
              END

              SET ANSI_NULLS ON

              SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

              CREATE TABLE DMReplicaEvents(
              [server_name] [NVARCHAR](128) NULL,
              [event_name] [NVARCHAR](60) NOT NULL,
              [log_block_id] [BIGINT] NULL,
              [database_id] [INT] NULL,
              [processing_time] [BIGINT] NULL,
              [start_timestamp] [BIGINT] NULL,
              [publish_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
              [log_block_size] [BIGINT] NULL,
              [target_availability_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
              [local_availability_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
              [database_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
              [mode] [BIGINT] NULL,
              [availability_group_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
              [pending_writes] [BIGINT] NULL
              )

              IF OBJECT_ID('LatencyResults') IS NOT NULL
              BEGIN
              DROP TABLE LatencyResults
              END
              CREATE TABLE LatencyResults(
              [event_name] [NVARCHAR](60) NOT NULL,
              [processing_time] [BIGINT] NULL,
              [publish_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
              [server_commit_mode] [NVARCHAR](60) NULL
              )


              INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
              SELECT
              @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
              xe.event_name,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
              NULL AS database_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="total_processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
              CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 75, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_size"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_size,
              NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS database_replica_id,
              NULL AS mode,
              NULL AS availability_group_id,
              NULL AS pending_writes
              FROM #EventXml AS xe
              CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
              WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_send_complete'

              GO


              INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
              SELECT
              @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
              xe.event_name,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'INT') AS database_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="duration"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
              CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 65, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
              NULL AS log_block_size,
              NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS database_replica_id,
              NULL AS mode,
              NULL AS availability_group_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="pending_writes"]/value)[1]','BIGINT') AS pending_writes
              FROM #EventXml AS xe
              CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
              WHERE xe.event_name = 'log_flush_complete'

              GO

              INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
              SELECT
              @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
              xe.event_name,
              NULL AS log_block_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="time_to_commit"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
              NULL AS start_timestamp,
              CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 72, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
              NULL AS log_block_size,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="ag_database_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS database_replica_id,
              NULL AS mode,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="group_id"]/value)[1]','UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS availability_group_id,
              NULL AS pending_writes
              FROM #EventXml AS xe
              CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
              WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden'

              GO


              INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
              SELECT
              @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
              xe.event_name,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
              CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 82, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
              NULL AS log_block_size,
              NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS database_replica_id,
              NULL AS mode,
              NULL AS availability_group_id,
              NULL AS pending_writes
              FROM #EventXml AS xe
              CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
              WHERE xe.event_name = 'recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps'

              GO

              INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
              SELECT
              @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
              xe.event_name,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
              CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 73, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="uncompressed_size"]/value)[1]', 'INT') AS log_block_size,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS database_replica_id,
              NULL AS mode,
              NULL AS availability_group_id,
              NULL AS pending_writes
              FROM #EventXml AS xe
              CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
              WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_compression'

              GO


              INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
              SELECT
              @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
              xe.event_name,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
              CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 75, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="uncompressed_size"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_size,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS database_replica_id,
              NULL AS mode,
              NULL AS availability_group_id,
              NULL AS pending_writes
              FROM #EventXml AS xe
              CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
              WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_decompression'

              INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
              SELECT
              @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
              xe.event_name,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
              NULL AS database_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="total_sending_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
              CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 69, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
              NULL AS log_block_size,
              NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
              NULL AS database_replica_id,
              NULL AS mode,
              NULL AS availability_group_id,
              NULL AS pending_writes
              FROM #EventXml AS xe
              CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
              WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_lsn_send_complete'

              INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
              SELECT
              @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
              xe.event_name,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
              NULL AS database_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
              CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 87, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
              NULL AS log_block_size,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="target_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="local_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS local_availability_replica_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="target_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS database_replica_id,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="mode"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS mode,
              AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_group_id"]/value)[1]','UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS availability_group_id,
              NULL AS pending_writes
              FROM #EventXml AS xe
              CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
              WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message'


              DELETE
              FROM DMReplicaEvents
              WHERE CAST(publish_timestamp AS DATETIME) < DATEADD(minute, -2, CAST((SELECT MAX(publish_timestamp) from DMReplicaEvents) as DATETIME))
              COMMIT
              GO





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                You can technically do it using XEvents but you have to build your own tool to stream the data in near to realtime to your dashboard .. this involves data extraction and streaming.



                Workflow will be as below :



                Collect AG info:



                 USE tempdb
                IF OBJECT_ID('AGInfo') IS NOT NULL
                BEGIN
                DROP TABLE AGInfo
                END
                IF OBJECT_ID('LatencyCollectionStatus') IS NOT NULL
                BEGIN
                DROP TABLE LatencyCollectionStatus
                END
                CREATE TABLE LatencyCollectionStatus(
                [collection_status] [NVARCHAR](60) NULL,
                [start_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
                [startutc_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL
                )
                INSERT INTO LatencyCollectionStatus(collection_status, start_timestamp, startutc_timestamp) values ('Started', GETDATE(), GETUTCDATE())
                SELECT
                AGC.name as agname
                , RCS.replica_server_name as replica_name
                , ARS.role_desc as agrole
                INTO AGInfo
                FROM
                sys.availability_groups_cluster AS AGC
                INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_cluster_states AS RCS
                ON
                RCS.group_id = AGC.group_id
                INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_states AS ARS
                ON
                ARS.replica_id = RCS.replica_id
                where AGC.name = N'YOUR AG NAME '-- change here !!


                Create XE Session as below :



                IF EXISTS (select * from sys.server_event_sessions 
                WHERE name = N'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing')
                BEGIN
                DROP EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER
                END
                CREATE EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_apply_log_block,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_log_block,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_database_flow_control_action,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_send_complete,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_send_harden_lsn_message,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_transport_flow_control_action,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_flush_complete,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_flush_start,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_block_pushed_to_logpool,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_receive_harden_lsn_message,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_group_commit,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_compression,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_decompression,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_lsn_send_complete,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_filestream_wait,
                ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_vlfheader ADD TARGET package0.event_file(SET filename=N'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing.xel',max_file_size=(25),max_rollover_files=(4))
                WITH (MAX_MEMORY=4096 KB,EVENT_RETENTION_MODE=ALLOW_SINGLE_EVENT_LOSS,MAX_DISPATCH_LATENCY=30 SECONDS,MAX_EVENT_SIZE=0 KB,MEMORY_PARTITION_MODE=NONE,TRACK_CAUSALITY=OFF,STARTUP_STATE=ON)

                ALTER EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER STATE = START


                Extract XEvent Info:



                                BEGIN TRANSACTION
                USE tempdb
                IF OBJECT_ID('#EventXml') IS NOT NULL
                BEGIN
                DROP TABLE #EventXml
                END

                SELECT
                xe.event_name,
                CAST(xe.event_data AS XML) AS event_data
                INTO #EventXml
                FROM
                (
                SELECT
                object_name AS event_name,
                CAST(event_data AS XML) AS event_data
                FROM sys.fn_xe_file_target_read_file(
                'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing*.xel',
                NULL, NULL, NULL)
                WHERE object_name IN ('hadr_log_block_group_commit',
                'log_block_pushed_to_logpool',
                'log_flush_start',
                'log_flush_complete',
                'hadr_log_block_compression',
                'hadr_capture_log_block',
                'hadr_capture_filestream_wait',
                'hadr_log_block_send_complete',
                'hadr_receive_harden_lsn_message',
                'hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden',
                'recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps',
                'hadr_capture_vlfheader',
                'hadr_log_block_decompression',
                'hadr_apply_log_block',
                'hadr_send_harden_lsn_message',
                'hadr_log_block_decompression',
                'hadr_lsn_send_complete',
                'hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message')

                ) xe

                IF OBJECT_ID('DMReplicaEvents') IS NOT NULL
                BEGIN
                DROP TABLE DMReplicaEvents
                END

                SET ANSI_NULLS ON

                SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

                CREATE TABLE DMReplicaEvents(
                [server_name] [NVARCHAR](128) NULL,
                [event_name] [NVARCHAR](60) NOT NULL,
                [log_block_id] [BIGINT] NULL,
                [database_id] [INT] NULL,
                [processing_time] [BIGINT] NULL,
                [start_timestamp] [BIGINT] NULL,
                [publish_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
                [log_block_size] [BIGINT] NULL,
                [target_availability_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
                [local_availability_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
                [database_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
                [mode] [BIGINT] NULL,
                [availability_group_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
                [pending_writes] [BIGINT] NULL
                )

                IF OBJECT_ID('LatencyResults') IS NOT NULL
                BEGIN
                DROP TABLE LatencyResults
                END
                CREATE TABLE LatencyResults(
                [event_name] [NVARCHAR](60) NOT NULL,
                [processing_time] [BIGINT] NULL,
                [publish_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
                [server_commit_mode] [NVARCHAR](60) NULL
                )


                INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                SELECT
                @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                xe.event_name,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                NULL AS database_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="total_processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 75, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_size"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_size,
                NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS database_replica_id,
                NULL AS mode,
                NULL AS availability_group_id,
                NULL AS pending_writes
                FROM #EventXml AS xe
                CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_send_complete'

                GO


                INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                SELECT
                @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                xe.event_name,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'INT') AS database_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="duration"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 65, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                NULL AS log_block_size,
                NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS database_replica_id,
                NULL AS mode,
                NULL AS availability_group_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="pending_writes"]/value)[1]','BIGINT') AS pending_writes
                FROM #EventXml AS xe
                CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                WHERE xe.event_name = 'log_flush_complete'

                GO

                INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                SELECT
                @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                xe.event_name,
                NULL AS log_block_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="time_to_commit"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                NULL AS start_timestamp,
                CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 72, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                NULL AS log_block_size,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="ag_database_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS database_replica_id,
                NULL AS mode,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="group_id"]/value)[1]','UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS availability_group_id,
                NULL AS pending_writes
                FROM #EventXml AS xe
                CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden'

                GO


                INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                SELECT
                @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                xe.event_name,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 82, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                NULL AS log_block_size,
                NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS database_replica_id,
                NULL AS mode,
                NULL AS availability_group_id,
                NULL AS pending_writes
                FROM #EventXml AS xe
                CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                WHERE xe.event_name = 'recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps'

                GO

                INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                SELECT
                @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                xe.event_name,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 73, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="uncompressed_size"]/value)[1]', 'INT') AS log_block_size,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS database_replica_id,
                NULL AS mode,
                NULL AS availability_group_id,
                NULL AS pending_writes
                FROM #EventXml AS xe
                CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_compression'

                GO


                INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                SELECT
                @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                xe.event_name,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 75, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="uncompressed_size"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_size,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS database_replica_id,
                NULL AS mode,
                NULL AS availability_group_id,
                NULL AS pending_writes
                FROM #EventXml AS xe
                CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_decompression'

                INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                SELECT
                @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                xe.event_name,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                NULL AS database_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="total_sending_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 69, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                NULL AS log_block_size,
                NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                NULL AS database_replica_id,
                NULL AS mode,
                NULL AS availability_group_id,
                NULL AS pending_writes
                FROM #EventXml AS xe
                CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_lsn_send_complete'

                INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                SELECT
                @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                xe.event_name,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                NULL AS database_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 87, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                NULL AS log_block_size,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="target_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="local_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS local_availability_replica_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="target_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS database_replica_id,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="mode"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS mode,
                AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_group_id"]/value)[1]','UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS availability_group_id,
                NULL AS pending_writes
                FROM #EventXml AS xe
                CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message'


                DELETE
                FROM DMReplicaEvents
                WHERE CAST(publish_timestamp AS DATETIME) < DATEADD(minute, -2, CAST((SELECT MAX(publish_timestamp) from DMReplicaEvents) as DATETIME))
                COMMIT
                GO





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                  You can technically do it using XEvents but you have to build your own tool to stream the data in near to realtime to your dashboard .. this involves data extraction and streaming.



                  Workflow will be as below :



                  Collect AG info:



                   USE tempdb
                  IF OBJECT_ID('AGInfo') IS NOT NULL
                  BEGIN
                  DROP TABLE AGInfo
                  END
                  IF OBJECT_ID('LatencyCollectionStatus') IS NOT NULL
                  BEGIN
                  DROP TABLE LatencyCollectionStatus
                  END
                  CREATE TABLE LatencyCollectionStatus(
                  [collection_status] [NVARCHAR](60) NULL,
                  [start_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
                  [startutc_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL
                  )
                  INSERT INTO LatencyCollectionStatus(collection_status, start_timestamp, startutc_timestamp) values ('Started', GETDATE(), GETUTCDATE())
                  SELECT
                  AGC.name as agname
                  , RCS.replica_server_name as replica_name
                  , ARS.role_desc as agrole
                  INTO AGInfo
                  FROM
                  sys.availability_groups_cluster AS AGC
                  INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_cluster_states AS RCS
                  ON
                  RCS.group_id = AGC.group_id
                  INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_states AS ARS
                  ON
                  ARS.replica_id = RCS.replica_id
                  where AGC.name = N'YOUR AG NAME '-- change here !!


                  Create XE Session as below :



                  IF EXISTS (select * from sys.server_event_sessions 
                  WHERE name = N'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing')
                  BEGIN
                  DROP EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER
                  END
                  CREATE EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_apply_log_block,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_log_block,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_database_flow_control_action,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_send_complete,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_send_harden_lsn_message,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_transport_flow_control_action,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_flush_complete,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_flush_start,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_block_pushed_to_logpool,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_receive_harden_lsn_message,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_group_commit,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_compression,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_decompression,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_lsn_send_complete,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_filestream_wait,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_vlfheader ADD TARGET package0.event_file(SET filename=N'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing.xel',max_file_size=(25),max_rollover_files=(4))
                  WITH (MAX_MEMORY=4096 KB,EVENT_RETENTION_MODE=ALLOW_SINGLE_EVENT_LOSS,MAX_DISPATCH_LATENCY=30 SECONDS,MAX_EVENT_SIZE=0 KB,MEMORY_PARTITION_MODE=NONE,TRACK_CAUSALITY=OFF,STARTUP_STATE=ON)

                  ALTER EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER STATE = START


                  Extract XEvent Info:



                                  BEGIN TRANSACTION
                  USE tempdb
                  IF OBJECT_ID('#EventXml') IS NOT NULL
                  BEGIN
                  DROP TABLE #EventXml
                  END

                  SELECT
                  xe.event_name,
                  CAST(xe.event_data AS XML) AS event_data
                  INTO #EventXml
                  FROM
                  (
                  SELECT
                  object_name AS event_name,
                  CAST(event_data AS XML) AS event_data
                  FROM sys.fn_xe_file_target_read_file(
                  'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing*.xel',
                  NULL, NULL, NULL)
                  WHERE object_name IN ('hadr_log_block_group_commit',
                  'log_block_pushed_to_logpool',
                  'log_flush_start',
                  'log_flush_complete',
                  'hadr_log_block_compression',
                  'hadr_capture_log_block',
                  'hadr_capture_filestream_wait',
                  'hadr_log_block_send_complete',
                  'hadr_receive_harden_lsn_message',
                  'hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden',
                  'recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps',
                  'hadr_capture_vlfheader',
                  'hadr_log_block_decompression',
                  'hadr_apply_log_block',
                  'hadr_send_harden_lsn_message',
                  'hadr_log_block_decompression',
                  'hadr_lsn_send_complete',
                  'hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message')

                  ) xe

                  IF OBJECT_ID('DMReplicaEvents') IS NOT NULL
                  BEGIN
                  DROP TABLE DMReplicaEvents
                  END

                  SET ANSI_NULLS ON

                  SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

                  CREATE TABLE DMReplicaEvents(
                  [server_name] [NVARCHAR](128) NULL,
                  [event_name] [NVARCHAR](60) NOT NULL,
                  [log_block_id] [BIGINT] NULL,
                  [database_id] [INT] NULL,
                  [processing_time] [BIGINT] NULL,
                  [start_timestamp] [BIGINT] NULL,
                  [publish_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
                  [log_block_size] [BIGINT] NULL,
                  [target_availability_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
                  [local_availability_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
                  [database_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
                  [mode] [BIGINT] NULL,
                  [availability_group_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
                  [pending_writes] [BIGINT] NULL
                  )

                  IF OBJECT_ID('LatencyResults') IS NOT NULL
                  BEGIN
                  DROP TABLE LatencyResults
                  END
                  CREATE TABLE LatencyResults(
                  [event_name] [NVARCHAR](60) NOT NULL,
                  [processing_time] [BIGINT] NULL,
                  [publish_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
                  [server_commit_mode] [NVARCHAR](60) NULL
                  )


                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  NULL AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="total_processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 75, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_size"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_size,
                  NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  NULL AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_send_complete'

                  GO


                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'INT') AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="duration"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 65, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  NULL AS log_block_size,
                  NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  NULL AS availability_group_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="pending_writes"]/value)[1]','BIGINT') AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'log_flush_complete'

                  GO

                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  NULL AS log_block_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="time_to_commit"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  NULL AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 72, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  NULL AS log_block_size,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="ag_database_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="group_id"]/value)[1]','UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden'

                  GO


                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 82, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  NULL AS log_block_size,
                  NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  NULL AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps'

                  GO

                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 73, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="uncompressed_size"]/value)[1]', 'INT') AS log_block_size,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  NULL AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_compression'

                  GO


                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 75, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="uncompressed_size"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_size,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  NULL AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_decompression'

                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  NULL AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="total_sending_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 69, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  NULL AS log_block_size,
                  NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  NULL AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_lsn_send_complete'

                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  NULL AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 87, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  NULL AS log_block_size,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="target_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="local_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="target_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS database_replica_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="mode"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS mode,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_group_id"]/value)[1]','UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message'


                  DELETE
                  FROM DMReplicaEvents
                  WHERE CAST(publish_timestamp AS DATETIME) < DATEADD(minute, -2, CAST((SELECT MAX(publish_timestamp) from DMReplicaEvents) as DATETIME))
                  COMMIT
                  GO





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                  You can technically do it using XEvents but you have to build your own tool to stream the data in near to realtime to your dashboard .. this involves data extraction and streaming.



                  Workflow will be as below :



                  Collect AG info:



                   USE tempdb
                  IF OBJECT_ID('AGInfo') IS NOT NULL
                  BEGIN
                  DROP TABLE AGInfo
                  END
                  IF OBJECT_ID('LatencyCollectionStatus') IS NOT NULL
                  BEGIN
                  DROP TABLE LatencyCollectionStatus
                  END
                  CREATE TABLE LatencyCollectionStatus(
                  [collection_status] [NVARCHAR](60) NULL,
                  [start_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
                  [startutc_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL
                  )
                  INSERT INTO LatencyCollectionStatus(collection_status, start_timestamp, startutc_timestamp) values ('Started', GETDATE(), GETUTCDATE())
                  SELECT
                  AGC.name as agname
                  , RCS.replica_server_name as replica_name
                  , ARS.role_desc as agrole
                  INTO AGInfo
                  FROM
                  sys.availability_groups_cluster AS AGC
                  INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_cluster_states AS RCS
                  ON
                  RCS.group_id = AGC.group_id
                  INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_states AS ARS
                  ON
                  ARS.replica_id = RCS.replica_id
                  where AGC.name = N'YOUR AG NAME '-- change here !!


                  Create XE Session as below :



                  IF EXISTS (select * from sys.server_event_sessions 
                  WHERE name = N'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing')
                  BEGIN
                  DROP EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER
                  END
                  CREATE EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_apply_log_block,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_log_block,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_database_flow_control_action,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_send_complete,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_send_harden_lsn_message,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_transport_flow_control_action,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_flush_complete,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_flush_start,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.log_block_pushed_to_logpool,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_receive_harden_lsn_message,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_group_commit,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_compression,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_log_block_decompression,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_lsn_send_complete,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_filestream_wait,
                  ADD EVENT sqlserver.hadr_capture_vlfheader ADD TARGET package0.event_file(SET filename=N'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing.xel',max_file_size=(25),max_rollover_files=(4))
                  WITH (MAX_MEMORY=4096 KB,EVENT_RETENTION_MODE=ALLOW_SINGLE_EVENT_LOSS,MAX_DISPATCH_LATENCY=30 SECONDS,MAX_EVENT_SIZE=0 KB,MEMORY_PARTITION_MODE=NONE,TRACK_CAUSALITY=OFF,STARTUP_STATE=ON)

                  ALTER EVENT SESSION [AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing] ON SERVER STATE = START


                  Extract XEvent Info:



                                  BEGIN TRANSACTION
                  USE tempdb
                  IF OBJECT_ID('#EventXml') IS NOT NULL
                  BEGIN
                  DROP TABLE #EventXml
                  END

                  SELECT
                  xe.event_name,
                  CAST(xe.event_data AS XML) AS event_data
                  INTO #EventXml
                  FROM
                  (
                  SELECT
                  object_name AS event_name,
                  CAST(event_data AS XML) AS event_data
                  FROM sys.fn_xe_file_target_read_file(
                  'AlwaysOn_Data_Movement_Tracing*.xel',
                  NULL, NULL, NULL)
                  WHERE object_name IN ('hadr_log_block_group_commit',
                  'log_block_pushed_to_logpool',
                  'log_flush_start',
                  'log_flush_complete',
                  'hadr_log_block_compression',
                  'hadr_capture_log_block',
                  'hadr_capture_filestream_wait',
                  'hadr_log_block_send_complete',
                  'hadr_receive_harden_lsn_message',
                  'hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden',
                  'recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps',
                  'hadr_capture_vlfheader',
                  'hadr_log_block_decompression',
                  'hadr_apply_log_block',
                  'hadr_send_harden_lsn_message',
                  'hadr_log_block_decompression',
                  'hadr_lsn_send_complete',
                  'hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message')

                  ) xe

                  IF OBJECT_ID('DMReplicaEvents') IS NOT NULL
                  BEGIN
                  DROP TABLE DMReplicaEvents
                  END

                  SET ANSI_NULLS ON

                  SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

                  CREATE TABLE DMReplicaEvents(
                  [server_name] [NVARCHAR](128) NULL,
                  [event_name] [NVARCHAR](60) NOT NULL,
                  [log_block_id] [BIGINT] NULL,
                  [database_id] [INT] NULL,
                  [processing_time] [BIGINT] NULL,
                  [start_timestamp] [BIGINT] NULL,
                  [publish_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
                  [log_block_size] [BIGINT] NULL,
                  [target_availability_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
                  [local_availability_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
                  [database_replica_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
                  [mode] [BIGINT] NULL,
                  [availability_group_id] [UNIQUEIDENTIFIER] NULL,
                  [pending_writes] [BIGINT] NULL
                  )

                  IF OBJECT_ID('LatencyResults') IS NOT NULL
                  BEGIN
                  DROP TABLE LatencyResults
                  END
                  CREATE TABLE LatencyResults(
                  [event_name] [NVARCHAR](60) NOT NULL,
                  [processing_time] [BIGINT] NULL,
                  [publish_timestamp] [DATETIMEOFFSET] NULL,
                  [server_commit_mode] [NVARCHAR](60) NULL
                  )


                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  NULL AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="total_processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 75, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_size"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_size,
                  NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  NULL AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_send_complete'

                  GO


                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'INT') AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="duration"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 65, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  NULL AS log_block_size,
                  NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  NULL AS availability_group_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="pending_writes"]/value)[1]','BIGINT') AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'log_flush_complete'

                  GO

                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  NULL AS log_block_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="time_to_commit"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  NULL AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 72, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  NULL AS log_block_size,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="ag_database_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="group_id"]/value)[1]','UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_db_commit_mgr_harden'

                  GO


                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 82, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  NULL AS log_block_size,
                  NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  NULL AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'recovery_unit_harden_log_timestamps'

                  GO

                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 73, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="uncompressed_size"]/value)[1]', 'INT') AS log_block_size,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  NULL AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_compression'

                  GO


                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="database_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 75, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="uncompressed_size"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_size,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  NULL AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_log_block_decompression'

                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  NULL AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="total_sending_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 69, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  NULL AS log_block_size,
                  NULL AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  NULL AS database_replica_id,
                  NULL AS mode,
                  NULL AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_lsn_send_complete'

                  INSERT INTO DMReplicaEvents
                  SELECT
                  @@SERVERNAME AS server_name,
                  xe.event_name,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="log_block_id"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS log_block_id,
                  NULL AS database_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="processing_time"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS processing_time,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="start_timestamp"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS start_timestamp,
                  CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(xe.event_data AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), 87, 24) AS DATETIMEOFFSET) AS publish_timestamp,
                  NULL AS log_block_size,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="target_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS target_availability_replica_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="local_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS local_availability_replica_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="target_availability_replica_id"]/value)[1]', 'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS database_replica_id,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="mode"]/value)[1]', 'BIGINT') AS mode,
                  AoData.value('(data[@name="availability_group_id"]/value)[1]','UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AS availability_group_id,
                  NULL AS pending_writes
                  FROM #EventXml AS xe
                  CROSS APPLY xe.event_data.nodes('/event') AS T(AoData)
                  WHERE xe.event_name = 'hadr_transport_receive_log_block_message'


                  DELETE
                  FROM DMReplicaEvents
                  WHERE CAST(publish_timestamp AS DATETIME) < DATEADD(minute, -2, CAST((SELECT MAX(publish_timestamp) from DMReplicaEvents) as DATETIME))
                  COMMIT
                  GO






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                      We ended getting 2 connections, one to primary and one to secondary. We then write to primary and straight away read from secondary in a loop counting the ms. This approach turned out to be much simpler than the suggested approach above (Thank you by the way). We can see that the latency fluctuates between 300-800ms






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                        We ended getting 2 connections, one to primary and one to secondary. We then write to primary and straight away read from secondary in a loop counting the ms. This approach turned out to be much simpler than the suggested approach above (Thank you by the way). We can see that the latency fluctuates between 300-800ms






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                          We ended getting 2 connections, one to primary and one to secondary. We then write to primary and straight away read from secondary in a loop counting the ms. This approach turned out to be much simpler than the suggested approach above (Thank you by the way). We can see that the latency fluctuates between 300-800ms






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                          We ended getting 2 connections, one to primary and one to secondary. We then write to primary and straight away read from secondary in a loop counting the ms. This approach turned out to be much simpler than the suggested approach above (Thank you by the way). We can see that the latency fluctuates between 300-800ms







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