| title | Azure CLI Example: Monitor and Scale a Single Database in Azure SQL Database | ||
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| description | Use an Azure CLI example script to monitor and scale a single database in Azure SQL Database. | ||
| author | WilliamDAssafMSFT | ||
| ms.author | wiassaf | ||
| ms.reviewer | wiassaf, mathoma | ||
| ms.date | 06/10/2025 | ||
| ms.service | azure-sql-database | ||
| ms.subservice | performance | ||
| ms.topic | sample | ||
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| ms.devlang | azurecli |
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This Azure CLI script example scales a single database in Azure SQL Database to a different compute size after querying the size information of the database.
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[!INCLUDE azure-cli-prepare-your-environment.md]
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:::code language="azurecli" source="~/../azure_cli_scripts/sql-database/monitor-and-scale-database/monitor-and-scale-database.sh" id="FullScript":::
Tip
Use az sql db op list to get a list of operations performed on the database, and use az sql db op cancel to cancel an update operation on the database.
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az group delete --name $resourceGroup
This script uses the following commands. Each command in the table links to command-specific documentation.
| Script | Description |
|---|---|
| az sql server | Server commands. |
| az sql db show-usage | Shows the size usage information for a database. |