# Accessing CloudWatch metrics
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You can access Amazon FSx metrics for CloudWatch in the following ways: 
+ The Amazon FSx console.
+ The CloudWatch console.
+ The CloudWatch command line interface (CLI).
+ The CloudWatch API.

The following procedures show you how to access the metrics using these tools.

## Using the Amazon FSx console
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**To view metrics using the Amazon FSx console**

1. Open the Amazon FSx console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/).

1. From the navigation pane, choose **File systems**, then choose the file system that has the metrics that you want to view.

1. Choose **Actions > View details**. 

1. On the **Summary** page, choose **Monitoring and performance** to see the metrics for your file system. 

## Using the CloudWatch console
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**To view metrics using the CloudWatch console**

1. Open the [CloudWatch console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Metrics**. 

1. Select the **FSx** namespace.

1. (Optional) To view a metric, enter its name in the search field.

1. (Optional) To explore metrics, select the category that best matches your question. *File system metrics* and *Volume metrics* report summary-level metrics for individual file systems or volumes. *File system detailed metrics* and *Volume detailed metrics* report more granular metrics within a file system or volume. For example, storage capacity that's used by snapshots.

## Using the AWS CLI
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**To access metrics from the AWS CLI**
+ Use the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudwatch/list-metrics.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudwatch/list-metrics.html) command with the `--namespace "AWS/FSx"` namespace. For more information, see the [AWS CLI Command Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/).

## Using the CloudWatch API
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**To access metrics from the CloudWatch API**
+ Call `[GetMetricStatistics](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricStatistics.html)`. For more information, see [Amazon CloudWatch API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/).