Is there a way to alert if Azure Network Watcher is not running?

David Beleznay 41 Reputation points
2020-11-19T18:59:43.997+00:00

So I've been experimenting with Azure Network watcher, Connection Monitor preview. We're trying to determine if it's suitable.

One of my tests, was to see what happens if a machine stops working but is still around, kind of.

To do that I simulated it, by having the machine working for a while, then removing the network monitor extension.

After I did that I noticed that the dashboard didn't change at all

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I can see some missing dots on the other vm testing view, but is there any way to set up alert that there's missing data here:

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( sorry i didn't circle what you're looking at here, you're looking at the missing dots on the far right of the graph' )

In this case, the machine is still around, but effectively network watch stopped reporting somehow. I'd like to be alerted to this situation. is that possible ?

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Azure Network Watcher
An Azure service that is used to monitor, diagnose, and gain insights into network performance and health.
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  1. SaiKishor-MSFT 17,231 Reputation points
    2020-11-23T19:29:37.71+00:00

    @David Beleznay
    Thank you for your patience while I was waiting for our internal team. Here is something you can do to get alerted for this scenario-

    "If the count aggregation of the data in metric is 0 then it is not reporting the data." - Therefore, you can set an alert when the count aggregation of the data metric is 0. Hope this helps. If you have any further questions/concerns, please let us know and we can assist you further. Thank you!

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