Setting up alerts for whole set of virtual machines.

Varma 1,250

I know we can create alert rule by navigating to respective section of virtual machine.

what if I want to set of alert for the signal like CPU or memory goes more than 75 % for bunch of virtual machines, can we set up all machines at the subscription level, instead of going each vm and perform alert rule?

and second question can we create a dashboard for these VMs to monitor health , ram and cpu etc.

if so how.

Could you Please suggest.

DEEP KRISHNA NANDAMURI 0 Reputation points

2024-06-30T15:55:21.3966667+00:00

You can create a custom dashboard in Azure to monitor the health of your VMs, including CPU and memory usage.
Varma 1,250 Reputation points

2024-06-30T17:36:33.3266667+00:00

How?

Please provide detailed steps
DEEP KRISHNA NANDAMURI 0 Reputation points

2024-06-30T18:43:59.9833333+00:00
Create a Dashboard:

Go to the Azure portal and navigate to "Dashboard Hub."

Select "New dashboard" to create a custom dashboard.

Add Tiles to Dashboard:

Use the "Add tile" button to add various visualizations and metrics to your dashboard.

You can add charts, graphs, and other visualizations from your Log Analytics queries or workbooks.

Customize and Save:

Customize the layout and content of your dashboard to suit your needs.

Save the dashboard and share it with your team if needed.
DEEP KRISHNA NANDAMURI 0 Reputation points

2024-06-30T18:46:11.67+00:00

you can use the Create a VM scale set dashboard to start your dashboard

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DEEP KRISHNA NANDAMURI 0 Reputation points

2024-06-30T18:55:20.02+00:00
Create a Dashboard:

Go to the Azure portal and navigate to "Dashboard Hub."

Select "New dashboard" to create a custom dashboard.

Add Tiles to Dashboard:

Use the "Add tile" button to add various visualizations and metrics to your dashboard.

You can add charts, graphs, and other visualizations from your Log Analytics queries or workbooks.

Customize and Save:

Customize the layout and content of your dashboard to suit your needs.

Save the dashboard and share it with your team if needed.

you can use the Create a VM scale set dashboard to start your dashboard.
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Varma 1,250 Reputation points

2024-07-01T05:11:37.0666667+00:00

HI Deep,

Could you please clarify my follow up questions:

1.

so you mean to say , even we monitor the VM performance, still can we choose VM scale set dashboard?

2.

and what is the select resource scope , what exactly it points to?

3.

can we monitor the performance of multiple virtual machines and that to live behaviour?

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DEEP KRISHNA NANDAMURI 0 Reputation points

2024-07-01T12:18:46.5866667+00:00

sorry it was copied over twice

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DEEP KRISHNA NANDAMURI 0 Reputation points

2024-07-01T12:25:29.83+00:00

Yes, you can monitor the performance of multiple virtual machines and observe their real-time behavior using Azure Monitor. Here’s how you can do it:

Enabling Diagnostics and Metrics Collection

Enable Diagnostics on VMs:

Go to each VM in the Azure portal.

Under "Monitoring," select "Diagnostics settings."

Enable diagnostics and send metrics to a Log Analytics Workspace.

Creating a Log Analytics Workspace

Create or Use Existing Workspace:

Navigate to "Log Analytics Workspaces" in the Azure portal.

Create a new workspace if you don’t have one, or use an existing workspace.

Setting Up Metrics Alerts

Create Alert Rule:

Go to Azure Monitor > Alerts > New alert rule.

Select your Log Analytics Workspace or specific VMs as the scope.

Define the alert condition (e.g., CPU usage > 75%).

Configure the action group to specify what happens when an alert is triggered.

Creating a Real-Time Monitoring Dashboard

Create a Workbook:

Navigate to Azure Monitor > Workbooks > New workbook.

Add queries and visualizations for metrics like CPU, memory, and disk usage.

Pin Workbook to Dashboard:

Once the workbook is configured with the necessary visualizations, pin it to an Azure Dashboard.

This allows you to see live performance data across multiple VMs on a single dashboard.

Steps to Monitor Multiple VMs in Real-Time:

Navigate to Azure Monitor:

Go to the Azure portal and select "Monitor" from the left-hand menu.

Create a Log Analytics Workspace:

Navigate to "Log Analytics Workspaces" and create a new workspace if needed.

Link your VMs to this workspace by enabling diagnostic settings.

Set Up Metrics Alerts:

In Azure Monitor, go to "Alerts" > "New alert rule."

Select your Log Analytics Workspace or individual VMs as the scope.

Define the alert condition (e.g., CPU usage > 75%).

Create and Pin Workbooks:

Go to "Workbooks" under Azure Monitor.

Create visualizations for CPU, memory, and other metrics.

Pin these workbooks to your Azure Dashboard for real-time monitoring. Yes, you can monitor the performance of multiple virtual machines and observe their real-time behavior using Azure Monitor. Here’s how you can do it:

DEEP KRISHNA NANDAMURI 0 Reputation points

2024-07-01T12:45:25.93+00:00

Yes, you can monitor the performance of individual VMs and VM Scale Sets using Azure Monitor. While VM Scale Sets are designed for managing a group of identical, load-balanced VMs, you can still use the same monitoring tools to observe performance metrics.

For VM Scale Sets: Azure provides built-in capabilities to monitor and manage VM Scale Sets.

For Individual VMs: You can set up monitoring and alerting for individual VMs and view these in a custom dashboard.

The "resource scope" in Azure Monitor defines the range of resources you want to monitor or set alerts for. This can be:

Single Resource: Monitoring or setting alerts for a specific VM, VM Scale Set, or any other single resource.

Resource Group: Including all resources within a particular resource group.

Subscription: Including all resources within a specific subscription.

Varma 1,250 Reputation points

2024-07-02T04:27:23.56+00:00

Hi Deep,

So I can use the Create a VM scale set dashboard to start your dashboard for virtual machines also. Am I correct ?

do I need to follow below both methods ?

Creating a real time dashboard:

Steps to Monitor Multiple VMs in Real-Time:

3.

so after implementation of monitoring then I can the dashboard using your suggestion, am I correct ?

Varma 1,250 Reputation points

2024-07-02T10:29:46.1866667+00:00

Hi Deep,

did you get a chance to look my previous comments ?
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