{"id":929,"date":"2020-12-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/?p=929"},"modified":"2022-03-18T17:53:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:53:01","slug":"guest-health-monitoring-for-azure-virtual-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/22\/guest-health-monitoring-for-azure-virtual-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Health monitoring for Azure Virtual Machines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Guest Health monitoring (Public Preview), part of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/azure-monitor\/overview?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5002880\" target=\"_blank\">Azure Monitor<\/a>, allows you to monitor the health of Your virtual machines. The performance data is being collected, in regular intervals, from the guest operating systems. You can review the data or get alerts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>More info: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ya4399ps\" target=\"_blank\">Guest Health feature in Azure<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Where to start with guest health monitoring?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the Azure Monitor service, all aggregated data must reside in Log Analytics workspace. Prerequisites are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Virtual machines are on-boarded in Azure Monitor<\/li><li>User preforming this action, must have at least Contributor level (RBAC) to the subscription<\/li><li><strong><em>Microsoft.WorkloadMonitor<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Microsoft.Insights<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You should be aware, that the current Public Preview was certain limitations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It supports only Azure virtual machines within specific regions (worldwide)<\/li><li>Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2012+ or Ubuntu 16.04\/18.04 LTS<\/li><li>Log analytics workspace must be in East US, East US Early Updates Access Program (EUAP) or West Europe<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/azure-monitor\/insights\/vminsights-health-enable?tabs=powershell#current-limitations?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5002880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guest Health monitoring current limitations <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On-boarding virtual machines<\/strong> for health monitoring<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three steps, as part of the on-boarding of virtual machines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Create Data Collection Rule (DCR)<\/li><li>Install appropriate guest health extension<\/li><li>Create association between the virtual machine and the rule (DCR)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By using the Azure portal, all required configuration is done for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms1-1024x407.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-930 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms1-1024x407.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms1-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms1-768x305.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms1-1536x610.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms1.jpg 1597w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Health monitoring: Getting started<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For machines connected to Log analytics workspace, you can perform Upgrade of the agent. After that, you can initiate the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms5-1024x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-931 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms5-1024x360.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms5-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms5-768x270.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms5-1536x540.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms5.jpg 1573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Agent upgrade<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can select individual virtual machines, as well. You need to go to <strong><em>Monitoring<\/em><\/strong> blade, select <strong><em>Insights<\/em>, <\/strong>and then <strong><em>Enable<\/em><\/strong> the agent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On unsupported operating systems, the agent can&#8217;t be installed or upgraded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-932 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms6.jpg 577w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms6-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><figcaption>Info on supported virtual machine models\/types<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The installation of the agents takes some time (5-10 min). As result, when it completes, the virtual machines are ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms7-1024x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-933 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms7-1024x198.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms7-300x58.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms7-768x149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms7.jpg 1255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Guest health deployment process<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>If the machine is not part of workspace, you will need to choose one of the existing or create new.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Data Collection Rule (DCR)?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> Data Collection Rules specify where you write or read the data from (Log Analytics workspace). The rules contain information about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Data<\/strong> <strong>sources<\/strong>: Unique source of monitoring data with its own format (<em>i.e. Windows event Log, Syslog, Performance counters, etc<\/em>)<\/li><li><strong>Streams<\/strong>: Transformation and data type mapping process<\/li><li><strong>Destinations<\/strong>: Where do we send the data (<em>i.e. Log Analytics, Monitor Metric, Event Hub, etc)<\/em><\/li><li><strong>Data flow<\/strong>: Defines where to send the streams of data<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/azure-monitor\/platform\/media\/data-collection-rule\/data-collection-rule-components.png#lightbox\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-lazyload\" \/><figcaption>Data collection rule overview<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>More info: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/azure-monitor\/platform\/data-collection-rule-overview?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5002880\" target=\"_blank\">Data collection rules overview<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Configure monitoring<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once enabled, if we want to see the status, or modify the configuration, we can do it trough the Azure Portal. Configuration options are rather basic, and boil down <strong><em>Enabled<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Disabled<\/em><\/strong> or <strong><em>Same as Parent<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms8-1024x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-934 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms8-1024x450.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms8-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms8-768x337.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms8-1536x675.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms8.jpg 1671w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>CPU utilization rule configuration options<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In case of CPU, additional options are setting thresholds for alerting. We define the health state logic with two types of thresholds: <strong><em>Critical<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Warning<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The service uses predefined configuration, for each monitor type \u2013 CPU utilization, &nbsp;Logical Disk space, and Memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"941\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-947 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms11.jpg 941w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms11-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms11-768x199.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><figcaption>Default monitor configuration settings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By creating overrides, in the Data Collection Rule (<strong><em>healthRulesOverride<\/em><\/strong> element), we can modify default configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the collection rule (JSON) sample shown, will modify the CPU utilization rule to look-back every 120 seconds. It will take minimum 2, maximum 4 samples, with frequency of 30 sec.  When average CPU utilization hits 66% or more, the rule executes. It will send warning alert only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\"healthRuleOverrides\": &#91;\n    {\n        \"scopes\": &#91;\n\/subscriptions\/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\/resourceGroups\/demolab-ITuziast.com],\n        \"monitors\": &#91; \"cpu-utilization\" ],\n        \"monitorConfiguration\": { \n\t\"evaluationType\" : \"avg\",\n        \"lookbackSecs\": 120,\n        \"evaluationFrequencySecs\": 30,\n        \"minSamples\": 2,\n        \"maxSamples\": 4,\n        \"warningCondition\": {\n\t \"isEnabled\": true,\n\t \"operator\": \"&gt;=\",\n\t \"treshold\": 66\t\t\t\n\t  },\n        \"criticalCondition\": {  }\n    },\n        \"alertConfiguration\": {  },\n        \"isEnabled\": true\n    }\n]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/azure-monitor\/insights\/vminsights-health-configure-dcr#data-collection-rule-configuration?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5002880\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/azure-monitor\/insights\/vminsights-health-configure-dcr#data-collection-rule-configuration?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5002880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Data collection rule customization<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>If You need to review the health history, including overview of the applied configuration, use the next blade (<strong><em>History<\/em><\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-940 no-lazyload\" width=\"338\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms10.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ituziast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/azmonitorvms10-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><figcaption>Health history (CPU utilization)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since monitoring is imperative for our infrastructure, this service provides simplified experience to keep an eye on the overall health of your virtual machines. The focus is on three basic, but important parameters, and it has integrated method of alerting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the data is available for analysis with queries and workbooks. Just look for <strong><em>HealthStateChangeEvent<\/em><\/strong> table in the Log analytics workspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the costs of the service, at time being (Public Preview) its free. The cost of storing the data in Log Analytics (ingestion and storage) exists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Guest Health monitoring (Public Preview), part of Azure Monitor, allows you to monitor the health of Your virtual machines. The performance data is being collected, in regular intervals, from the guest operating systems. 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