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Aspects

Aspects are used to monitor availability, health, and performance of Azure classic and resource manager services in your environment.

Microsoft Azure Activity Logs

This Aspect monitors the Microsoft Azure activity logs.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Computer MSAzure_Activity_Logs NA This policy intercepts the MS Azure activity logs and forwards the events to the OMi Server. XML File
MSAzure_Collect_ActivityLogs NA This policy runs the collector scheduler to gather Microsoft Azure Activity Logs. Scheduled Task

Microsoft Azure Classic Discovery

This Aspect discovers Azure Classic topology.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Computer MSAzure_Classic_Discovery NA This policy discovers Microsoft Azure Classic Topology. Service Auto-Discovery
MSAzure_Classic_Discovery_MultipleSubscriptions_Config NA This policy used to configure subscription details for multiple subscriptions to discover MS Azure Classic VMs. ConfigFile
MSAzure_Health NA This policy is Microsoft Azure MP Message Interceptor. Open Message Interface
MSAzure_Run_Classic_Discovery NA This policy is scheduler to discover MS Azure Classic Environment. Scheduled Task

Microsoft Azure Classic Performance Monitoring

This Aspect monitors performance of Azure Classic Resources.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Computer MSAzure-Collect_Metrics NA Scheduler to gather MS Azure Classic VM metrics. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_Classic_Monitoring_MultipleSubscriptions_Config NA Used to configure the subscription details for multiple subscriptions to monitor MS Azure Classic VMs. ConfigFile

Microsoft Azure HA Config

This Aspect sets up Operations Agent for High Availability.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Computer MSAzure_HA_bscmzedo_Config NA This configuration policy registers the High Availability component to OVC ConfigFile

Microsoft Azure High Availability

This aspect manages High Availability feature of Operations Agent Proxy Nodes which monitor MS Azure topology.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Running Software MSAzure-Disk_Read_Bytes_s NA This policy monitors MS Azure VM's Disk read (in MB/s). Measurement Threshold
MSAzure-Disk_Write_Bytes_s NA This policy monitors MS Azure VM's Disk write (in MB/s). Measurement Threshold
MSAzure-Memory_Available_MB NA This policy monitors MS Azure VM's Available Memory in GB. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure-Memory_Percentage NA This policy monitors MS Azure VM's Used Memory in percentage Measurement Threshold
MSAzure-Network_In NA This policy monitors MS Azure VM's network In GB. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure-Network_Out NA This policy monitors MS Azure VM's network Out GB. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure-Percentage_CPU NA This policy monitors MS Azure VM''s CPU Utilization. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure-VMState NA This policy monitors MS Azure VM's Availability (Up/Down). Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_Activity_Logs NA This policy intercepts the MS Azure activity logs and forwards the events to the OMi Server. Event from XML File
MSAzure_Collect_ActivityLogs NA This policy runs the collector scheduler to gather Microsoft Azure Activity Logs. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_Collect_WindowsEventLog NA This policy is a scheduler for collector to gather Azure RM VM Windows Event Logs. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_CollectionDefinition_RMVMMonitoring NA This policy is used for configuring metrics and their definition for Storage Account Monitoring. Configuration File
MSAzure_CollectionDefinition_StorageAccountMonitoring NA This policy is used for configuring metrics and their definition for Storage Account Monitoring. Configuration File
MSAzure_Configuration NA This policy has Microsoft Azure MP configuration information. Configuration File
MSAzure_HA NA This Operations Connector High Availability policy manages policies and other files between Operations Agent Proxy Nodes which monitor the MS Azure topology. Operations Connector High Availability
SAzure_Health NA Microsoft Azure MP Message Interceptor Policy. Open Message Interface
MSAzure_RM_Discovery NA This policy discovers MS Azure Resource Manager Topology. Service-Auto Discovery
MSAzure_RM_Discovery_MultipleSubscriptions_Config NA This policy helps in the configuration of subscription details for Multiple Subscriptions to discover MS Azure Resource Manager Environment. Configuration File
MSAzure_RM_StorageMon_Collect_Metrics NA This policy is a scheduler for collector to gather Azure RM Storage Account metrics. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_RM_VMMon_Collect_Metrics NA This policy is a collector scheduler to gather MS Azure RM VM metrics. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_RM_VMStatus_Collector NA This policy is a collector scheduler to gather status of MS Azure RM VM. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_RMTopo_Mon_LogFile NA Monitors the Resource manager topology discovery log file of Azure Management Pack. Log File Entry
MSAzure_RMVMCollector_Mon_LogFile NA Monitors the RM VM Metrics collector log file of Azure Management Pack. Log File Entry
MSAzure_Run_RM_Discovery NA This policy is discovery scheduler to discover MS Azure Resource Manager Environment. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_ServiceHealth NA Microsoft Azure service health check scheduler. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_ServiceHealthURLConfig NA List of RSS URL to be monitored for Microsoft Azure Service Health. Configuration File
MSAzure_Storage_Availability NA This policy monitors MS Azure Storage Account Availability. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_Storage_AverageE2ELatency NA This policy monitors MS Azure Storage Average E2ELatency(milliseconds). Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_Storage_AverageServerLatency NA This policy monitors MS Azure Storage Average Server Latency (milliseconds). Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_StorageAccountCollector_Mon_LogFile NA Monitors the Storage Account Metrics collector log file of Azure Management Pack. Log File Entry
MSAzure_System_Discovery_LogFile NA Monitors System log file on Operations Agent node for Discovery related errors. Log File Entry
MSAzure_WindowsEventLog_LogFile NA Monitors and forwards windows event log data which is logged by Windows Event Log Collector. Log File Entry
MSAzure_WindowsEventLogMon_Config NA This policy is used for configuring settings for Azure RMVM Windows Event Log Monitoring. Configuration File

Microsoft Azure Log Streaming

This aspect collects data from MSAzure Activity and Windows Event log files, created by OMi Management Pack for Microsoft Azure and forwards to log receiver target servers in JSON format.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Windows MSAzure_ActivityLogStreaming NA This policy normalizes all the MSAzure Activitylog and converts to JSON data. Generic Output from Structure Log File
MSAzure_DataForwarding NA This policy forwards the log data collected by 'log collector' policies to target log receiver server. Before deployment, enter valid 'URL' under 'Targets > Forwarding Target Properties' tab  
MSAzure_WindowsEventLogStreaming NA This policy normalizes the Azure Windows Event log Messages and converts to JSON data. Generic Output from Structure Log File

Microsoft Azure Performance

This aspect is the base aspect for monitoring performance and heath of MS Azure VMs.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
  Computer MSAzure-Disk_Read_Bytes_s NA Monitors the disk read of MS Azure VM (in MB/s). Measurement Threshold
MSAzure-Disk_Write_Bytes_s NA Monitors the disk write of MS Azure VM (in MB/s).
MSAzure-Network_In NA Monitors the network In of MS Azure VM (in GB).
MSAzure-Network_Out NA Monitors the network out of MS Azure VM (in GB).
MSAzure-Percentage_CPU CPULoad:Overloaded Monitors the CPU utilization of MS Azure VM.
MSAzure-VMState NodeStatus:Down Monitors the availability of MS Azure VM's (Up/Down).

Microsoft Azure RM Discovery

This Aspects discovers the Azure Resource Manager topology.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Computer MSAzure_Configuration NA Contains Microsoft Azure MP configuration information. ConfigFile
MSAzure_Health NA Microsoft Azure MP Message Interceptor Policy. Open Message Interface
MSAzure_RM_Discovery NA Discovers Microsoft Azure Resource Manager Topology. Service Auto-Discovery
MSAzure_RM_Discovery_MultipleSubscriptions_Config NA Used to configure subscription details for multiple subscriptions to discover MS Azure Resource Manager environment. ConfigFile
MSAzure_RMTopo_Mon_LogFile NA Monitors the resource manager topology discovery log file of Azure Management Pack. Logfile Entry
MSAzure_Run_RM_Discovery NA Scheduler to discover Azure environment. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_System_Discovery_LogFile NA Monitors System log file on Operations Agent node for Discovery related errors. Logfile Entry

Microsoft Azure RM Performance Monitoring

This Aspect monitors the performance of Azure Resource Manager (RM) resources.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Computer MSAzure-Memory_Available _MB NA Monitors the network out for MS Azure VM in GB. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure-Memory_Percentage MemoryLoad:Bottleneck Monitors the percentage of memory used by MS Azure. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_CollectionDefinition_RMVMMonitoring NA Collect scheduler to gather MS Azure RM VM metrics. ConfigFile
MSAzure_RM_VMMon_Collect_Metrics NA Scheduler for collecting performance data from VM for Azure RM. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_RM_VMStatus_Collector NA Collector scheduler to gather status of MS Azure RM VM. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_RMVMCollector_Mon_LogFile NA Monitors the RM VM Metrics collector log file of Azure MP. Log File Entry
MSAzure_RMVM_Instance_Config NA This is the configuration file for Instance monitoring of Azure RM VM's. Configuration Files

Microsoft Azure RM SQL Database Discovery

This aspects discovers the SQL Databases in Azure Resource Manager topology.

Make sure to deploy the Deploy the MS Azure RM Discovery aspect before you deploy the Microsoft Azure RM SQL Database Discovery aspect.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Computer MSAzure_SQLDB_Discovery NA This policy discovers SQL Databases in MS Azure Resource Manager Topology. Service Auto-Discovery
MSAzure_Run_SQLDB_Discovery NA This policy is discovery scheduler to discover SQL databases in MS Azure Resource Manager Environment. Scheduled Task

Microsoft Azure SQL Database Monitoring

This aspect monitors the Microsoft Azure SQL Database.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Database MSAzure_CollectionDefinition_SQLDBMonitoring NA This policy is used for configuring metrics and their definition for SQL Databases Monitoring. Configuration File
MSAzure_SQLDB_Instance_Config NA This is the configuration file for Instance monitoring of Azure SQL Databases. Configuration File
MSAzure_SQLDBMon_Availability NA This Policy monitors the availbility of database in MIcorsoft Azure environment. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_SQLDBMon_BlockedConnections NA This policy monitors the blocked connections of Microsoft Azure SQL Databases. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_SQLDBMon_CPUPercentage NA This policy monitors CPU Utilization of Azure SQL Database in percentage. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_SQLDBMon_DataBasesizePercentage NA This policy monitors DataBase Size Utilization of Azure SQL Database in percentage. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_SQLDBMon_DataIOPercentage NA This policy monitors Data IO of Azure SQL Database in percentage. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_SQLDBMon_Deadlocks NA This policy monitors the deadlocks of Microsoft Azure SQL Databases. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_SQLDBMon_DTUPercentage NA This policy monitors DTU Consumption by Azure SQL Database in percentage. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_SQLDBMon_FailedConnections NA This policy monitors the Failed connections of Microsoft Azure SQL Databases Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_SQLDBMon_LogIOPercentage NA This policy monitors Log IO utilization of Azure SQL Database in percentage. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_SQLDBMon_Run_Availability NA This is the schedule to check the availability of Azure SQL database. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_SQLDBMon_RunCollector NA This policy is a collector scheduler to gather MS Azure SQL Database Metrics Scheduled Task
MSAzure_SQLDBMon_SessionsPercentage NA This policy monitors Sessions Utilization of Azure SQL Database in percentage. Measurement Threshold

Microsoft Azure Service Health

This Aspect monitors the service health for all Azure services.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Computer MSAzure_Health NA Message interceptor for Microsoft Azure MP. Open Message Interface
MSAzure_ServiceHealth NA Scheduler for monitoring the service health of Microsoft Azure. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_ServiceHealthURLConfig NA List of RSS URL to be monitored for Microsoft Azure service health. ConfigFile

Microsoft Azure Stack Discovery

This aspect discovers the Azure Stack and configures for Azure Stack Monitoring.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Computer MSAzure_Run_Stack_Discovery NA This policy is discovery scheduler to discover MS Azure Stack Environment. Scheduled Task
  MSAzure_Stack_DataSource_Configuration NA This policy configures datasource configuration for Azure Stack. Configuration File
  MSAzure_Stack_Discovery NA This policy discovers MS Azure Stack Topology Service-Auto Discovery
  MSAzure_Stack_Discovery_MultipleSubscriptions_Config NA This policy helps in the configuration of subscription details for Multiple Subscriptions to discover MS Azure Stack (Private Cloud) Resource Manager Environment Configuration File
  MSAzure_Stack_StorageAccount_Config NA This policy helps in the configuration of storage account details to be monitored. Configuration File

Microsoft Azure Storage Account Monitoring

This Aspect monitors the performance of storage accounts.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Computer MSAzure_CollectionDefinition_StorageAccountMonitoring NA

Contains configuration and definition for monitoring Azure Storage Account.

ConfigFile
MSAzure_RM_StorageMon_Collect_Metrics NA Scheduler for collecting data for Azure RM Storage Account metrics. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_Storage_Availability NA Monitors the availability of MS Azure Storage account. Measurement Threshold
MSAzure_Storage_AverageE2ELatency NA Monitors the average E2E latency of MS Azure Storage.
MSAzure_Storage_AverageServerLatency NA Monitors the average server latency of MS Azure Storage.
MSAzure_StorageAccountCollector_Mon_LogFile NA Monitors the Storage Account Metrics collector log file of Azure Management Pack Logfile Entry

Microsoft Azure Windows Event Log Monitoring

This aspect monitors the Microsoft Azure RM VM Windows Event logs.

CI Type Policy Template Indicator Description Policy Type
Computer MSAzure_Collect_WindowsEventLog NA This policy contains schedule for collector to gather Azure RM VM Windows Event Logs. Scheduled Task
MSAzure_WindowsEventLog_LogFile NA This policy monitors and forwards Windows Event Log data which is logged by Windows Event Log collector. LogFile Entry
MSAzure_WindowsEventLogMon_Config NA This policy is used to configure the settings for monitoring the Azure RMVM Windows Event Log. ConfigFile