This recipe shows how to quickly create Azure Alerts that will be triggered for both Linux and Windows virtual machines, by configuring Free Space % alerts using simple and customizable KQL queries. Step 1 – DCR Rules Make sure that your source vms are all reporting to your destination LAW as Resources in your AMA… Continue reading Azure Monitor: Free Disk Space % Alerts
Category: Azure Monitor Agent
Ingestion Time Transformation
The aim of this blog is to help you build a simple Azure Monitor Ingestion Time Transformation solution. By using Ingestion Time Transformation you have the ability to apply an ETL concept to modify or filter out irrelevant or sensitive data before it is stored in your Log Analytics workspace. Components: Advantages of Ingestion Time… Continue reading Ingestion Time Transformation
Azure Monitor Agent: Filtering virtual machine event logs using XPath
The aim of this post is to easily apply XPath filtering to your virtual machine event logs being collected. This is great for collecting relevant and useful Event ID logs from your virtual machines. The components of this post: Step 1 – Create the DCE (Data collection endpoints) Step 2 – Create a Data Collection… Continue reading Azure Monitor Agent: Filtering virtual machine event logs using XPath
Collecting custom text logs with Azure Monitor Agent
Many applications log information to text files instead of standard logging services such as Windows Event log or Syslog. This post explains how to collect text logs via Azure Monitor Agent from source virtual machines and sending these logs to a custom table in an Azure Log Analytics Workspace using a Data Collection Rule (DCR).… Continue reading Collecting custom text logs with Azure Monitor Agent
Install the Azure Monitor Agent
The powershell script below simplifies my life when I need to install the AMA agent.
Migrating from Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) to Azure Monitor Agent (AMA)
Discussions points: Why upgrade / modernize to the Azure Monitor Agent? How can Azure Monitor Agent be deployed? How much does the Azure Monitor Agent cost? What are the benefits of migrating to AMA? Which Deployment Options are available to me? What is a Data Collection Rule (DCR)? Migration Steps Cost Investigation Why upgrade /… Continue reading Migrating from Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) to Azure Monitor Agent (AMA)