Delete NetworkWatcherRG resource group

Question

i want to delete NetworkWatcherRG resource group. How was it automatically created and there is any problem if i delete it?

Answer 1

The NetworkWatcherRG resource group is automatically created by Azure when you enable Network Watcher in your Azure subscription. Network Watcher is a regional service that enables you to monitor and diagnose conditions at a network scenario level in, to, and from Azure.

The NetworkWatcherRG resource group contains the Network Watcher resources for each region in your subscription where Network Watcher is enabled. Each Network Watcher resource is responsible for network diagnostic and visualization tools in its region.

If you delete the NetworkWatcherRG resource group, it will disable Network Watcher for your subscription. This means that you'll lose access to the network diagnostic and visualization tools provided by Network Watcher in Azure, which could impact your ability to monitor and troubleshoot network-related issues in your Azure services. However, it won't directly impact the operation of your Azure services unless they rely on Network Watcher for their functionality.

If you don't need Network Watcher's capabilities, you can safely delete the NetworkWatcherRG resource group. But if you're using Network Watcher for network diagnostics and visualization, you should keep it.

Answer 2

NetworkWatcherRG is an Azure service that is used to monitor, diagnose, and gain insights into network performance and health. It is designed to monitor network health of IaaS components, which includes Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Application Gateways, Load balancers, and other resources in an Azure virtual network. It provides tools to monitor, diagnose, view metrics, and enable or disable logs for resources in an Azure virtual network.

Every time you do any diagnostic acitivity like test a NSG or check for a server reachablity through Azure Portal, it gets deployed automatically.

There is no cost if you are not collecting any log or performing any diagnostic operations.

Here is the links for Network watcher pricing : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/network-watcher/#pricing

So to answer to your question it's not going to cause any problems.

Answer 3

Hi,

When Network Watcher is enabled on your subscription, these RGs gets created automatically and even if you delete them, it gets created again.

Its not going to cost you, its just the RG which is created in your subscription for the internal working of the product itself.

Regards,

Karthik Srinivas