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Set up diagnostics for autoscale in Azure Virtual Desktop

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Diagnostics lets you monitor potential issues and fix them before they interfere with your autoscale scaling plan.

Currently, you can either send diagnostic logs for autoscale to an Azure Storage account or consume logs with the Events hub. If you're using an Azure Storage account, make sure it's in the same region as your scaling plan. Learn more about diagnostic settings at Create diagnostic settings. For more information about resource log data ingestion time, see Log data ingestion time in Azure Monitor.

Enable diagnostics for scaling plans

To enable diagnostics for your scaling plan:

  1. Open the Azure portal.

  2. In the search bar, type Azure Virtual Desktop and select the matching service entry.

  3. Select Scaling plans, then select the scaling plan you'd like the report to track.

  4. Go to Diagnostic Settings and select Add diagnostic setting.

  5. Enter a name for the diagnostic setting.

  6. Next, select Autoscale and choose either storage account or event hub depending on where you want to send the report.

  7. Select Save.

Set log location in Azure Storage

After you've configured your diagnostic settings, you can find the logs by following these instructions:

  1. In the Azure portal, go to the storage group you sent the diagnostic logs to.

  2. Select Containers. A folder called insight-logs-autoscaling should open.

  3. Select the insight-logs-autoscaling folder and open the log you want to review. Open folders within that folder until you see the JSON file, then select all items in that folder, right-click, and download them to your local computer.

  4. Finally, open the JSON file in the text editor of your choice.

View diagnostic logs

Now that you've opened the JSON file, let's do a quick overview of what each piece of the report means:

  • The CorrelationID is the ID that you need to show when you create a support case.

  • OperationName is the type of operation running while the issue happened.

  • ResultType is the result of the operation. This item can show you where issues are if you notice any incomplete results.

  • Message is the error message that provides information on the incomplete operation. This message can include links to important troubleshooting documentation, so review it carefully.

The following JSON file is an example of what you'll see when you open a report:

{
    "host_Ring": "R0",
    "Level": 4,
    "ActivityId": "c1111111-1111-1111-b111-11111cd1ba1b1",
    "time": "2021-08-31T16:00:46.5246835Z",
    "resourceId": "/SUBSCRIPTIONS/AD11111A-1C21-1CF1-A7DE-CB1111E1D111/RESOURCEGROUPS/TEST/PROVIDERS/MICROSOFT.DESKTOPVIRTUALIZATION/SCALINGPLANS/TESTPLAN",
    "operationName": "HostPoolLoadBalancerTypeUpdated",
    "category": "Autoscale",
    "resultType": "Succeeded",
    "level": "Informational",
    "correlationId": "35ec619b-b5d8-5b5f-9242-824aa4d2b878",
    "properties": {
        "Message": "Host pool's load balancing algorithm updated",
        "HostPoolArmPath": "/subscriptions/AD11111A-1C21-1CF1-A7DE-CB1111E1D111/resourcegroups/test/providers/microsoft.desktopvirtualization/hostpools/testHostPool ",
        "PreviousLoadBalancerType": "BreadthFirst",
        "NewLoadBalancerType": "DepthFirst"
    }
}

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