Episode
Azure Core IaaS Study Hall Ep06: Monitor the health of your Azure virtual machine by using Azure Metrics Explorer and metric alerts
with Pierre Roman, Amy Colyer, Jacques Guibert de Bruet
Evaluate monitoring options for an Azure virtual machine (VM). Enable diagnostics to get data about your VM. View VM metrics in Azure Metrics Explorer. Create a metric alert to monitor performance.
Learning objectives
- Identify metrics and diagnostic data that you can collect for virtual machines
- Configure monitoring for a virtual machine
- Use monitoring data to diagnose problems
Chapters
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 03:27 - Learning objectives
- 05:33 - Example scenario
- 06:55 - Azure Monitor
- 12:46 - Monitor the health of the virtual machine
- 13:47 - challenges in VM monitoring
- 15:29 - Azure Monitor for VMs
- 21:24 - Metrics
- 25:16 - Boot diagnostics
- 25:32 - Exercise - Set up a VM with boot diagnostics
- 35:28 - View VM metrics
- 40:03 - Share Azure dashboards
- 41:06 - Exercise - Create a dashboard and VM metrics
- 45:14 - Knowledge check
- 50:05 - configure the Azure Diagnostics extension
- 01:00:45 - Diagnostic data case studies
- 01:14:35 - Exercise - Use diagnostic data
- 01:17:04 - Summary and resources
Recommended resources
Related episodes
- Full series: Learn Live: Azure Core IaaS Study Hall
Connect
- Pierre Roman | Twitter: @wiredcanuck
- Amy Colyer | Twitter: @wyrdgirl | LinkedIn: /in/amycolyer
- Jacques Guibert de Bruet | LinkedIn: /in/jacques-guibert-de-bruet
Evaluate monitoring options for an Azure virtual machine (VM). Enable diagnostics to get data about your VM. View VM metrics in Azure Metrics Explorer. Create a metric alert to monitor performance.
Learning objectives
- Identify metrics and diagnostic data that you can collect for virtual machines
- Configure monitoring for a virtual machine
- Use monitoring data to diagnose problems
Chapters
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 03:27 - Learning objectives
- 05:33 - Example scenario
- 06:55 - Azure Monitor
- 12:46 - Monitor the health of the virtual machine
- 13:47 - challenges in VM monitoring
- 15:29 - Azure Monitor for VMs
- 21:24 - Metrics
- 25:16 - Boot diagnostics
- 25:32 - Exercise - Set up a VM with boot diagnostics
- 35:28 - View VM metrics
- 40:03 - Share Azure dashboards
- 41:06 - Exercise - Create a dashboard and VM metrics
- 45:14 - Knowledge check
- 50:05 - configure the Azure Diagnostics extension
- 01:00:45 - Diagnostic data case studies
- 01:14:35 - Exercise - Use diagnostic data
- 01:17:04 - Summary and resources
Recommended resources
Related episodes
- Full series: Learn Live: Azure Core IaaS Study Hall
Connect
- Pierre Roman | Twitter: @wiredcanuck
- Amy Colyer | Twitter: @wyrdgirl | LinkedIn: /in/amycolyer
- Jacques Guibert de Bruet | LinkedIn: /in/jacques-guibert-de-bruet
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