Azure Classic Virtual Machine Monitoring Integration

Azure Classic Virtual Machine provides the flexibility of virtualization without the need to maintain a physical machine. Azure Classic Virtual Machine follows the classic way of deployment in Azure.

With Site24x7's integration, you can now monitor your Classic Virtual Machine, configure thresholds, and receive alerts about critical issues.

Setup and configuration

You can add Azure Classic Virtual Machine while adding a new monitor, or you can add it to an existing Azure monitor. Follow these steps to add the service.

Supported metrics

The following metrics are collected:

Metric name	Description	Statistic	Unit
Disk Read Bytes/sec	The average number of bytes read from the disk during the monitoring period	Average	Bytes per second
Disk Read Operations/sec	The number of disk read operations	Average	Count per second
Disk Write Bytes/sec	The average number of bytes written to the disk during the monitoring period	Average	Bytes per second
Disk Write Operations/sec	The number of disk write operations	Average	Count per second
Network In	The number of bytes received on all network interfaces by the virtual machine(s)	Total	Bytes
Network Out	The number of bytes sent out on all network interfaces by the virtual machine(s)	Total	Bytes
Percentage CPU	The percentage of allocated compute units currently in use by the virtual machine(s)	Average	Percent

Threshold configuration

Global configuration

Go to the Admin section in the left navigation pane.
Select Configuration Profiles from the left pane and choose the Threshold and Availability (+) tab from the drop-down menu. Click Add Threshold Profile from the top-right corner.
Set the monitor type as Azure Classic Virtual Machine. You can now set the threshold values for all the metrics mentioned above.

Monitor-level configuration

Go to Cloud > Azure and select Azure Classic Virtual Machine from the drop-down menu.
Choose a resource for which you would like to set a threshold, then click the hamburger icon . Select Edit, which will direct you to the Edit Azure Classic Virtual Machine Monitor page.
You can set the threshold values for the metrics by selecting Threshold and Availability. You can also configure IT Automation at the attribute level.

IT Automation

Site24x7 offers a set of exclusive IT Automation tools to auto-resolve performance degradation issues. These tools react to events proactively rather than waiting for manual intervention.

How to configure IT Automation for a monitor

Configuration Rules

With Site24x7's Configuration Rules, you can set parameters like Threshold Profile, Notification Profile, Tags, and Monitor Group for multiple monitors.

How to add Configuration Rules