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Azure Log Analytics Workspace Monitoring Integration

Azure Log Analytics workspaces enable you to collect log data from various data sources, including your VMs and other Azure resources.

With Site24x7's integration, you can now monitor your Azure Log Analytics workspace, configure thresholds, and receive alerts about critical issues.

Table of contents

Setup and configuration

You can add an Azure Log Analytics workspace while adding a new monitor or you can add it to an existing Azure monitor. Follow these steps to add the service.

Supported metrics

Metric nameDescriptionStatisticUnit
% Available Memory The average memory available Average Count
% Available Swap Space The average swap space available Average Count
% Committed Bytes In Use The average committed bytes in use Average Count
% DPC Time The average deferred procedure call (DPC) time Average Count
% Free Inodes The average number of free inodes Average Count
% Free Space The average free space Average Count
% Idle Time The average idle time Average Count
% Interrupt Time The average interrupt time Average Count
% IO Wait Time The average IO wait time Average Count
% Nice Time The average nice time Average Count
% Privileged Time The average privileged time Average Count
% Processor Time The average processor time Average Count
% Used Inodes The average inodes used Average Count
% Used Memory The average memory used Average Count
% Used Space The average space used Average Count
% Used Swap Space The average swap space used Average Count
% User Time The average user time Average Count
Available MBytes The average data available Average Count
Available MBytes Memory The average memory available Average Count
Available MBytes Swap The average swap available Average Count
Avg. Disk sec/Read The average time taken for a disk read in seconds Average Count
Avg. Disk sec/Transfer The average time taken for a disk transfer in seconds Average Count
Avg. Disk sec/Write The average time taken for a disk write in seconds Average Count
Bytes Received/sec The average value of the bytes received Average Count
Bytes Sent/sec The average value of the bytes sent Average Count
Bytes Total/sec The average value of the total bytes Average Count
Current Disk Queue Length The average current disk queue length Average Count
Disk Read Bytes/sec The average disk read bytes Average Count
Disk Reads/sec The average disk reads Average Count
Disk Transfers/sec The average disk transfers Average Count
Disk Write Bytes/sec The average disk write bytes Average Count
Disk Writes/sec The average disk writes Average Count
Free Megabytes The average free megabytes Average Count
Free Physical Memory The average free physical memory Average Count
Free Space in Paging Files The average free space in paging files Average Count
Free Virtual Memory The average free virtual memory Average Count
Logical Disk Bytes/sec The average logical disk bytes Average Count
Page Reads/sec The average page reads Average Count
Page Writes/sec The average page writes Average Count
Pages/sec The average number of pages Average Count
Pct Privileged Time The average privileged time percentage Average Count
Pct User Time The average user time percentage Average Count
Physical Disk Bytes/sec The average physical disk bytes Average Count
Processes The average number of processes Average Count
Processor Queue Length The average processor queue length Average Count
Size Stored in Paging Files The average size stored in paging files Average Count
Total Bytes The average total bytes Average Count
Total Bytes Received The average total bytes received Average Count
Total Bytes Transmitted The average total bytes transmitted Average Count
Total Collisions The average total collisions Average Count
Total Packets Received The average number of total packets received Average Count
Total Packets Transmitted The average number of total packets transmitted Average Count
Total Rx Errors The average number of total errors received Average Count
Total Tx Errors The average number of total errors transmitted Average Count
Uptime The average uptime Average Count
Used MBytes Swap Space The average swap space used in megabytes Average Count
Used Memory KBytes The average memory used in kilobytes Average Count
Used Memory MBytes The average memory used in megabytes Average Count
Users The average number of users Average Count
Virtual Shared Memory The average virtual shared memory Average Count
Event The average number of events Average Count
Heartbeat The total heartbeat count Total Count
Update The average update count Average Count

Threshold configuration

Global configuration

  1. In the Site24x7 web client, go to the Admin section on the left navigation pane.
  2. Select Configuration Profiles from the left pane and select the Threshold and Availability (+) tab from the drop-down menu.
  3. Click Add Threshold Profile in the top-right corner.
  4. For Monitor Type, select Azure Log Analytics Workspace.

You can now set the threshold values for all the metrics listed above.

Monitor-level configuration

  1. In the Site24x7 web client, go to Cloud > Azure and select Azure Log Analytics Workspace from the drop-down menu.
  2. Choose a resource you would like to set a threshold for, then click the hamburger icon .
  3. Select Edit, which directs you to the Edit Azure Log Analytics Workspace Monitor page.
  4. 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 that automatically 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 a Configuration Rule

Related links:

How to add an Azure monitor
How to integrate an Azure App Service monitor
How to integrate Azure Virtual Machine monitor
How to configure IT Automations for a monitor
View the list of monitor reports

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