Azure VM

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Azure VM Health Monitor Template

Overview

Azure Virtual Machine allows you to flexibly run virtualized environments with the ability to scale on-demand.

Get metrics from Azure VM to:

  • Visualize the performance of your VMs.
  • Correlate the performance of your VMs with your applications.

Setup

Installation

If you haven’t already, set up the Microsoft Azure integration first.

For ARM deployed virtual machines, you must turn on Diagnostics and select the VM metrics to collect. See Enable Diagnostics for instructions.

Automuting monitors

Datadog can proactively mute monitors related to the shutdown or termination of Azure VMs, whether the shutdown was triggered manually or by Azure autoscaling, based on health statuses available through the Azure Resource Health API. By silencing monitors for expected Azure VM shutdowns, you can reduce noise from unnecessary alerts.

Automatically muted virtual machines are listed on the Manage Downtime page by enabling Show automatically muted hosts. The Azure integration must be installed for automuting to take effect.

To silence monitors for shutdown or terminated Azure VMs, check the Azure automuting box in the Azure integration tile.

To create metric monitors that can be automatically muted, ensure that you trigger based on the host tag. Metric monitors that do not include the host tag in the monitored group are not automatically muted.

A Monitor alerting on a query that includes host tag

Note: If you are not running the Datadog Agent, the host tag on your Azure VM is a GUID. Use the message template variable {{host.name_tag}} in the notification response to include the human readable name as well.

Data Collected

The azure.vm.status metric is deprecated and is no longer populated for newly created Datadog organizations. For existing users, this metric was disabled on June 1, 2023.

For any questions, contact Datadog Support.

Metrics

azure.vm.available_memory_bytes_preview
(gauge)		Amount of physical memory, in bytes, immediately available for allocation to a process or for system use in the Virtual Machine
Shown as byte
azure.vm.cpu_credits_consumed
(count)		Total number of credits consumed by the Virtual Machine. Only available on B-series burstable VMs
azure.vm.cpu_credits_remaining
(count)		Total number of credits available to burst. Only available on B-series burstable VMs
azure.vm.data_disk_bandwidth_consumed_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of data disk bandwidth consumed per minute. Only available on VM series that support premium storage
Shown as percent
azure.vm.data_disk_iops_consumed_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of data disk I/Os consumed per minute. Only available on VM series that support premium storage
Shown as percent
azure.vm.data_disk_latency_preview
(gauge)		Average time to complete each IO during monitoring period for Data Disk. Values are in milliseconds
Shown as millisecond
azure.vm.data_disk_max_burst_bandwidth
(count)		Maximum bytes per second throughput Data Disk can achieve with bursting
azure.vm.data_disk_max_burst_iops
(count)		Maximum IOPS Data Disk can achieve with bursting
azure.vm.data_disk_queue_depth
(count)		Data Disk Queue Depth(or Queue Length)
azure.vm.data_disk_read_bytes_sec
(count)		Bytes/Sec read from a single disk during monitoring period
Shown as byte
azure.vm.data_disk_read_bytes_sec.max
(count)		Maximum Bytes/Sec read from a single disk during monitoring period (Max Aggregated)
Shown as byte
azure.vm.data_disk_read_operations_sec
(count)		Read IOPS from a single disk during monitoring period
Shown as operation
azure.vm.data_disk_target_bandwidth
(count)		Baseline bytes per second throughput Data Disk can achieve without bursting
azure.vm.data_disk_target_iops
(count)		Baseline IOPS Data Disk can achieve without bursting
azure.vm.data_disk_used_burst_bps_credits_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of Data Disk burst bandwidth credits used so far
Shown as percent
azure.vm.data_disk_used_burst_io_credits_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of Data Disk burst I/O credits used so far
Shown as percent
azure.vm.data_disk_write_bytes_sec
(count)		Bytes/Sec written to a single disk during monitoring period
Shown as byte
azure.vm.data_disk_write_operations_sec
(count)		Write IOPS from a single disk during monitoring period
Shown as operation
azure.vm.disk_read_bytes
(count)		Bytes read from disk during monitoring period
Shown as byte
azure.vm.disk_read_operations_sec
(count)		Disk Read IOPS
Shown as operation
azure.vm.disk_write_bytes
(count)		Bytes written to disk during monitoring period
Shown as byte
azure.vm.disk_write_operations_sec
(count)		Disk Write IOPS
Shown as operation
azure.vm.inbound_flows
(count)		Inbound Flows are number of current flows in the inbound direction (traffic going into the VM)
Shown as item
azure.vm.inbound_flows_maximum_creation_rate
(count)		The maximum creation rate of inbound flows (traffic going into the VM)
Shown as item
azure.vm.network_in
(gauge)		The number of billable bytes received on all network interfaces by the Virtual Machine(s) (Incoming Traffic) (Deprecated)
Shown as byte
azure.vm.network_in_total
(gauge)		The number of bytes received on all network interfaces by the Virtual Machine(s) (Incoming Traffic)
Shown as byte
azure.vm.network_out
(gauge)		The number of billable bytes out on all network interfaces by the Virtual Machine(s) (Outgoing Traffic) (Deprecated)
Shown as byte
azure.vm.network_out_total
(gauge)		The number of bytes out on all network interfaces by the Virtual Machine(s) (Outgoing Traffic)
Shown as byte
azure.vm.os_disk_bandwidth_consumed_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of operating system disk bandwidth consumed per minute. Only available on VM series that support premium storage
Shown as percent
azure.vm.os_disk_iops_consumed_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of operating system disk I/Os consumed per minute. Only available on VM series that support premium storage
Shown as percent
azure.vm.os_disk_latency_preview
(gauge)		Average time to complete each IO during monitoring period for OS Disk. Values are in milliseconds
Shown as millisecond
azure.vm.os_disk_max_burst_bandwidth
(count)		Maximum bytes per second throughput OS Disk can achieve with bursting
azure.vm.os_disk_max_burst_iops
(count)		Maximum IOPS OS Disk can achieve with bursting
azure.vm.os_disk_queue_depth
(count)		OS Disk Queue Depth(or Queue Length)
azure.vm.os_disk_read_bytes_sec
(count)		Bytes/Sec read from a single disk during monitoring period for OS disk
Shown as byte
azure.vm.os_disk_read_operations_sec
(count)		Read IOPS from a single disk during monitoring period for OS disk
Shown as operation
azure.vm.os_disk_target_bandwidth
(count)		Baseline bytes per second throughput OS Disk can achieve without bursting
azure.vm.os_disk_target_iops
(count)		Baseline IOPS OS Disk can achieve without bursting
azure.vm.os_disk_used_burst_bps_credits_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of OS Disk burst bandwidth credits used so far
Shown as percent
azure.vm.os_disk_used_burst_io_credits_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of OS Disk burst I/O credits used so far
Shown as percent
azure.vm.os_disk_write_bytes_sec
(count)		Bytes/Sec written to a single disk during monitoring period for OS disk
Shown as byte
azure.vm.outbound_flows
(count)		Outbound Flows are number of current flows in the outbound direction (traffic going out of the VM)
Shown as item
azure.vm.outbound_flows_maximum_creation_rate
(count)		The maximum creation rate of outbound flows (traffic going out of the VM)
Shown as item
azure.vm.percentage_cpu
(gauge)		The percentage of allocated compute units that are currently in use by the Virtual Machine(s)
Shown as percent
azure.vm.premium_data_disk_cache_read_hit
(gauge)		Premium Data Disk Cache Read Hit
Shown as percent
azure.vm.premium_data_disk_cache_read_miss
(gauge)		Premium Data Disk Cache Read Miss
Shown as percent
azure.vm.premium_os_disk_cache_read_hit
(gauge)		Premium OS Disk Cache Read Hit
Shown as percent
azure.vm.premium_os_disk_cache_read_miss
(gauge)		Premium OS Disk Cache Read Miss
Shown as percent
azure.vm.temp_disk_latency_preview
(gauge)		Average time to complete each IO during monitoring period for Temp Disk. Values are in milliseconds
Shown as millisecond
azure.vm.temp_disk_queue_depth
(count)		Temp Disk Queue Depth(or Queue Length)
azure.vm.temp_disk_read_bytes_sec
(count)		Bytes/Sec read from a single disk during monitoring period for Temp Disk
Shown as byte
azure.vm.temp_disk_read_operations_sec
(count)		Read IOPS from a single disk during monitoring period for Temp Disk
Shown as operation
azure.vm.temp_disk_write_bytes_sec
(count)		Bytes/Sec written to a single disk during monitoring period for Temp Disk
Shown as byte
azure.vm.temp_disk_write_operations_sec
(count)		Write IOPS from a single disk during monitoring period for Temp Disk
Shown as operation
azure.vm.vm_cached_bandwidth_consumed_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of cached disk bandwidth consumed by the VM. Only available on VM series that support premium storage
Shown as percent
azure.vm.vm_cached_iops_consumed_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of cached disk IOPS consumed by the VM. Only available on VM series that support premium storage
Shown as percent
azure.vm.vm_cached_used_burst_bps_credits_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of Cached Burst BPS Credits used by the VM
Shown as percent
azure.vm.vm_cached_used_burst_io_credits_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of Cached Burst IO Credits used by the VM
Shown as percent
azure.vm.vm_uncached_used_burst_bps_credits_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of Uncached Burst BPS Credits used by the VM
Shown as percent
azure.vm.vm_uncached_used_burst_io_credits_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of Uncached Burst IO Credits used by the VM
Shown as percent
azure.vm.vm_uncached_bandwidth_consumed_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of uncached disk bandwidth consumed by the VM. Only available on VM series that support premium storage
Shown as percent
azure.vm.vm_uncached_iops_consumed_percentage
(gauge)		Percentage of uncached disk IOPS consumed by the VM. Only available on VM series that support premium storage
Shown as percent
azure.vm.vm_availability_metric_preview
(count)		Percentage of uncached disk IOPS consumed by the VM. Only available on VM series that support premium storage

Events

The Azure Virtual Machine integration does not include any events.

Service Checks

The Azure Virtual Machine integration does not include any service checks.

Troubleshooting

Need help? Contact Datadog support.

Further Reading