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Manage Azure Storage Monitoring

Manage monitoring thresholds and perform remote administrative actions on Azure Storage related items for configured Azure subscriptions.

Delegate the power to control all or individual Azure Storage items to selected team members and the business. This feature helps the people involved in the support and maintenance team have the power to manage problems with your Azure Storage items without having individual direct access to the Microsoft Azure Portal or using the Azure Storage Explorer. Reducing access limits the number of attack vectors, and having fewer people with fewer access rights minimizes the risk of disruption of mission-critical services.

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Management Features

For Resources in the Role-based Monitor Views with the Remote Actions privilege grant; The following Remote Actions grouped by Category are available:

Category Monitoring Actions Metrics/Statistics
Storage Acccount Details -
File Shares Edit thresholds
List Files
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Blob Containers Edit thresholds
List Blobs
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Queues Details
Edit thresholds
List Messages
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As an Administrator with access to the Configuration for Monitoring Agents, the additional monitoring options are available:

Monitoring Remote Configuration
Monitoring Azure Storage
  • Add and Remove Azure Storage connections
  • Enable and Disable Monitoring as specified
  • Edit monitoring thresholds

    Storage Account

    The 'Storage Account' Category provides one resource for each Azure Storage configuration with the specified display name as the resource name.
    Storage Accounts
    Example from a Monitor View with a list of configured 'Storage Accounts'.
    >See Monitoring Azure Storage for additional details about Azure Storage Monitoring.

    The Storage Account category provides Resources that display the evaluated monitored state according to built-in rules.

    The following Remote Actions are available for the Storage Account Category:

    Storage Account Details

    To view the selected Storage Account resource; Click the Action button and then click on the Details menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
    Details Menu Action
    Use the 'Details' action menu item to open the details modal for the selected Storage Account.

    Next, click the option to present the modal.
    Storage Account Details

    File Shares

    The 'File Shares' Category provide one resource for each configured 'File Share' with the specified display name as the resource name.
    File Shares Category
    Example from a Monitor View with a list of configured 'File Shares'.

    See Monitoring Azure Storage for additional details about Azure Storage Monitoring.

    The File Shares category provides Resources that display the evaluated monitored state according to user-defined thresholds.

    The following Remote Actions are available for the File Shares Category.

    1. List Files
    2. Edit thresholds

    Storage File Share Actions
    Example with a list of Remote Actions as seen from the dropdown menu of the Actions button.

    List Files for File Shares

    You can list the files currently in the monitored 'File Share', click on the Action button and then click on the List Files menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
    List files Action
    List files for the 'File Share' Action button menu item.

    Next, click the option to present the modal.
    List files for file share modal
    Here's an example of content on configured monitored 'File Share'.

    Download File

    To view the content; Click the Actions button and then select to download the file. Download

    Delete File

    To delete the file; Click the Actions button and then select Delete the file. Delete file

    Edit thresholds for File Share

    You can Edit the monitoring thresholds, click on the Action button and then click on the Edit menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
    Edit file share
    Edit thresholds Action button menu item.

    Next, click the option to present the modal.
    Edit thresholds for file share modal
    Here's an example of editing monitoring thresholds for selected 'File Share'.

    Blob Containers

    The 'Storage - Blob Container' Category provide one resource for each configured 'Blob Container' with its display name as the resource name.
    Blob Containers
    Example from a Monitor View with a list of configured 'Blob Containers'

    See Monitoring Azure Storage for additional details about Azure Storage Monitoring.

    The Storage - Blob Container category provides Resources that display the evaluated monitored state according to user-defined thresholds.

    The following Remote Actions are available for the Storage - Blob Container Category.

    1. List Blobs
    2. Edit thresholds

    Blob Actions
    Example with a list of Remote Actions as seen from the dropdown menu of the Actions button.

    List Blobs for Blob Containers

    You can list the Blobs currently in the monitored 'Blob Container', click on the Action button and then click on the List Blobs menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
    List Blobs Action
    List blobs for the 'Blob Container' Action button menu item.

    Next, click the option to present the modal.
    List blobs for Blob Container modal
    Here's an example of content on configured monitored 'Blob Container'.

    The following Actions exist:

    List Blobs Actions

    Download Blob

    To view the content; Click the Actions button and then select to download the Blob.
    Download Blob Action

    Delete Blob

    To delete the Blob; Click the Actions button and then select Delete the Blob.
    Delete blob

    Edit thresholds for Blob Container

    You can Edit the monitoring thresholds, click on the Action button and then click on the Edit menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
    Edit Blob Container
    Edit thresholds Action button menu item.

    Next, click the option to present the modal.
    Edit thresholds for Blob Container modal
    Here's an example of editing monitoring thresholds for selected 'Blob Container'.

    Queues

    The 'Storage - Queues' Category provides one resource for each queue found from the configured 'Queue' configuration.
    Queues
    Example from a Monitor View with a list of 'Queues' found.

    See Monitoring Azure Storage for additional details about Azure Storage Monitoring.

    The Storage - Queue category provides Resources that display the evaluated monitored state according to user-defined thresholds.

    The following Remote Actions are available for the Storage - Queue Category.

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    Example with a list of Remote Actions as seen from the dropdown menu of the Actions button

    Queue Details

    To view the selected Storage Queue resource; Click the Action button and then click on the Details menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
    Details Menu Action
    Use the 'Details' action menu item to open the details modal for the selected Storage Queue.

    Next, click the option to present the modal.
    Queue details

    List Messages for Queues

    You can list the messages currently in the monitored 'Queues' configuration, click on the Action button and then click on the List Messages menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
    List Messages Action
    List messages for the 'Queues' Action button menu item.

    Next, click the option to present the modal.
    List Messages for Queues modal
    Here's an example of content on configured monitored 'Queue' configuration.

    From the Actions button on the selected message, the following Actions are available:

    Azure Storage Queue Message Actions

    Download Message

    To view the message's content; Click the Actions button and then select to download the message.
    Download

    Remove Message

    To dequeue the message; Click the Actions button and then select Remove the message.
    Remove Message

    Post Message

    From the Post tab, you can send single text-based messages directly to the queue.
    Post Message

    Edit thresholds for Queues

    You can Edit the monitoring thresholds, click on the Action button and then click on the Edit menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
    Edit Queue threshold
    Edit thresholds Action button menu item.

    Next, click the option to present the modal.
    Edit thresholds for Queue modal
    Here's an example of editing monitoring thresholds for selected 'Queue'.


    Next Step

    Global Configuration of the Azure Monitoring agent

    Azure Logging and Monitoring Overview
    Prerequisites for Azure Agent