Azure File Share Monitoring Integration
Azure File Share provides fully managed cloud file shares that are accessible via the industry-standard SMB protocol. Azure file shares can be mounted concurrently by cloud or on-premises deployments of Windows, Linux, and macOS.
You can now monitor your file shares, obtain accurate metrics, create thresholds, automate tasks, and stay on top of outages with Site24x7's integration.
Table of contents
- Setup and configuration
- Polling frequency
- Supported metrics
- Threshold configuration
- IT Automation
- Configuration Rules
- Summary
- Reports
Setup and configuration
Adding Azure File Share while configuring a new Azure monitor
If you haven't configured an Azure monitor yet, add one by following the steps below:
- Log in to your Site24x7 account.
- Choose Cloud from the left navigation pane, then select Azure > Add Azure Monitor. You can also follow these steps to add an Azure monitor.
- During Azure monitor configuration, on the Edit Azure Monitor page, select Azure File Share from the Service/Resource Types drop-down.
Adding Azure File Share to an existing Azure monitor
If you already have an Azure monitor configured for the tenant, you can add Azure File Share by following these steps:
- Log in to your Site24x7 account.
- Navigate to the Infrastructure/Inventory/Management Dashboards from the left pane of the Azure monitor for which you wish to add Azure File Share.
- Click the hamburger icon
and then Edit, which will bring you to the Edit Azure Monitor page. - On the Edit Azure Monitor page, select the corresponding Subscription and Resource Group from the drop-down menu, select Azure File Share from the Service/Resource Types drop-down, and click Save.
After successful configuration, go to Cloud > Azure, and select Azure File Share from the Azure monitor drop-down. Now you can view the discovered files.
icon.Polling frequency
Site24x7's Azure File Share monitor collects metric data every minute and the statuses every five minutes.
Supported metrics
The following metrics are collected:
| Metric name | Description | Statistic | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| File Capacity | The amount of storage used by the storage account's file service | Average | Bytes |
| File Count | The number of files in the storage account's file service | Average | Count |
| File Share Capacity Quota | The upper limit on the amount of storage that can be used by Azure file service | Average | Bytes |
| File Share Count | The number of file shares in the storage account's file service | Average | Count |
| File Share Snapshot Count | The number of snapshots present on the share in the storage account's file service | Average | Count |
| File Share Snapshot Size | The amount of storage used by the snapshots in the storage account's file service | Average | Bytes |
| Availability | The availability for the storage service or the specified API operation | Average | Percentage (%) |
| Transactions | The number of requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests that produced errors | Average | Count |
| Egress | The amount of egress data. This number includes egress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as egress within Azure | Average | Bytes |
| Ingress | The amount of ingress data. This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as ingress within Azure | Average | Bytes |
| Success E2E Latency | The end-to-end latency of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation | Average | Milliseconds |
| Success Server Latency | The latency used by Azure Storage to process a successful request | Average | Milliseconds |
Threshold configuration
Global configuration
- Go to the Admin section on 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 File Share. Now you can set the threshold values for all the metrics mentioned above.
Monitor-level configuration
- Go to Cloud > Azure and select Azure File Share 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 directs you to the Edit Azure File Share 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
IT Automation in Site24x7 aids in automatically resolving performance degradation issues. When a breach occurs, the alarm engine continuously examines the system events for which thresholds have been defined and executes the mapped automation.
How to configure IT Automation for a monitor.
Configuration Rules
Configure parameters for multiple monitors using Site24x7's Configuration Rules, such as Threshold Profile, Notification Profile, Tags, Monitor Group, and other parameters. While adding new monitors, you can run a scan and associate any of the previously generated rules that suit the monitor configurations.
How to add a configuration rule.
Summary
The Summary tab will give you the performance data organized by time for the above-mentioned metrics.
- To view the summary, go to Cloud > Azure and select Azure File Share from the drop-down menu.
- Click a resource and select the Summary tab.
By doing so, you can view the File Capacity, File Count, File Share Capacity Quota, Ingress, Egress, and much more.
Reports
Gain in-depth data about the various parameters of your monitored resources and highlight your service performance using our insightful reports.
To view reports for Azure File Share:
- Navigate to the Reports section on the left navigation pane.
- Select Azure File Share from the menu on the left.
You can find the Availability Summary Report and the Performance Report for one selected monitor, or you can get the Inventory Report, Summary Report, Availability Summary Report, Health Trend Report, and Performance Report for all the Azure File Share monitors.
You can also get reports from the Summary tab of the Azure File Share monitor.
- Go to the Summary tab of the Azure File Share monitor, and get the Availability Summary Report of the monitor by clicking Availability or Downtime.
- You can also find the Performance Report of the monitor by clicking any chart title.
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.