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.
| Application Management Team | IT Operations | Business |
|---|---|---|
| Let your AM team have the power to stop and start services without involving the IT operations team | Stay in complete control with access to everything | Give your business Data and self-service for solutions built using Azure Storage |
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 |
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| Monitoring Azure Storage |
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Storage Account
The 'Storage Account' Category provides one resource for each Azure Storage configuration with the specified display name as the resource name.
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.
Use the 'Details' action menu item to open the details modal for the selected Storage Account.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
File Shares
The 'File Shares' Category provide one resource for each configured 'File Share' with the specified display name as the resource name.
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.
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 for the 'File Share' Action button menu item.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
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.
Delete File
To delete the file; Click the Actions button and then select Delete the 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 thresholds Action button menu item.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
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.
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.
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 for the 'Blob Container' Action button menu item.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
Example of content on configured monitored 'Blob Container'.
The following Actions exist:
Download Blob
To view the content; Click the Actions button and then select to download the Blob.
Delete Blob
To delete the Blob; Click the Actions button and then select Delete the 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 thresholds Action button menu item.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
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.
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.
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.
Use the 'Details' action menu item to open the details modal for the selected Storage Queue.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
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 for the 'Queues' Action button menu item.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
Example of content on configured monitored 'Queue' configuration.
From the Actions button on the selected message, the following Actions are available:
Download Message
To view the message's content; Click the Actions button and then select to download the message.
Remove Message
To dequeue the message; Click the Actions button and then select Remove the message.
Post Message
From the Post tab, you can send single text-based messages directly to the queue.
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 thresholds Action button menu item.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
Example of editing monitoring thresholds for selected 'Queue'.
Next Step
Global Configuration of the Azure Monitoring agent