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Azure Storage Account Classic (Blob, File, Queue, Table) monitoring

Dynatrace ingests metrics for multiple preselected namespaces, including Azure Storage Account Classic. You can view metrics for each service instance, split metrics into multiple dimensions, and create custom charts that you can pin to your dashboards.

Prerequisites

  • Dynatrace version 1.196+
  • Environment ActiveGate version 1.195+

Enable monitoring

To enable monitoring for this service, you first need to set up integration with Azure Monitor.

Add the service to monitoring

In order to view the service metrics, you must add the service to monitoring in your Dynatrace environment.

To add a service to monitoring
  1. In the Dynatrace menu, go to Settings > Cloud and virtualization and select Azure.
  2. On the Azure overview page, select Edit for the desired Azure instance.
  3. Go to Services and select Add service, choose the desired service name from the list, and select Add service.
  4. Select Save changes to save your configuration.

Monitor resources based on tags

You can choose to monitor resources based on existing Azure tags, as Dynatrace automatically imports them from service instances.
To monitor resources based on tags

  1. In the Dynatrace menu, go to Settings and select Cloud and virtualization > Azure.

  2. On the Azure overview page, select the Edit icon for the Azure instance.

  3. Set Resources to be monitored to Monitor resources selected by tags.

  4. Enter key/value pairs to identify resources to exclude from monitoring or include in monitoring. You can enter multiple key/value pairs: each time you enter a pair, another empty row is displayed for you to edit as needed.

  5. Select Save to save your configuration.

    To import the Azure tags automatically into Dynatrace, turn on Capture Azure tags automatically.

Configure service metrics

Once you add a service, Dynatrace starts automatically collecting a suite of metrics for this particular service. These are recommended metrics.

Recommended metrics:

  • Are enabled by default
  • Can't be disabled
  • Can have recommended dimensions (enabled by default, can't be disabled)
  • Can have optional dimensions (disabled by default, can be enabled).

Apart from the recommended metrics, most services have the possibility of enabling optional metrics.

Optional metrics:

  • Can be added and configured manually
To add and configure metrics
  1. In the Dynatrace menu, go to Settings > Cloud and virtualization and select Azure.
  2. On the Azure overview page, scroll down and select Edit for the desired Azure instance.
  3. Go to Services and select Manage services.
  4. To add a metric, select the service for which you want to add metrics.
  5. Select Add new metric.
  6. From the menu, select the metric you want.
  7. Select Add metric to add the metric to monitoring.
  8. To configure a metric, select Edit.
  9. Select Apply to save your configuration.

View service metrics

You can view the service metrics in your Dynatrace environment either on the custom device overview page or on your Dashboards page.

View metrics on the custom device overview page

To access the custom device overview page

  1. In the Dynatrace menu, go to Technologies.
  2. Filter by service name and select the relevant custom device group.
  3. Once you select the custom device group, you're on the custom device group overview page.
  4. The custom device group overview page lists all instances (custom devices) belonging to the group. Select an instance to view the custom device overview page.

View metrics on your dashboard

Once you add a service to monitoring, a preset dashboard for the respective service containing all recommended metrics is automatically created on your Dashboards page. You can look for specific dashboards by filtering by Preset and then by Name.

For existing monitored services, you might need to resave your credentials for the preset dashboard to appear on the Dashboards page. To resave your credentials, go to Settings > Cloud and virtualization > Azure, select the desired Azure instance, then select Save.

You can't make changes on a preset dashboard directly, but you can clone and edit it. To clone a dashboard, open the browse menu (…) and select Clone.
To remove a dashboard from the dashboards list, you can hide it. To hide a dashboard, open the browse menu (…) and select Hide.

Hiding a dashboard doesn't affect other users.

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Storage Account Classic

Available metrics

This service monitors a part of Storage Account Classic (Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts). You can find the already monitored resources on the Azure overview page in the Cloud services section or use a dashboard preset. To monitor resources of the Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts (including Storage, StorageV2 and BlobStorage) type, check Storage Accounts and the Storage accounts section on the Azure overview page.

Storage Account (Classic)

NameDescriptionUnitDimensionsRecommended
AvailabilityThe percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation.PercentAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
EgressThe amount of egress data, in bytes. This number includes egress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
IngressThe amount of ingress data, in bytes. This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as ingress within Azure.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
SuccessE2ELatencyThe end-to-end latency of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation, in milliseconds. This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
SuccessServerLatencyThe latency used by Azure Storage to process a successful request, in milliseconds. This value does not include the network latency specified in SuccessE2ELatency.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
TransactionsThe number of requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors. Use ResponseType dimension for the number of different type of response.CountAuthentication, GeoType, ResponseType, ApiName
UsedCapacityAccount used capacity.Byte

Azure Storage Blob Services (Classic)

This service monitors a part of Storage Account Classic (Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts). You can find the already monitored resources on the Azure overview page in the Cloud services section or use a dashboard preset. To monitor resources of the Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts type (including Storage, StorageV2 and BlobStorage), check Storage Accounts and the Storage accounts section on the Azure overview page.

NameDescriptionUnitDimensionsRecommended
AvailabilityThe percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation.PercentAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
BlobCapacityThe amount of storage used by the storage account’s Blob service in bytes.ByteBlobType
BlobCountThe number of Blob in the storage account’s Blob service.CountBlobType
ContainerCountThe number of containers in the storage account’s Blob service.Count
EgressThe amount of egress data, in bytes. This number includes egress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
IndexCapacityThe amount of storage used by ADLS Gen2 (Hierarchical) Index in bytes.Byte
IngressThe amount of ingress data, in bytes. This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as ingress within Azure.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
SuccessE2ELatencyThe end-to-end latency of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation, in milliseconds. This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
SuccessServerLatencyThe latency used by Azure Storage to process a successful request, in milliseconds. This value does not include the network latency specified in SuccessE2ELatency.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
TransactionsThe number of requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors. Use ResponseType dimension for the number of different type of response.CountAuthentication, GeoType, ResponseType, ApiName

Azure Storage File Services (Classic)

This service monitors a part of Storage Account Classic (Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts). You can find the already monitored resources in Azure overview page in Cloud services section or use a dashboard preset. To monitor resources of the Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts type (including Storage, StorageV2 and BlobStorage), check Storage Accounts and the Storage accounts section on the Azure overview page.

NameDescriptionUnitDimensionsRecommended
AvailabilityThe percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation.PercentAuthentication, FileShare, GeoType, ApiName
EgressThe amount of egress data, in bytes. This number includes egress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.ByteAuthentication, FileShare, GeoType, ApiName
FileCapacityThe amount of storage used by the storage account’s File service in bytes.ByteFileShare
FileCountThe number of file in the storage account’s File service.CountFileShare
FileShareCountThe number of file shares in the storage account’s File service.Count
FileShareQuotaThe upper limit on the amount of storage that can be used by Azure Files Service in bytes.ByteFileShare
FileShareSnapshotCountThe number of snapshots present on the share in storage account’s Files Service.CountFileShare
FileShareSnapshotSizeThe amount of storage used by the snapshots in storage account’s File service in bytes.ByteFileShare
IngressThe amount of ingress data, in bytes. This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as ingress within Azure.ByteAuthentication, FileShare, GeoType, ApiName
SuccessE2ELatencyThe end-to-end latency of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation, in milliseconds. This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.MilliSecondAuthentication, FileShare, GeoType, ApiName
SuccessServerLatencyThe latency used by Azure Storage to process a successful request, in milliseconds. This value does not include the network latency specified in SuccessE2ELatency.MilliSecondAuthentication, FileShare, GeoType, ApiName
TransactionsThe number of requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors. Use ResponseType dimension for the number of different type of response.CountAuthentication, FileShare, GeoType, ResponseType, ApiName

Azure Storage Queue Services (Classic)

This service monitors a part of Storage Account Classic (Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts). You can find the already monitored resources in Azure overview page in Cloud services section or use a dashboard preset. To monitor resources of type Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts (including Storage, StorageV2 and BlobStorage), check Storage Accounts and Azure overview section Storage accounts.

NameDescriptionUnitDimensionsRecommended
AvailabilityThe percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation.PercentAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
EgressThe amount of egress data, in bytes. This number includes egress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
IngressThe amount of ingress data, in bytes. This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as ingress within Azure.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
QueueCapacityThe amount of storage used by the storage account’s Queue service in bytes.Byte
QueueCountThe number of queue in the storage account’s Queue service.Count
QueueMessageCountThe approximate number of queue messages in the storage account’s Queue service.Count
SuccessE2ELatencyThe end-to-end latency of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation, in milliseconds. This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
SuccessServerLatencyThe latency used by Azure Storage to process a successful request, in milliseconds. This value does not include the network latency specified in SuccessE2ELatency.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
TransactionsThe number of requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors.CountAuthentication, GeoType, ResponseType, ApiName

Azure Storage Table Services (Classic)

This service monitors a part of Storage Account Classic (Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts). You can find the already monitored resources in Azure overview page in Cloud services section or use a dashboard preset. To monitor resources of the Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts type (including Storage, StorageV2 and BlobStorage), check Storage Accounts and the Storage accounts section on the Azure overview page.

NameDescriptionUnitDimensionsRecommended
AvailabilityThe percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation.PercentAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
EgressThe amount of egress data, in bytes. This number includes egress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
IngressThe amount of ingress data, in bytes. This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as ingress within Azure.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
SuccessE2ELatencyThe end-to-end latency of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation, in milliseconds. This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
SuccessServerLatencyThe latency used by Azure Storage to process a successful request, in milliseconds. This value does not include the network latency specified in SuccessE2ELatency.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
TableCapacityThe amount of storage used by the storage account’s Table service in bytes.Byte
TableCountThe number of table in the storage account’s Table service.Count
TableEntityCountThe number of table entities in the storage account’s Table service.Count
TransactionsThe number of requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors. Use ResponseType dimension for the number of different type of response.CountAuthentication, GeoType, ResponseType, ApiName