PRTG Manual: Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine Sensor

The Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine sensor monitors the status of a virtual machine (VM) in a Microsoft Azure subscription.

For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.

Sensor in Other Languages

Dutch: Microsoft Azure Virtuele Machine
French: Microsoft Azure machine virtuelle
German: Microsoft Azure Virtueller Computer
Japanese: Microsoft Azure 仮想マシン
Portuguese: Máquina virtual do Microsoft Azure
Russian: Виртуальная машина Microsoft Azure
Simplified Chinese: Microsoft Azure 虚拟机
Spanish: Máquina virtual Microsoft Azure

Remarks

Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:

Remark	Description
Permissions for the Azure custom role	This sensor requires an Azure custom role with permissions for specific actions. Create an Azure custom role and add permissions for the following actions: "Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/read" "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/read" "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/read" "Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/read" "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/*/read" "Microsoft.Insights/Metrics/providers/Metrics/Read" "Microsoft.Insights/Metrics/Microsoft.Insights/Read" "Microsoft.Insights/Metrics/Read" "Microsoft.Insights/Metricnamespaces/Read" "Microsoft.Insights/MetricDefinitions/providers/Microsoft.Insights/Read" "Microsoft.Insights/Components/providers/Microsoft.Insights/MetricDefinitions/Read" For more information, see the Knowledge Base: How do I obtain credentials and create custom roles for the Microsoft Azure sensors?
Credentials	This sensor requires credentials for Microsoft Azure.
IPv6	This sensor supports IPv6.
Performance impact	This sensor has a very low performance impact.
Lookups	This sensor uses lookups to determine the status values of one or more channels.
Scanning interval	The minimum scanning interval of this sensor is 1 minute. The recommended scanning interval of this sensor is 5 minutes.
Multi-platform probe	You can add this sensor to a multi-platform probe.
Knowledge Base	Knowledge Base: How do I obtain credentials and create custom roles for the Microsoft Azure sensors?

Basic Sensor Settings

The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:

azure
microsoftazure
microsoftazurevirtualmachine

For more information about basic sensor settings, see section Sensor Settings.

Microsoft Azure Specific

Setting	Description
Virtual Machine Name	The name of the VM that this sensor monitors.
Virtual Machine ID	The ID of the VM that this sensor monitors.
Operating System	The operating system of the server on which the VM runs.
Resource Group	The Microsoft Azure resource group of the VM that this sensor monitors.
Region	The Azure region of the VM that this sensor monitors.

Sensor Display

Setting	Description
Primary Channel	Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor. You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.
Graph Type	Define how this sensor shows different channels: Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel. Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic. You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).
Stack Unit	This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above. Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.

Setting

Description

Primary Channel

Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.

You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.

Graph Type

Define how this sensor shows different channels:

Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic.
You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).

Stack Unit

This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above.

Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.

Debug Options

Setting	Description
Result Handling	Define what PRTG does with the sensor result: Discard result (default): Do not store the sensor result. Store result: Store the sensor result and the last response in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file name is Result of Sensor [ID].log. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites this file with each scanning interval. This option is not available when the sensor runs on the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance. In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node.

Setting

Description

Result Handling

Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:

Discard result (default): Do not store the sensor result.
Store result: Store the sensor result and the last response in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file name is Result of Sensor [ID].log. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites this file with each scanning interval.

This option is not available when the sensor runs on the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance.

In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node.

Inherited Settings

By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.

For more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.

Channel List

Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.

Channel	Description
Average CPU Usage	The average CPU load This channel is the primary channel by default.
CPU Credits Consumed	The number of consumed CPU credits
CPU Credits Remaining	The number of remaining CPU credits
Downtime	In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status.
Status	The VM status Up status: Running (Billed), Starting (Not Billed) Warning status: Stopped (Billed), Stopping (Billed) Down status: Deallocated (Not Billed), Deallocating (Not Billed)