Azure Plugin (Public Preview)

For SevOne NMS 6.8 release, the Azure Plugin is for Public Preview only.

Configuration

The Azure plugin allows you to collect devices, metadata, and metrics from the Azure Public Cloud environment. The Azure plugin makes use of Azure Data Plane API for metric collection and allows you to monitor multiple different subscriptions and regions.

Execute the following steps to monitor an Azure account. This will automatically create devices and collect metrics for various Azure resources within selected regions for that account.

To access the Device Manager from the navigation bar, click the Devices menu and select Device Manager.
Either add a device with the Azure plugin or edit an existing device to enable the Azure plugin.
- Click Add Device to display the New Device page.
- Click the wrench icon under the Actions column to display the Edit Device page.
Click the plugin drop-down. By default, it is set to SNMP. Select Azure.
Select the Enable Azure Integration check box.
In the Tenant ID field, enter the ID of the Azure tenant you want to monitor.
In the Subscription ID field, enter the ID of the Azure subscription you want to monitor.
In the Application Client ID field, enter the ID of Azure registered application for SevOne.
In the Client Secret Value field, enter the value of the secret created for the Azure registered application for SevOne.
Click Save As New to save the current changes as a New Device, or click Save to confirm the changes in the Edit Device page.
When the desired changes have been saved, click the Cancel button to return to the Device Manager page.

Azure Services

The Azure plugin supports the following Azure services.

Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Scale Sets

The Azure plugin uses:

Azure Data Plane API for metrics collection
Azure REST API for Metadata collection

Please refer to Azure Quick Start Guide for additional details on how to setup Azure integration using the Azure Plugin.

Azure Device Groups

Device groups are automatically created on SevOne NMS to group Azure devices by device description and metadata values. The Azure plugin regularly applies the rules for these groups to ensure the devices are added to appropriate groups.

Device Groups Hierarchy

All Device Groups - the default device group that contains all devices on SevOne NMS. This exists by default.
- Azure - device group that contains all automatically created Azure devices. A device is a member of this group if any of the following rules apply.
  - Virtual Machines - this device group contains all the Virtual Machines you are monitoring as a part of different Azure integrations you might create across different subscriptions and tenants. A device is a member of this group if it contains Azure Virtual Machine in the device description.
  - Virtual Machine Scale Sets - this device group contains all the Virtual Machine Scale Sets that exist as a part of an Azure integration that has been created. A device is a member of this group if it contains Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set in the device description.

Azure Metadata

New devices have metadata attributes added to them automatically in both the Azure and Azure <service name> namespaces. i.e., a Virtual Machine will have metadata attributes populated in both Azure and Azure Virtual Machine namespaces.

The tables below contains all Azure metadata namespaces and attributes in SevOne NMS.

Azure Namespace

Contains all attribute names and types that are created within the Azure metadata namespace. All Azure devices will have the following attributes populated.

Attribute Name	Attribute Type	Description
Azure Region	Text	The region in which the resource belongs.
Subscription ID	Text	The Azure subscription ID corresponding to the Azure Device.
Resource Group	Text	The resource group to which the device belongs.

Azure Virtual Machine Namespace

Contains all attribute names and types that are created within the Azure Virtual Machine namespace. Only Azure Virtual Machine devices will have the following attributes populated.

Attribute Name	Attribute Type	Description
Availability Zone	Text	The availability zone of the Virtual Machine.
DNS Name	Text	The DNS name assigned to a Virtual Machine.
Operating System	Text	The operating system running on the Virtual Machine.
Private IP Address	IP Address	The private IP address of the Virtual Machine as reflected in the Azure Portal.
Public IP Address	IP Address	The public IP Address of the Virtual Machine as reflected in the Azure Portal.
RAM	Text	The RAM assigned to a Virtual Machine.
Resource Group	Text	The resource group the Virtual Machine belongs to.
Resource ID	Text	The associated resource ID of the resource group the Virtual Machine belongs to.
Size	Text	Virtual Machine type as indicated in the Azure Portal.
Status	Text	Status of the Virtual Machine as indicated in the Azure Portal.
vCPUs	Integer	The number of vCPUs associated with a Virtual Machine.
Virtual Network / Subnet	Text	VNET/Subnet as indicated in the Azure Portal.

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set Namespace

Attribute Name	Attribute Type	Description
Status	Text	Status of the Virtual Machine Scale Set.
Size	Text	Scale Set Type as mentioned in the Azure Portal.
Instance Count	Integer	Number of instances in the Virtual Machine Scale Set.
vCPUs	Integer	The number of vCPUs in each Virtual Machine of the scale set.
RAM	Text	The RAM assigned to each Virtual Machine of the Virtual Machine Scale Set.

Azure Metrics

After a device is configured to monitor an Azure Subscription, object and indicator types are created on the configured SevOne NMS. Data Plane API starts pulling information into the corresponding SevOne NMS device, objects, and indicators.

The table below contains all the metrics collected by SevOne NMS and the associated Object and Indicator types created on SevOne NMS.

Virtual Machine

This section explains the object types and indicator types that are created for Azure Virtual Machines.

Object Types

Under All Object Types object type, the Azure Plugin creates an object type, Azure VirtualMachine. Within Azure VirtualMachine, the following object types are created.

Azure VM Availability
Azure VM Burst Statistics
Azure VM CPU
Azure VM Disk
Azure VM Memory
Azure VM Network

Indicator Types

The following table contains all the indicator types for the Virtual Machines, their parent object type, and which unit is used on the NMS. For additional details please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/reference/supported-metrics/microsoft-compute-virtualmachines-metrics.

Parent Object Type	Name	Description	Unit
Azure VM Availability	VmAvailabilityMetric	Virtual Machine Availability Metric.	Number
Azure VM Burst Statistics	VM Local Used Burst BPS Credits Percentage	Virtual Machine Local Used Burst BPS Credits Percentage.	Percent
	VM Local Used Burst IO Credits Percentage	Virtual Machine Local Used Burst IO Credits Percentage.	Percent
	VM Remote Used Burst BPS Credits Percentage	Virtual Machine Remote Used Burst BPS Credits Percentage.	Percent
	VM Remote Used Burst IO Credits Percentage	Virtual Machine Remote Used Burst IO Credits Percentage.	Percent
Azure VM CPU	CPU Credits Consumed	CPU Credits Consumed.	Number
	CPU Credits Remaining	CPU Credits Remaining.	Number
	Percentage CPU	Percentage CPU.	Percent
Azure VM Disk	Disk Read Bytes	Disk Read Bytes.	Bytes
	Disk Read Operations/Sec	Disk Read IOPS.	Number
	Disk Write Bytes	Disk Write Bytes.	Bytes
	Disk Write Operations/Sec	Disk Write IOPS.	Number
Azure VM Memory	Available Memory Bytes	Available Memory Bytes.	Bytes
Azure VM Network	Inbound Flows	Inbound Flows.	Number
	Inbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate	Inbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate.	Number
	Network In Total	Network In Total.	Bytes
	Network Out Total	Network Out Total.	Bytes
	Outbound Flows	Outbound Flows.	Number
	Outbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate	Outbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate.	Number

Virtual Machine Scale Sets

This section explains the object types and indicator types that are created for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets.

Object Types

Beneath the All Object Types object type, the Azure Plugin creates an object type, Azure VM Scale Set. Within Azure VM Scale Set, the following object types are created.

Azure VM Scale Sets Availability
Azure VM Scale Sets Burst Statistics
Azure VM Scale Sets CPU
Azure VM Scale Sets Disk
Azure VM Scale Sets Memory
Azure VM Scale Sets Network

Indicator Types

The following table contains all the indicator types for Virtual Machine Scale Sets, their parent object type, and the unit used on SevOne NMS. For additional details, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/reference/supported-metrics/microsoft-compute-virtualmachinescalesets-metrics

Parent Object Type	Name	Description	Unit
Azure VM Scale Sets Availability	VmAvailabilityMetric	VM Availability Metric.	Number
Azure VM Scale Sets Burst Statistics	VM Local Used Burst BPS Credits Percentage	VM Local Used Burst BPS Credits Percentage.	Percent
	VM Local Used Burst IO Credits Percentage	VM Local Used Burst IO Credits Percentage.	Percent
	VM Remote Used Burst BPS Credits Percentage	VM Remote Used Burst BPS Credits Percentage.	Percent
	VM Remote Used Burst IO Credits Percentage	VM Remote Used Burst IO Credits Percentage.	Percent
Azure VM Scale Sets CPU	CPU Credits Consumed	CPU Credits Consumed.	Number
	CPU Credits Remaining	CPU Credits Remaining.	Number
	Percentage CPU	Percentage CPU.	Percent
Azure VM Scale Set Disk	Disk Read Bytes	Disk Read Bytes.	Bytes
	Disk Read Operations/Sec	Disk Read IOPS.	Number
	Disk Write Bytes	Disk Write Bytes.	Bytes
	Disk Write Operations/Sec	Disk Write IOPS.	Number
Azure VM Scale Sets Memory	Available Memory Bytes	Available Memory Bytes.	Bytes
Azure VM Scale Sets Network	Inbound Flows	Inbound Flows.	Number
	Inbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate	Inbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate.	Number
	Network In Total	Network In Total.	Bytes
	Network Out Total	Network Out Total.	Bytes
	Outbound Flows	Outbound Flows.	Number
	Outbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate	Outbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate.	Number

Complete Object and Indicator Type Hierarchy Tree

All Object Types

Azure VirtualMachine
- Azure VM Availability
  - VmAvailabilityMetric
- Azure VM Burst Statistics
  - VM Local Used Burst BPS Credits Percentage
  - VM Local Used Burst IO Credits Percentage
  - VM Remote Used Burst BPS Credits Percentage
  - VM Remote Used Burst IO Credits Percentage
- Azure VM CPU
  - CPU Credits Consumed
  - CPU Credits Remaining
  - Percentage CPU
- Azure VM Disk
  - Disk Read Bytes
  - Disk Read Operations/Sec
  - Disk Write Bytes
  - Disk Write Operations/Sec
- Azure VM Memory
  - Available Memory Bytes
- Azure VM Network
  - Inbound Flows
  - Inbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate
  - Network In Total
  - Network Out Total
  - Outbound Flows
  - Outbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate
Azure VM Scale Set
- Azure VM Scale Sets Availability
  - VmAvailabilityMetric
- Azure VM Scale Sets Burst Statistics
  - VM Local Used Burst BPS Credits Percentage
  - VM Local Used Burst IO Credits Percentage
  - VM Remote Used Burst BPS Credits Percentage
  - VM Remote Used Burst IO Credits Percentage
- Azure VM Scale Sets CPU
  - CPU Credits Consumed
  - CPU Credits Remaining
  - Percentage CPU
- Azure VM Scale Sets Disk
  - Disk Read Bytes
  - Disk Read Operations/Sec
  - Disk Write Bytes
  - Disk Write Operations/Sec
- Azure VM Scale Sets Memory
  - Available Memory Bytes
- Azure VM Scale Sets Network
  - Inbound Flows
  - Inbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate
  - Network In Total
  - Network Out Total
  - Outbound Flows
  - Outbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate

Table of Contents (Start)

Azure Plugin (Public Preview)

Azure Services

Azure Device Groups

Device Groups Hierarchy

Azure Metadata

Azure Namespace

Azure Virtual Machine Namespace

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set Namespace

Azure Metrics

Virtual Machine

Object Types

Indicator Types

Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Object Types

Indicator Types

Complete Object and Indicator Type Hierarchy Tree