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Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager 1.8 - User Guide (for Azure environments)

Table of Contents

Using Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager for Azure

Installation requirements Azure Performance Agent Configuration

Minimum application privileges API used to collect Cost metrics

Azure monitoring setup

Getting authentication information through Azure portal Configuring firewall settings Creating Azure Performance Agent

Dashboard location and UI elements

Group selector Actions bar Menu bar Quick view

Regions monitoring

Regions view Summary - All Regions view Region Summary view

Virtual Machines monitoring

Virtual Machines view Summary - All Virtual Machines view Virtual Machine Summary view

Resource Groups Monitoring

Resource Groups view Summary - All Resource Groups view Resource Group Summary view

Storage Accounts monitoring

Storage Accounts view Summary - All Storage Accounts view Storage Account Summary view

Virtual Networks monitoring

Virtual Networks view Summary - All Virtual Networks view Virtual Network Summary view

Tags Tab Reports Tab

Available report templates

Rule Configuration Tab

Rules view Enabling/Disabling rule(s) Adding a custom rule Removing custom rule(s)

Usage & Quotas Tab Global Services Tab

Subscription Unhealthy Services

Administration Tab

Tasks view Agents related commands Editing agent properties Managing certificates

Syntax Conventions Managing certificates for FglAM

Prerequisite Add a certificate List installed certificates Delete a certificate A full example for managing certificate for FglAM

Managing certificates for FMS in FIPS-compliant mode

Add a certificate in FIPS-compliant mode List installed certificates A full example for managing certificate for FMS in FIPS-compliant mode

Configuration tab Waste tab Excluded tab

Cost - Overview Cost - Azure view Cost - Admin view

Using Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager for Azure

Foglight® Hybrid Cloud Manager for Azure is provided to meet the demand for monitoring the hybrid strategy, protecting the business, reducing tasks for users who want to monitor Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) assets.

Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager for Azure offers the ability to enable IaaS monitoring across Azure performance agents and to consolidate performance troubleshooting into a single platform, without the manual configuration and hazards of missing elastic or burst workload changes.

Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager for Azure simplifies the cloud performance monitoring process, allowing users to see VMware, Hyper-V, and Azure inside of a single platform. By the means of unified workflows, pre-configured rules with notifications, and intelligent analytics, Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager for Azure unscrambles complex troubleshooting and delivers the information that helps user cut down costs.

This section introduces you to the Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager for Azure environment, and provides you with essential information.

For more information, see the following topics:

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Installation requirements

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Azure Performance Agent Configuration

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Azure monitoring setup

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Dashboard location and UI elements

Installation requirements

Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager for Azure comes installed on Foglight Evolve and can be installed on a Foglight Management Server.

Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager for Azure requires the following cartridges for data collection:

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vUsage-Feedback-5_8_2.car

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3

OptimizerAutomation-5_8_2.car

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CommonAnalytics-5_8_2.car

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Optimizer-5_8_2.car

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Cloud-Manager-1.8.0.car

While Foglight Evolve comes with these cartridges pre-installed and enabled, a stand-alone Foglight release requires that these components be installed on the Foglight Management Server. The sequence of cartridge installation is important because of their dependencies. For more information about installing Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager for Azure, and for details about system requirements and version compatibility, see the Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager Release Notes.

Azure Performance Agent Configuration

For more information, see the following topics:

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Minimum application privileges

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API used to collect Cost metrics

Minimum application privileges

Each Azure Performance Agent monitors the subscriptions inside the same Azure Active Directory (AD). To collect the Azure data, you need register an application in Azure AD, and this application needs be granted the following privileges for all subscriptions to be monitored by Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager for Azure:

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Storage Account Key Operator Service Role

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