UIM Azure probe & Azure Monitor alerts integration

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

We have azure probe for monitoring service bus queues and system resources in azure, we don't have any options in azure probe for monitoring azure app gateway & azure APIM. customer would like to have these things get monitored through azure monitor. Is there anyway we can forward azure monitor alerts to CA UIM , so that they have all the alerts in single console , it would be easy for processing email notifications etc. I see there is an option " Forwarding Azure Alerts" in probe configuration. Will this help in this regard?

Environment

Release: 9.0.2 or higher

Component: UIM - AZURE

Resolution

Yes, if you have monitoring enabled in Azure monitor for any resource group/servicebus/application gateway those alarms can be forwarded and you can view them on UM/IM console.

Forwarding Azure Alerts

-> Enabling will forward all Azure Alerts from the profiles you configured, -> UIM Alarms.

You can also,

Filter for Azure Alerts

-> Filter on resource group by inputting comma-separated values, e.g., resourceGroup1, resourceGroup2

 

You can enable or disable this from the UI.

azure AC Configuration (broadcom.com)

Enable Azure Alerts

You can configure to forward all the alerts on the Azure system to CA Unified Infrastructure Management. Azure Alerts proactively notify you when important conditions are found in your Azure monitoring data. They allow you to identify and address issues before the users of your Azure system notice them. By default, the Azure Alerts are disabled. Once you enable Azure Alerts, the following mapping takes place for the alarms:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Azure Alerts Severity	CA UIM Alarm Severity
Sev0	Critical, Level 5
Sev1	Major, Level 4
Sev2	Minor, Level 3
Sev3	Warning, Level 2
Sev4	Informational, Level 1

Follow these steps:

• In the probe configuration UI, select 

  azure

   in the navigation pane.
• In the Azure Alerts section, perform the following:

   
• Select 

  Forwarding Azure Alerts

   to enable Azure Alerts.
•  
• Filter various resource groups by adding comma-separated values in 

  Filter for Azure Alerts

  . For example, resource1, resource2.

   

  If you do not specify any resource group in the filter, or if the filter field is empty, all the alerts are pulled.
•  
• Click 

  Save

   at the top of the page.

The following snapshot shows the Azure Alerts section in the probe configuration UI.