If like me, you have a shiny new Ubuntu running on your HyperV server, you want to install the Log Analytics agent for Linux. You run the install command below. and then you get a nice error. “Pyhton is not configured or Python does not support ctypes on this system, installation cannot continue.” This error …
There are some breaking changes coming in Azure Monitor that you should be aware of. In this FAQ here if you haven’t seen it, there are two changes specifically that are coming. First, the Azure Monitor for VMs / VM Insights Solution is changing where its Performance counters are going. Currently they are stored in …
PSST: you could read this post. Orrrr you could check out the new 2.0 version, which has way more examples. Extracting Nested Fields in Kusto 2.0 – Cloud, Systems Management and Automation (cloudsma.com) Pretty much every blog I’ve produced is a real world solution that I have used in production. Sometimes they are …
Azure ARC is a new service from Microsoft announced at Ignite 2019. The service promises the ability to use the same Azure management tools to manage and monitor your on-prem workloads or even in another cloud. At present Azure ARC Machines is in preview and limited to Guest Configuration and Monitoring. That said, if you’ve …
The Heartbeat table in Log Analytics is surprisingly useful for a number of things. First at its base level, it acts as an inventory of your VMs. The table contains a number of useful columns from Solutions a VM is scoped to, Os Type and versions to what resource group they are in. In this …
The Azure Advent Calendar is a great idea from Gregor Suttie and Richard Hooper. Community members the world over have contributed videos pertaining to Azure. My video is on Azure Monitor Workbooks. In the video I take you through many of the useful features of Workbooks. Video Outline Below is the rough video outline with …
Last year I did a few videos for Techsnips, when I started pretty much everyone was like just get a blue snowball, so I did. Honestly, I should have known better. I always do my own research on products before buying. But especially should have done my research on what type of microphone it is. …