Azure Storage Account Classic (Blob, File, Queue, Table) monitoring

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Dynatrace ingests metrics for multiple preselected namespaces, including Azure Storage Account Classic. You can view metrics for each service instance, split metrics into multiple dimensions, and create custom charts that you can pin to your dashboards.

Prerequisites

  • Dynatrace version 1.196+
  • Environment ActiveGate version 1.195+

This service monitors a part of Storage Account Classic (Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts). You can find the already monitored resources on the Azure overview page in the Cloud services section or use a dashboard preset.

To monitor resources of the Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts (including Storage, StorageV2 and BlobStorage) type, check Storage Accounts and the Storage accounts section on the Azure overview page.

Enable monitoring

To learn how to enable service monitoring, see Enable service monitoring.

View service metrics

You can view the service metrics in your Dynatrace environment either on the custom device overview page or on your Dashboards page.

View metrics on the custom device overview page

To access the custom device overview page

  1. Go to Technologies & Processes Classic.
  2. Filter by service name and select the relevant custom device group.
  3. Once you select the custom device group, you're on the custom device group overview page.
  4. The custom device group overview page lists all instances (custom devices) belonging to the group. Select an instance to view the custom device overview page.

View metrics on your dashboard

If the service has a preset dashboard, you'll get a preset dashboard for the respective service containing all recommended metrics on your Dashboards page. You can look for specific dashboards by filtering by Preset and then by Name.

For existing monitored services, you might need to resave your credentials for the preset dashboard to appear on the Dashboards page. To resave your credentials, go to Settings > Cloud and virtualization > Azure, select the desired Azure instance, then select Save.

You can't make changes on a preset dashboard directly, but you can clone and edit it. To clone a dashboard, open the browse menu () and select Clone.
To remove a dashboard from the dashboards list, you can hide it. To hide a dashboard, open the browse menu () and select Hide.

Hiding a dashboard doesn't affect other users.

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Storage Account Classic

Available metrics

Storage Account (Classic)

NameDescriptionUnitDimensionsRecommended
AvailabilityThe percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation.PercentAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
EgressThe amount of egress data, in bytes. This number includes egress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
IngressThe amount of ingress data, in bytes. This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as ingress within Azure.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
SuccessE2ELatencyThe end-to-end latency of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation, in milliseconds. This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
SuccessServerLatencyThe latency used by Azure Storage to process a successful request, in milliseconds. This value does not include the network latency specified in SuccessE2ELatency.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
TransactionsThe number of requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors. Use ResponseType dimension for the number of different type of response.CountAuthentication, GeoType, ResponseType, ApiNameApplicable
UsedCapacityAccount used capacity.ByteApplicable

Azure Storage Blob Services (Classic)

This service monitors a part of Storage Account Classic (Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts). You can find the already monitored resources on the Azure overview page in the Cloud services section or use a dashboard preset. To monitor resources of the Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts type (including Storage, StorageV2 and BlobStorage), check Storage Accounts and the Storage accounts section on the Azure overview page.

NameDescriptionUnitDimensionsRecommended
AvailabilityThe percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation.PercentAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
BlobCapacityThe amount of storage used by the storage account’s Blob service in bytes.ByteBlobTypeApplicable
BlobCountThe number of Blob in the storage account’s Blob service.CountBlobTypeApplicable
ContainerCountThe number of containers in the storage account’s Blob service.CountApplicable
EgressThe amount of egress data, in bytes. This number includes egress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
IndexCapacityThe amount of storage used by ADLS Gen2 (Hierarchical) Index in bytes.Byte
IngressThe amount of ingress data, in bytes. This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as ingress within Azure.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
SuccessE2ELatencyThe end-to-end latency of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation, in milliseconds. This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
SuccessServerLatencyThe latency used by Azure Storage to process a successful request, in milliseconds. This value does not include the network latency specified in SuccessE2ELatency.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
TransactionsThe number of requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors. Use ResponseType dimension for the number of different type of response.CountAuthentication, GeoType, ResponseType, ApiNameApplicable

Azure Storage File Services (Classic)

This service monitors a part of Storage Account Classic (Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts). You can find the already monitored resources in Azure overview page in Cloud services section or use a dashboard preset. To monitor resources of the Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts type (including Storage, StorageV2 and BlobStorage), check Storage Accounts and the Storage accounts section on the Azure overview page.

NameDescriptionUnitDimensionsRecommended
AvailabilityThe percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation.PercentAuthentication, FileShare, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
EgressThe amount of egress data, in bytes. This number includes egress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.ByteAuthentication, FileShare, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
FileCapacityThe amount of storage used by the storage account’s File service in bytes.ByteFileShareApplicable
FileCountThe number of file in the storage account’s File service.CountFileShareApplicable
FileShareCountThe number of file shares in the storage account’s File service.CountApplicable
FileShareQuotaThe upper limit on the amount of storage that can be used by Azure Files Service in bytes.ByteFileShareApplicable
FileShareSnapshotCountThe number of snapshots present on the share in storage account’s Files Service.CountFileShare
FileShareSnapshotSizeThe amount of storage used by the snapshots in storage account’s File service in bytes.ByteFileShare
IngressThe amount of ingress data, in bytes. This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as ingress within Azure.ByteAuthentication, FileShare, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
SuccessE2ELatencyThe end-to-end latency of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation, in milliseconds. This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.MilliSecondAuthentication, FileShare, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
SuccessServerLatencyThe latency used by Azure Storage to process a successful request, in milliseconds. This value does not include the network latency specified in SuccessE2ELatency.MilliSecondAuthentication, FileShare, GeoType, ApiName
TransactionsThe number of requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors. Use ResponseType dimension for the number of different type of response.CountAuthentication, FileShare, GeoType, ResponseType, ApiNameApplicable

Azure Storage Queue Services (Classic)

This service monitors a part of Storage Account Classic (Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts). You can find the already monitored resources in Azure overview page in Cloud services section or use a dashboard preset. To monitor resources of type Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts (including Storage, StorageV2 and BlobStorage), check Storage Accounts and Azure overview section Storage accounts.

NameDescriptionUnitDimensionsRecommended
AvailabilityThe percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation.PercentAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
EgressThe amount of egress data, in bytes. This number includes egress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
IngressThe amount of ingress data, in bytes. This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as ingress within Azure.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
QueueCapacityThe amount of storage used by the storage account’s Queue service in bytes.ByteApplicable
QueueCountThe number of queue in the storage account’s Queue service.CountApplicable
QueueMessageCountThe approximate number of queue messages in the storage account’s Queue service.CountApplicable
SuccessE2ELatencyThe end-to-end latency of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation, in milliseconds. This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
SuccessServerLatencyThe latency used by Azure Storage to process a successful request, in milliseconds. This value does not include the network latency specified in SuccessE2ELatency.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
TransactionsThe number of requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors.CountAuthentication, GeoType, ResponseType, ApiNameApplicable

Azure Storage Table Services (Classic)

This service monitors a part of Storage Account Classic (Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts). You can find the already monitored resources in Azure overview page in Cloud services section or use a dashboard preset. To monitor resources of the Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts type (including Storage, StorageV2 and BlobStorage), check Storage Accounts and the Storage accounts section on the Azure overview page.

NameDescriptionUnitDimensionsRecommended
AvailabilityThe percentage of availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation.PercentAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
EgressThe amount of egress data, in bytes. This number includes egress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
IngressThe amount of ingress data, in bytes. This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage as well as ingress within Azure.ByteAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
SuccessE2ELatencyThe end-to-end latency of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation, in milliseconds. This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiNameApplicable
SuccessServerLatencyThe latency used by Azure Storage to process a successful request, in milliseconds. This value does not include the network latency specified in SuccessE2ELatency.MilliSecondAuthentication, GeoType, ApiName
TableCapacityThe amount of storage used by the storage account’s Table service in bytes.ByteApplicable
TableCountThe number of table in the storage account’s Table service.CountApplicable
TableEntityCountThe number of table entities in the storage account’s Table service.CountApplicable
TransactionsThe number of requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors. Use ResponseType dimension for the number of different type of response.CountAuthentication, GeoType, ResponseType, ApiNameApplicable
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