Microsoft Azure Storage Account Monitoring

Microsoft Azure Storage Account - An Overview

Azure Storage Account is a group of highly scalable cloud-based storage services available for applications running in Azure cloud. Azure Storage Account provides facilities for storing files (File storage), files and media (Blob storage), messages (Queue storage) and non-relational schema-less data (Table storage).

This help document enables you to understand how to get started with Azure Storage Account monitoring and to keep a close watch on the numerous Azure Storage Account performance metric using Applications Manager's Azure Storage Account monitoring tool.

Creating a new Microsoft Azure Storage Account Monitor

To learn how to create a new Microsoft Azure Storage Account Monitor, click here.

Note:

Azure Storage Account Monitoring supports ZRS Storage Accounts from v15310 onwards.
Azure Premium Accounts are supported in a seperate monitor.Click here to learn more about Applications Manager's Azure Premium Storage Account monitoring.
CAPACITY & FILE SHARE UTILIZATION group metrics are mapped under Performance Polling. To adjust the polling interval, navigate to Settings → Performance Polling. In the Optimize Data Collection tab, select Azure Storage Account as the Monitor Type and Capacity Metrics as the Metric Name. Then set Default Polling Status as required, by default opted as Collect data at customized time intervals with 1 hour interval.

Monitored Parameters

Navigate to the Category View by clicking the Monitors tab. Hover over 'Child Monitors' under Microsoft Azure in the Cloud Apps table, and then select the Storage Accounts monitor from the displayed tooltip. This action will display the bulk configuration view for Azure Storage Account in three tabs:

Availability tab gives the Availability history for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
Performance tab gives the Health Status and events for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
List view enables you to perform bulk admin configurations.

Azure monitoring tools like Applications Manager's Microsoft Azure monitor provides a brief detail of the Azure Storage Account under the given subscription. Following are the list of metrics monitored in Azure Storage Account Monitoring in their corresponding tabs:

Note: Data shown for all the metrics in Azure Storage Account monitor is collected via Azure REST APIs (Azure Service APIs and Azure Monitor API)

Overview

Parameter	Description
Storage Services Availability
Blob Availability	The percentage of availability for the Blob storage service. Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequest 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.
Table Availability	The percentage of availability for the Table storage service.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.
Queue Availability	The percentage of availability for the Queue storage service . 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.
File Availability	The percentage of availability for the File storage service .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.
CONFIGURATION
Storage Account Name	The name of the Azure Storage Account.
Primary Status	Status of Storage Account. Possible Values: Available/Unavailable.
Secondary Status	Status of the Replica of Storage Account. Possible Values: Available/Unavailable. This attribute is available only if the Replication Type is Standard_RAGRS or Standard_GRS.
Resource Group	Resource Group where the Storage Account is allocated in.
Location	Region where the storage account is provisioned
Provisioning State	Provisioning state of Storage Account. Possible values : Invalid Creating Deleting Succeeded Failed Cancelled
Replication Type	The replication type used by the Storage account. Possible values: Standard_LRS Standard_GRS Standard_RAGRS Standard_ZRS

Blobs

Parameter	Description
Capacity
Blobs User Data Size	The amount of storage used by the storage account’s Blob service (in GB).
Container Count	The number of blob containers in the storage account’s Blob service.
Blob Object Count	The number of blob objects in the storage account’s Blob service.
Throughput
Blobs Total Ingress	The amount of ingress data (in MB/Hour). This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage Account as well as ingress within Azure.
Blobs Total Egress	The amount of egress data (in MB/Hour). This number includes egress to an external client from Azure Storage Account as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.
Blobs Total Requests	The number of requests made to Blobs storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors.
Blobs Total Billable Requests	The number of billable requests to Blobs
Latency
Blobs Average End-To-End Latency	The average end-to-end latency of successful requests made to Blobs or the specified API operation (in ms). This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage Account to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.
Blobs Average Server Latency	The average latency used by Azure Storage Account to process a successful request (in ms). This value does not include the network latency specified in AverageE2ELatency.
Requests Failed- Throttling Errors
Blobs Throttling Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ThrottlingError.
Blobs Anonymous Throttling Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousThrottlingError.
Blobs SAS Throttling Errors	The number of SAS requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASThrottlingError.
Blobs Throttling Error Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a throttling error.
Requests Failed – Timeout Errors
Blobs Client Timeout Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientTimeoutError.
Blobs Anonymous Client Timeout Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientTimeoutError.
Blobs SAS Client Timeout Errors	The number of SAS requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientTimeoutError.
Blobs Server Timeout Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerTimeoutError.
Blobs Anonymous Server Timeout Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerTimeoutError.
Blobs SAS Server Timeout Errors	The number of SAS requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerTimeoutError.
Blobs Percent Timeout Errors	The percentage of requests that failed with a timeout error. This number includes both client and server timeouts.
Requests Failed – Other Client Errors
Blobs Client Other Errors	The number of authenticated requests to a storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientOtherError.
Blobs SAS Client Other Errors	The number of SAS requests to a storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientOtherError.
Blobs Anonymous Client Other Errors	The number of anonymous requests to a storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientOtherError.
Blobs Client Other Error Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a ClientOtherError.
Requests Failed – Other Server Errors
Blobs Server Other Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerOtherError.
Blobs Anonymous Server Other Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerOtherError.
Blobs SAS Server Other Errors	The number of SAS requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerOtherError.
Blobs Server Other Error Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a ServerOtherError.
Requests Failed – Authorization Errors
Blobs Authorization Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AuthorizationError.
Blobs Anonymous Authorization Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousAuthorizationError.
Blobs SAS Authorization Errors	The number of SAS requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASAuthorizationError.
Blobs Authorization Errors Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with an AuthorizationError.
Requests Failed – Network Errors
Blobs Network Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a NetworkError.
Blobs Anonymous Network Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousNetworkError .
Blobs SAS Network Errors	The number of SAS requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASNetworkError.
Blobs Network Errors Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a NetworkError.
Successful Requests
Successful Requests to Blobs	The number of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation.
Blobs Anonymous Successful Requests	The number of successful anonymous requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation.
Blobs SAS Successful Requests	The number of successful Shared Access Signature (SAS) requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation.
Blobs Successful Requests Percentage	The percentage of successful requests. Note: If there are no requests made against the storage, the value of the PercentSuccess metric will be zero. If you are monitoring PercentSuccess, you will also need to ensure that the value of the TotalRequests metric is greater than zero.

Tables

Parameter	Description
Capacity
Table User Data Size (GB)	The amount of storage used by the storage account’s Table service (in GB).
Table Count	Total number of tables present in the storage account's Table service.
Table Entity Count	The total number of table entities in the storage account's Table service.
Throughput
Tables Total Ingress	The amount of ingress data (in MB/Hour). This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage Account as well as ingress within Azure.
Tables Total Egress	The amount of egress data (in MB/Hour). This number includes egress to an external client from Azure Storage Account as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.
Tables Total Requests	The number of requests made to Table storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors.
Tables Total Billable Requests	The number of billable requests to Tables
Latency
Tables Average End-To-End Latency	The average end-to-end latency of successful requests made to Tables or the specified API operation (in ms). This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage Account to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.
Tables Average Server Latency	The average latency used by Azure Storage Account to process a successful request (in ms). This value does not include the network latency specified in AverageE2ELatency.
Requests Failed- Throttling Errors
Tables Throttling Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ThrottlingError.
Tables Anonymous Throttling Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousThrottlingError.
Tables SAS Throttling Errors	The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASThrottlingError.
Tables Throttling Error Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a throttling error.
Requests Failed – Timeout Errors
Tables Client Timeout Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientTimeoutError.
Tables Anonymous Client Timeout Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientTimeoutError.
Tables SAS Client Timeout Errors	The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientTimeoutError.
Tables Server Timeout Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerTimeoutError.
Tables Anonymous Server Timeout Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerTimeoutError.
Tables SAS Server Timeout Errors	The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerTimeoutError.
Tables Percent Timeout Errors	The percentage of requests that failed with a timeout error. This number includes both client and server timeouts.
Requests Failed – Other Client Errors
Tables Client Other Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientOtherError.
Tables SAS Client Other Errors	The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientOtherError.
Tables Anonymous Client Other Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientOtherError.
Tables Client Other Error Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a ClientOtherError.
Requests Failed – Other Server Errors
Tables Server Other Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerOtherError.
Tables Anonymous Server Other Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerOtherError.
Tables SAS Server Other Errors	The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerOtherError.
Tables Server Other Error Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a ServerOtherError.
Requests Failed – Authorization Errors
Tables Authorization Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AuthorizationError.
Tables Anonymous Authorization Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousAuthorizationError.
Tables SAS Authorization Errors	The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASAuthorizationError.
Tables Authorization Errors Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with an AuthorizationError.
Requests Failed – Network Errors
Tables Network Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a NetworkError.
Tables Anonymous Network Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousNetworkError .
Tables SAS Network Errors	The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASNetworkError.
Tables Network Errors Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a NetworkError.
Successful Requests
Successful Requests to Tables	The number of successful requests made to Table storage service or the specified API operation.
Tables Anonymous Successful Requests	The number of successful anonymous requests made to Table storage service or the specified API operation.
Tables SAS Successful Requests	The number of successful Shared Access Signature (SAS) requests made to Table storage service or the specified API operation.
Tables Successful Requests Percentage	The percentage of successful requests. Note that if there are no requests made against storage, the value of the PercentSuccess metric will be zero. If you are monitoring PercentSuccess, you will also want to ensure that the value of the TotalRequests metric is greater than zero.

Files

Parameter	Description
Capacity
File User Data Size (GB)	The average amount of storage used by the storage account’s File service (in GB).
File Count	The total number of files present in the storage account's File service.
File Share Count	The total number of file shares present in the storage account's File service.
File Share Quota (GB)	The total amount of storage that can be used by File service (in GB).
File Share Snapshot Count	The total number of snapshots present on the share in storage account's File service.
File Share Snapshot Size (GB)	The total amount of storage used by the snapshots in storage account's File service (in GB).
File Share Utilization
File Share Utilization	The percentage of storage used by the storage account's File service (in %).
Throughput
Files Total Ingress	The amount of ingress data (in MB/Hour). This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage Account as well as ingress within Azure.
Files Total Egress	The amount of egress data (in MB/Hour). This number includes egress to an external client from Azure Storage Account as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.
Files Total Requests	The number of requests made to File storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors.
Files Total Billable Requests	The number of billable requests to Files
Latency
Files Average End-To-End Latency	The average end-to-end latency of successful requests made to File Storage Service or the specified API operation (in ms). This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage Account to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.
Files Average Server Latency	The average latency used by Azure Storage Account to process a successful request (in ms). This value does not include the network latency specified in AverageE2ELatency.
Requests Failed- Throttling Errors
Files Throttling Errors	The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ThrottlingError.
Files Anonymous Throttling Errors	The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousThrottlingError.
Files SAS Throttling Errors	The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASThrottlingError.
Files Throttling Error Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a throttling error.
Requests Failed – Timeout Errors
Files Client Timeout Errors	The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientTimeoutError.
Files Anonymous Client Timeout Errors	The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientTimeoutError.
Files SAS Client Timeout Errors	The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientTimeoutError.
Files Server Timeout Errors	The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerTimeoutError.
Files Anonymous Server Timeout Errors	The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerTimeoutError.
Files SAS Server Timeout Errors	The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerTimeoutError.
Files Percent Timeout Errors	The percentage of requests that failed with a timeout error. This number includes both client and server timeouts.
Requests Failed – Other Client Errors
Files Client Other Errors	The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientOtherError.
Files SAS Client Other Errors	The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientOtherError.
Files Anonymous Client Other Errors	The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientOtherError.
Files Client Other Error Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a ClientOtherError.
Requests Failed – Other Server Errors
Files Server Other Errors	The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerOtherError.
Files Anonymous Server Other Errors	The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerOtherError.
Files SAS Server Other Errors	The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerOtherError.
Files Server Other Error Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a ServerOtherError.
Requests Failed – Authorization Errors
Files Authorization Errors	The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AuthorizationError.
Files Anonymous Authorization Errors	The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousAuthorizationError.
Files SAS Authorization Errors	The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASAuthorizationError.
Files Authorization Errors Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with an AuthorizationError.
Requests Failed – Network Errors
Files Network Errors	The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a NetworkError.
Files Anonymous Network Errors	The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousNetworkError .
Files SAS Network Errors	The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASNetworkError.
Files Network Errors Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a NetworkError.
Successful Requests
Successful Requests to Files	The number of successful requests made to File storage service or the specified API operation.
Files Anonymous Successful Requests	The number of successful anonymous requests made to File storage service or the specified API operation.
Files SAS Successful Requests	The number of successful Shared Access Signature (SAS) requests made to File storage service or the specified API operation.
Files Successful Requests Percentage	The percentage of successful requests. Note that if there are no requests made against storage, the value of the PercentSuccess metric will be zero. If you are monitoring PercentSuccess, you will also want to ensure that the value of the TotalRequests metric is greater than zero.

Queues

Parameter	Description
Capacity
Queue User Data Size (GB)	The average amount of storage used by the storage account’s Queue service (in GB).
Queue Count	The total number of queue in the storage account's Queue service.
Queue Message Count	The approximate number of queue messages in the storage account's Queue service.
Throughput
Queues Total Ingress	The amount of ingress data (in MB/Hour). This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage Account as well as ingress within Azure.
Queues Total Egress	The amount of egress data (in MB/Hour). This number includes egress to an external client from Azure Storage Account as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress.
Queues Total Requests	The number of requests made to Queue storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors.
Queues Total Billable Requests	The number of billable requests to Queues
Latency
Queues Average End-To-End Latency	The average end-to-end latency of successful requests made to Queue or the specified API operation (in ms). This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage Account to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response.
Queues Average Server Latency	The average latency used by Azure Storage Account to process a successful request (in ms). This value does not include the network latency specified in AverageE2ELatency.
Requests Failed- Throttling Errors
Queues Throttling Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ThrottlingError.
Queues Anonymous Throttling Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousThrottlingError.
Queues SAS Throttling Errors	The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASThrottlingError.
Queues Throttling Error Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a throttling error.
Requests Failed – Timeout Errors
Queues Client Timeout Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientTimeoutError.
Queues Anonymous Client Timeout Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientTimeoutError.
Queues SAS Client Timeout Errors	The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientTimeoutError.
Queues Server Timeout Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerTimeoutError.
Queues Anonymous Server Timeout Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerTimeoutError.
Queues SAS Server Timeout Errors	The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerTimeoutError.
Queues Percent Timeout Errors	The percentage of requests that failed with a timeout error. This number includes both client and server timeouts.
Requests Failed – Other Client Errors
Queues Client Other Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientOtherError.
Queues SAS Client Other Errors	The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientOtherError.
Queues Anonymous Client Other Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientOtherError.
Queues Client Other Error Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a ClientOtherError.
Requests Failed – Other Server Errors
Queues Server Other Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerOtherError.
Queues Anonymous Server Other Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerOtherError.
Queues SAS Server Other Errors	The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerOtherError.
Queues Server Other Error Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a ServerOtherError.
Requests Failed – Authorization Errors
Queues Authorization Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AuthorizationError.
Queues Anonymous Authorization Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousAuthorizationError.
Queues SAS Authorization Errors	The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASAuthorizationError.
Queues Authorization Errors Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with an AuthorizationError.
Requests Failed – Network Errors
Queues Network Errors	The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a NetworkError.
Queues Anonymous Network Errors	The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousNetworkError .
Queues SAS Network Errors	The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASNetworkError.
Queues Network Errors Percentage	The percentage of requests that failed with a NetworkError.
Successful Requests
Successful Requests to Queues	The number of successful requests made to Queue storage service or the specified API operation.
Queues Anonymous Successful Requests	The number of successful anonymous requests made to Queue storage service or the specified API operation.
Queues SAS Successful Requests	The number of successful Shared Access Signature (SAS) requests made to Queue storage service or the specified API operation.
Queues Successful Requests Percentage	The percentage of successful requests. Note that if there are no requests made against storage, the value of the PercentSuccess metric will be zero. If you are monitoring PercentSuccess, you will also want to ensure that the value of the TotalRequests metric is greater than zero.

Microsoft Azure Storage Account Monitoring

Microsoft Azure Storage Account - An Overview

Creating a new Microsoft Azure Storage Account Monitor

Monitored Parameters

Overview

Blobs

Tables

Files

Queues

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