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Difficulty: HardAzure Monitor and Log Analytics

A cloud administrator needs to configure telemetry and notification alerts for a new business application deployed on Azure Virtual Machines. The monitoring strategy has two distinct goals:

1. Track the virtual machines' CPU usage and generate an alert if it stays above 85% for more than 10 minutes.
2. Receive early notifications about planned Azure infrastructure maintenance or platform-wide outages in the region that could affect the virtual machines' availability.

Which combination of services should the administrator implement to meet these requirements?

  1. A
    Azure Service Health for tracking the CPU usage threshold, and Azure Monitor for tracking the planned maintenance and platform outages
  2. Azure Monitor for tracking the CPU usage threshold, and Azure Service Health for tracking the planned maintenance and platform outagesAnswer
  3. C
    Azure Monitor for tracking the CPU usage threshold, and Azure Advisor for tracking the planned maintenance and platform outages
  4. D
    Azure Service Health for both tracking the CPU usage threshold and tracking the planned maintenance and platform outages

Answer

Azure Monitor for tracking the CPU usage threshold, and Azure Service Health for tracking the planned maintenance and platform outages
The correct answer correctly maps Azure Monitor to resource-level CPU monitoring and Azure Service Health to platform-level events. Azure Monitor collects operational telemetry like metrics from your resources, whereas Azure Service Health keeps you informed about outages and planned maintenance affecting the Azure infrastructure.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the first requirement: tracking CPU usage for specific virtual machines and triggering alerts when it exceeds 85%.
Identify that resource-level telemetry and metrics, such as virtual machine CPU utilization, are collected, analyzed, and alerted upon by Azure Monitor.
Azure Monitor is the primary tool for monitoring the performance and health of individual Azure resources.
2
Analyze the second requirement: receiving early notifications for planned Azure infrastructure maintenance and regional outages that could impact the VMs.
Identify that Azure Service Health is the service responsible for notifying users about Azure service incidents, planned maintenance, and other advisories that affect their specific subscriptions.
Azure Service Health provides a personalized dashboard showing the health of the Azure services and regions they use, which is separate from individual resource telemetry.
3
Combine both service mappings to determine the correct configuration.
Pair Azure Monitor for the resource CPU metrics with Azure Service Health for the platform maintenance and outage notifications.
This combination accurately maps each requirement to its designated Azure management service.

Key Concept

Understanding the distinction between resource-specific monitoring (Azure Monitor) and platform-level health tracking (Azure Service Health).
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Azure Monitor and Log Analytics

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