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HugoFernandoMirandaMorin-0312 asked EnterpriseArchitect commented

How to configure Azure Monitor for on-premises servers?

I need to use Azure Monitor for on-premises virtual machines. I have installed the Azure Monitor agent for Windows, however I have started to receive telemetry but I cannot get ChangeTracking, or some other tool.

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Hi @HugoFernandoMirandaMorin-0312, Did you get chance to review the below information? Let me know if you have any further queries regarding it.

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Hi @HugoFernandoMirandaMorin-0312, Hope the above information was helpful. Let me know in case you have any further queries regarding it.

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tbgangav-MSFT answered EnterpriseArchitect commented

Hi @HugoFernandoMirandaMorin-0312,

Firstly, If you have used “Azure Monitor agent” that is explained here then I would recommend you to use Azure Monitor Log Analytics agent as instructed here. The reason for it is “Azure Monitor Agent” still in preview and would be Generally Available by Jan/Feb 2021 and as informed in this section, currently only Azure VMs are supported and on-premises VMs, virtual machine scale sets, Arc for Servers, Azure Kubernetes Service, and other compute resource types are currently not supported.

Next, If you have “Azure Monitor Log Analytics agent on Windows machine” then you may have to check below things:
1. As explained here, Change Tracking and Inventory requires linking a Log Analytics workspace to your Automation account so I recommend you to double check it. For a definitive list of supported regions, see Azure Workspace mappings. The region mappings don't affect the ability to manage VMs in a separate region from your Automation account.
2. Follow this troubleshooting steps in your case (i.e., if you don't see any Change Tracking and Inventory results for Windows machines that have been enabled for the feature).
3. As mentioned here, note that currently Change Tracking and Inventory currently is experiencing the following issue w.r.t Windows environment: Hotfix updates aren't collected on Windows Server 2016 Core RS3 machines.


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hmiranda79 avatar image hmiranda79 ·

Hello,
I appreciate the information shared, I have verified the points you share with me, I have a question, you mention that Azure Monitor is only enabled for VM on Azure and Physical Servers, If I try to use the solution in VM in a Data Center, viewed with Hyper -v is this possible?

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tbgangav-MSFT avatar image tbgangav-MSFT hmiranda79 ·

Hi @hmiranda79, I believe yes because in general we should be able to install the MMA agent on Hyper-V server or windows computer (and if the environment is without internet access then connect it to log analytics using OMS gateway) and configure log analytics to collect required windows performance logs.

Log analytics workspace Advanced settings tile screenshot:
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EnterpriseArchitect avatar image EnterpriseArchitect tbgangav-MSFT ·

How can we monitor non-server object like Network appliance for example?

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