10. Connecting to the Cloud
SharePoint
PaaS Roles
File Servers Local AD
SQL VMs
11. Monitoring cloud like it is your infrastructure!
Data Synchronization
SQL Azure Data Sync
Application-layer
Connectivity & Messaging
Service Bus
Secure Machine-to-Machine
Network Connectivity
Windows Azure Connect
Secure Site-to-Site
Network Connectivity
Windows Azure Virtual Network
IP-level connectivity
15. Private Cloud Monitoring in R2
The infrastructure admin should be able to
see an at a glance view of cloud health, and
health of the underlying fabric/VMs
Ensure the infrastructure admin can do root
cause analysis by linking to existing
dashboards such as network monitoring
dashboards
Improve the VMM diagram view (rollups)
and ensure it reflects recent improvements
in network and storage monitoring
VMM Model
Cloud has
VM Count
vCPU Count
Storage Size
Memory Size
Storage Classification
Cloud
No roll-up
Storage Classification
Storage has
Storage Array
Total Capacity
Storage Classification
Host uses
device
Network Devices
Host
(not belonging to host
group)
Host Group
Host Group
Host Cluster
Virtual Machine
Storage
17. Proactive Monitoring with SC Advisor
CUSTOMER
CONFIGURATIONS
BEST PRACTICE
CONFIGURATION
Lync Server
SharePoint
SQL Server
Exchange Server
Windows Server
Fabric Components
Knowledge Base
20. Resources Global Service Monitor
You can sign up for a free trial account and use Global Service
Monitor for free for up to 90 days.
Beyond the 90-day free trial period, System Center Global
Service Monitor is only available to customers with active
Microsoft Software Assurance coverage for their System Center
2012 server management licenses.
This Software Assurance benefit.
•
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/global-service-monitor.aspx
•
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/jj860368.aspx
•
http://systemcenterdynamics.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/global-service-monitor-onopsmgr-2012/
22. Monitoring with Windows Azure management pack
Certificate based
connection
Config discovered and
returned
System Center Operations
Manager on premise
24. Azure preview: billing control / notification channels
Formerly known as metricshub
Billing control: Alert when spending limit is reached
Notification channels: push, pull, API,…
Azure monitoring services preview
25. Key takeaways
Understand benefits of monitoring your cloud
Different forms of monitoring possible
System Center can provide a single glass of pane
Cloud monitoring is bi directional