Monitor Cloud service instances

Hi,
I have two questions:
- is it possible to monitor the Cloud Service Instance past states, like when its restarted, and if this restart was from an error, in windows server i know it give the ability to create memory dump files, is this applicable in Azure, and if it is applicable
is it recommended ?
- in any way is it possible that Cloud service automatically roll bock it self and get an earlier version from the deployment, what i mean if we deployed a release 1.2 to cloud service and then after a few day we deployed release 1.4 is there any possibility
that the cloud service roll back last deployment and redeploy release 1.2 ?? consider that 1.4 release deployed and been stable for 2 -3 days.
Thanks,
Khalid Abdlqader.

Hi,
As far as I know, we could get the roll past state from azure operation logs, refer to
http://blog.ict.eu/2013/04/windows-azure-operation-logs/ for more information about the details, operation Logs is a Windows Azure Management portal feature which allows you to view historical
logs of all Create/Update/Delete (CUD) operations performed on your Azure services.
Please note, we usually define at least two instances of a role for that role running without downtime, if there are some issues in one of the role instances, Azure Fabric Controller will perform a roll back for this instance, and this issue
will be fixed automatic, details on Rollbacks can be found here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windowsazure/hh472157.aspx#RollbackofanUpdate. If we do some change to this cloud service, such as redeploy a new version application, this cloud service will running with this new version, cloud service roll back
will not let this applicaiton reback to the old version, if we only do something in azure cloud service instance, after the roll back, the changes we have made will disappear.
Best Regards,
Jambor
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I've checked out the IIS 8
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Hi,
Refer to the Following Stack Overflow
thread that discusses some workarounds.
Although the feature you are looking for is not natively supported, you can vote or provide your feedback at the below site to the Product team.
http://feedback.azure.com/forums/169385-web-apps-formerly-websites/suggestions/6972595-application-initialization-to-warm-up-specific-pag
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Hi Team,
we had a cloud service deployed at Azure North Ireland Data Center,
i would like to create monitor for the role instance, but when creating alert it shows an error, and the alert can't be created.
thanks in advance

Hello Baker,
Thanks for posting here!
I reproduced the issue on my system it works fine for me.
As per the description provided what I have understood is that the configuration did not go successfully or could be a problem in execution.
Delete the configuration and try to reconfigure the Alerts.
Sometimes it could be the browser issue. Try deleting cache and cookies and then try again or try with different browser.
If it doesn't work, I suggest you could try to deploy a new cloud service and the try to configure the Alerts.
You might want to check the below mentioned links for better understanding:
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to Monitor Cloud Services
And a Video for setting up
Endpoint Monitoring for Azure Web Sites.
Let me know if that helps!
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Hi All,
I need to enable diagnostics for cloud services and virtual machine in our
cloud environment. I referred the below link.
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1) How to enable this diagnostics at run time.
2) How to enable event logs for cloud and Virtual machine
3) How to get the event log data's from REST API.
Please help to resolve this.
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hi Rathidevi,
In addition, you could enable diagnostics feature on VM from this blog:
http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/09/02/windows-azure-virtual-machine-monitoring-with-wad-extension/
Please refer to it.
Regards,
Will
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Cloud Services

Hi,
If I'm right (and read correctly earlier posts) Web Role(s) and Worker Role(s) in a Cloud Service can only be created in a Visual Studio project? What about a SQL Server (e.g. Web Edition) database in a Cloud Service? Can this also be created in Visual Studio?
I suppose there's a difference between the Windows Azure SQL Database and the Windows Azure Cloud Service SQL Database?
One additional question: besides that a Cloud Service (web/worker role) are managed (PAAS), I suppose I can use for a "worker role" and "web role" also a virtual machine, and for a "web role" eventually also a web application:
in which case is it best to select which of the options?
Thanks.

Hi,
>>Web Role(s) and Worker Role(s) in a Cloud Service can only be created in a Visual Studio project?
We can use visual studio to create web role or worker role only click a few times, but visual studio is not the only way to create web role or worker role, we also can use command line to do this. see more at:
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/cloud-services-php-create-web-role/#AddRole
>>What about a SQL Server (e.g. Web Edition) database in a Cloud Service? Can this also be created in Visual Studio?
Base on your description, Windows Azure Cloud Service SQL Database may be the sql database on-premise, refer to
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3235164/what-is-the-difference-between-sql-azure-and-sql-server-2008 for more information about the difference, we can create azure table via visual studio, refer to
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15604413/gui-for-creating-azure-database-tables for more details.
When we deploy one application to azure cloud service, we can see all instances in azure manage portal in cloud service "INSTANCE" tab, each instance was a vm, if we do some special things (such as configure IIS install server) we can choose
azure vm, if we use cloud service instance, all your configure may be lose after restart.
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Windows requiring activation on Cloud Services

With recent deployments of our cloud service I noticed that after a few days Windows displays an alert for activating it from Action Center (visible when connecting through RDP). This in itself is strange, but it gets worse: when I try to activate it it
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The event log is not very helpful, the relevant entry there says "The client has sent an activation request to the key management service machine.
Info:
0xC002001C, 0x00000000, kms.core.windows.net:1688, 7eac794e-4217-409b-a14a-bb366918df85, 2014/02/25 16:00, 1, 5, 0, d3643d60-0c42-412d-a7d6-52e6635327f6, 5".
What can I do? It would be inconvenient to have downtime because Windows activation fails.

Hi,
Firstly, I suggest you could install this KB (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974998/en-us ) in your cloud service instance.
Secondly, If it doesn't work, I suggest you contact azure support ASAP, it may be the best choice for you.
I would like you to try this support channel:
Try the one that mentioned by Tabrez at: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7a2acffb-6419-4a3d-8fb4-c8258790a2bb/why-cant-i-sign-up-for-the-1month-free-trial
[quote]
Contact support here: https://support.microsoft.com/oas/?prid=14238.
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Will
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Visual Studio cannot remote debug Azure cloud service: There was a failure to launch the remote debugger

I am trying to invoke remote debugger on an Azure worker role cloud service, following the example of
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ff683670.aspx
But on attaching the remote debugger for the cloud service instance
Microsoft Visual Studio
There was a failure to launch the remote debugger.
OK
According to somebody else's extra coverage on the topic, there are extra ports 4016/4017 that need to be taken care of (but do they have to be exposed externally)?
http://developers.de/blogs/damir_dobric/archive/2014/02/04/behind-windows-azure-remote-debugger.aspx
So servicedefinition.csdef gets
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      <InputEndpoint name="Endpoint1" protocol="http" port="80" />
      <InputEndpoint name="RemoteDebugger" protocol="tcp" port="4016" localPort="4016" />
      <InputEndpoint name="RemoteDebugger2" protocol="tcp" port="4017" localPort="4017" />
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        <AllocatePublicPortFrom>
          <FixedPortRange min="30400" max="30424" />
        </AllocatePublicPortFrom>
      </InstanceInputEndpoint>
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        <AllocatePublicPortFrom>
          <FixedPortRange min="31400" max="31424" />
        </AllocatePublicPortFrom>
      </InstanceInputEndpoint>
    </Endpoints>
Serviceconfiguration.cscfg gets
      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteDebugger.Connector.Enabled" value="true" />
      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteDebugger.Connector.Version" value="2.3" />
      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteDebugger.ClientThumbprint" value="THUMBNAIL" />
      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteDebugger.ServerThumbprint" value="THUMBNAIL" />
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    <Certificates>
      <Certificate name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteDebugger.TransportValidation" thumbprint="THUMBNAIL" thumbprintAlgorithm="sha1"
/>
    </Certificates>
But all these are to no avail; the same error still pops for Visual Studio 2013 Update 4; Azure SDK 2.3
Anybody regularly perform remote debugging for Azure cloud services?
The melody of logic will always play out the truth. ~ Narumi Ayumu, Spiral

And, how do I control that in Visual Studio?
All I get is the Attach Debugger... context menu option in the Azure cloud service nodes in Server Explorer. That is where it is failing. There are no customisable options.
Because of that, the Attach to Process dialog box is unable to retrieve the list of processes (to debug) in the remote worker role instance server.
I tested a blank-template worker role project and published to a new cloud project, and this simplistic copy had no problems with the Remote debugger.
Now the question is, what is it about this real-world project/cloud service that is different from blank sample? From what I compare between what I think are the relevant settings, there are none.
ServiceDefinition.csdef
<Imports>
<Import moduleName="Diagnostics" />
<Import moduleName="RemoteAccess" />
<Import moduleName="RemoteForwarder" />
<Import moduleName="RemoteDebuggerConnector" />
</Imports>
<Contents>
<Content destination=".\">
<SourceDirectory path="D:\Projects\experiments\workerrole1\workerrole1\rcf\Debug\RemoteDebuggerContent\" />
</Content>
</Contents>
<Endpoints>
<InstanceInputEndpoint name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteDebugger.Connector" protocol="tcp" localPort="30398">
<AllocatePublicPortFrom>
<FixedPortRange min="30400" max="30424" />
</AllocatePublicPortFrom>
</InstanceInputEndpoint>
<InstanceInputEndpoint name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteDebugger.Forwarder" protocol="tcp" localPort="31398">
<AllocatePublicPortFrom>
<FixedPortRange min="31400" max="31424" />
</AllocatePublicPortFrom>
</InstanceInputEndpoint>
</Endpoints>
ServiceConfiguration.cscfg
<ConfigurationSettings>
<Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.Diagnostics.ConnectionString" value="DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=storage;AccountKey=" />
<Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteAccess.Enabled" value="true" />
<Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteAccess.AccountUsername" value="" />
<Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteAccess.AccountEncryptedPassword" value="" />
<Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteAccess.AccountExpiration" value="2015-12-31T23:59:59.0000000+08:00" />
<Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteForwarder.Enabled" value="true" />
<Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteDebugger.Connector.Enabled" value="true" />
<Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteDebugger.Connector.Version" value="2.4" />
<Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteDebugger.ClientThumbprint" value="" />
<Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteDebugger.ServerThumbprint" value="" />
</ConfigurationSettings>
<Certificates>
<Certificate name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteAccess.PasswordEncryption" thumbprint="" thumbprintAlgorithm="sha1" />
<Certificate name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteDebugger.TransportValidation" thumbprint="" thumbprintAlgorithm="sha1" />
</Certificates>
The melody of logic will always play out the truth. ~ Narumi Ayumu, Spiral

Question about Network In/Out in the Monitor of the Cloud Service

Hi there
My question is that what kind of data is the monitor monitoring? The monitor is in the cloud service.
And what are network in/out in the monitor stand for? The network in/out are in the monitor.
The monitor had monitored a huge amount of data in my cloud, but I have no ides what are they.
Thanks a lot!

hi Tianchi,
Thanks for your posting!
>>what kind of data is the monitor monitoring? The monitor is in the cloud service
From the concepts side, By default, minimal monitoring is provided for a new cloud service using performance counters gathered from the host operating system for the roles instances (virtual machines). The minimal metrics are limited to
CPU Percentage, Data In, Data Out, Disk Read Throughput, and Disk Write Throughput.
If you want to monitor other metrics, you could use the azure Diagnostic to custom
performance counter in your cloud service or set
Verbose setting on the azure portal. For this issue, I suggest you could refer to the concepts part of this page (http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/cloud-services-how-to-monitor/
>>And what are network in/out in the monitor stand for? The network in/out are in the monitor.
Base on my understanding, Network in/out include the
performance counter "Bytes receive" and "Bytes send". Maybe it seems that your data size of network in/out is huge amount. But only your outbound data
can be charged. Of course, if you have some doubt about data or data billing, you could contact Azure Billing support for more details.
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Deploying Windows Azure Cloud Service to multiple instances

Hello folks,
Currently, I have Windows Azure Cloud service on one instance, if I move to multiple instances, will Azure deploy it to all instances during the time of deployment? Basically, the fact that there are multiple instances behind the Cloud Service will be transparent
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Thanks

Hi,
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http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/cloud-services/ for more information.
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Hello,
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hi sir,
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Instance in cloud service keeps unhealthy

Hi team,
We have a cloud service that deploy our production environment in East US Azure data center.
From 4.30 the instances keeps 'Waiting for the status (Role cannot be reached by the host system.)'
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we tried to image these unhealthy instances but it doesn't work.
we would like to know how can we fix these problems, any feedback will be appreciate.
thanks in advance.

Hello Baker,
It appears to be a residue of the service interruption we had yesterday and today, where multiple regions and multiple azure services were impacted.
Would appreciate your patience and regret the inconvenience caused.
Let us know if the problem persist so that we can continue working this issue.
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How to monitor the cloud service without visiting management portal

Hi,
I have few very important cloud services which needs to be monitored and report immediately by mail when the service state becomes unhealthy. Is there any tool from Microsoft (not any third party) which helps me do this? Is there any tools from Microsoft
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Thanks in advance.

Hi,
You can receive an alert based on monitoring metrics for your Azure services. An
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Refer to the Following Article :
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https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn306638.aspx
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Hi Mimo,
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Recommend you to see this thread discussion on Failed request tracing
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Hi,
I am using Service management API to collect the cloud services related metrics for example
Cloud name, Status and location etc.
How to get the CPU, memory, network and disk related metrics of cloud services using the same API. I am using java code to collect all the details. Please verify the below source code..But i did not get the output. But there is no error message. Help
me how to get those details..
Configuration config = ManagementConfiguration.configure(
new URI(uri),
subscriptionId,
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keyStorePassword, // password for the JKS file
KeyStoreType.jks // flag that you are using a JKS keystore
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CloudServiceListResponse cldListRes = cldOpe.list();
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if(cldResRes == null)
continue;
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if(addOnRes == null)
continue;
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if(cldUse == null )
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if(useLimit == null)
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Rathidevi

Hi,
The Azure Diagnostics capability supports the configuration of diagnostics information than can be captured locally on a role instance and then persisted to Azure Storage on some timescale, this only support Azure Cloud service, I think it is useful for
us to analyze the performance, if you don't want to use it, please try to use
Azure Monitoring Service API, for more information, refer the below articles.
#https://convective.wordpress.com/2014/06/22/using-azure-monitoring-service-with-azure-virtual-machines/
#https://convective.wordpress.com/2014/06/27/using-azure-monitoring-services-api-with-azure-cloud-services/
Best Regards,
Jambor
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