Task 04: Add-ins - Create Workbook dashboards to visualize resource usage

Introduction

One of Terra Firm’s requirements is visual monitoring-because dashboards make it easier to spot trouble before users do. Building a Workbook gives Dennis’s team an at-a-glance view of VM health and utilization, supporting day-2 operations as the pilot workload settles into Azure.

Task purpose

Create an operational dashboard that provides quick visibility into the health and utilization of the migrated VM.

Notes

• If Virtual Machine Host namespace metrics aren’t available in your tenant, try Virtual Machine namespace instead.
• Split by may remain disabled if the selected metrics do not expose dimensions. That is expected.
• Your charts should reflect CPU and Network In/Out (not memory).

1. In the Azure portal, search for and then select Monitor.

2. On the left menu, select Workbooks.

3. Under Quick start, select Empty to create a new workbook.

   

4. In the new workbook, select + Add > Add metric.

5. In the Editing metric page, select the following:

   Object	Value
   Resource Type	Virtual machine
   Metric Scope	Resource Scope
   Virtual machine	Load all subscriptions Airsonic-Frontend
   Time Range	Last 24 Hours

6. Select Add Metric.

   

7. Add the following:

   Object	Value
   Namespace	Virtual Machine Host
   Metric	Percentage CPU
   Aggregation	Average
   Display Name	CPU

   

8. Select Save.

9. Select Add Metric.

   

10. Add the following:

    Object	Value
    Namespace	Virtual Machine Host
    Metric	Network In Total
    Aggregation	Sum
    Display Name	Network In

11. Select Save.

12. Select Add Metric.

    

13. Add the following:

    Object	Value
    Namespace	Virtual Machine Host
    Metric	Network Out Total
    Aggregation	Sum
    Display Name	Network Out

14. Once you have added all three metrics, select Save

    

15. In the Save As flyout, enter the following:

    Object	Value
    Title	Airsonic-VM-Monitor-@lab.LabInstance.Id
    Resource Group	AZMigrateRG
    Location	@lab.CloudResourceGroup(AZMigrateRG).Location

16. Select Save As.

17. Observe the resource chart that was created, showing CPU, memory in, and memory out.

    You can retrieve this chart in the future by going to Monitor in the portal, selecting Workbooks, and then selecting the workbook that you saved.

    

Congratulations!

You created and saved a Monitor Workbook that charts CPU and network traffic for the Airsonic-Frontend VM over the last 24 hours, providing a reusable dashboard for ongoing operations.