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AZ-500: Creating CPU Usage Alerts for Azure VM1 in Azure Portal

Learn how to set up an alert in the Azure portal to notify [email protected] when the average CPU usage of virtual machine VM1 exceeds 70% for a 15-minute period. Follow these step-by-step instructions for effective CPU monitoring.

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Question

Use the following login credentials as needed:

  • To enter your username, place your cursor in the Sign in box and click on the username below.
  • To enter your password, place your cursor in the Enter password box and click on the password below.

The following information is for technical support purposes only:
Lab Instance: 10598168

To enter your username, place your cursor in the Sign in box and click on the username below.

To enter your username, place your cursor in the Sign in box and click on the username below.

To enter your username, place your cursor in the Sign in box and click on the username below.

You need to email an alert to a user named [email protected] if the average CPU usage of a virtual machine named VM1 is greater than 70 percent for a period of 15 minutes.
To complete this task, sign in to the Azure portal.

Answer

See the explanation below.

Explanation

Create an alert rule on a metric with the Azure portal

  1. In the portal, locate the resource, here VM1, you are interested in monitoring and select it.
  2. Select Alerts (Classic) under the MONITORING section. The text and icon may vary slightly for different resources.
  3. Select the Add metric alert (classic) button and fill in the fields as per below, and click OK.

Metric: CPU Percentage
Condition: Greater than
Period: Over last 15 minutes
Notify via: email
Additional administrator email(s): [email protected]

Select the Add metric alert (classic) button and fill in the fields as per below, and click OK.

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