{"id":6712,"date":"2020-08-11T10:53:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T08:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/?p=6712"},"modified":"2020-08-11T10:53:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T08:53:53","slug":"monitoring-microsoft-workloads-with-aws-cloudwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/monitoring-microsoft-workloads-with-aws-cloudwatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0Workloads with AWS CloudWatch\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Darryl Govender, Head of Cloud Services<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">AWS has long supported the built-in capability to monitor Windows Server workloads, through the use of the unified\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/docs.aws.amazon.com\/AmazonCloudWatch\/latest\/monitoring\/Install-CloudWatch-Agent.html\">CloudWatch Agent<\/a><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Quick to install, through the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Run Command, SSM State Manager, or from the CL<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I, the CloudWatch Agent enable<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the simple collection of metrics and logs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0which c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0then be used to create CloudWatch Alarms or Dashboards<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, to give customers better visibility into the on-going operation of their workloads.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For Windows Server, collected metrics are\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">associated with the counters in Windows Performance Monitor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For example, the below shows the current memory activity for a given instance:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/MW-1-500x360.png\" alt=\"Monitoring Microsoft Workloads with AWS CloudWatch\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Simply\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/docs.aws.amazon.com\/AmazonCloudWatch\/latest\/monitoring\/create-cloudwatch-agent-configuration-file.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>configuring<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the CloudWatch Agent on the instance allows for the continuous collection of these counters and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/docs.aws.amazon.com\/AmazonCloudWatch\/latest\/monitoring\/metrics-collected-by-CloudWatch-agent.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>many more<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">More recently<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0AWS introduced\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/docs.aws.amazon.com\/AmazonCloudWatch\/latest\/monitoring\/cloudwatch-application-insights.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Application Insights for .NET and SQL Server<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which analyses important application metrics\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and uses machine learning to advise<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on potential problems with customer applications.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Leveraging Amazon SageMaker\u2019s machine learning algorithms, it continuously identifies anomalies and errors on common problems,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">such as application latency, SQL Server failed backups, memory leaks, large HTTP requests, and aborted IO operations<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CloudWatch Dashboards are automatically created to visualize problem details<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, helping application owner<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0better understand workload performance and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">diagnose and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">proactively<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">remediate potential issues.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As an example, the below dashboard\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">shows an application that is enabled for CloudWatch Application Insights, specifically\u00a0a number of\u00a0typical use case thresholds have been crossed:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/MW-2-500x248.png\" alt=\"Monitoring Microsoft Workloads with AWS CloudWatch\" width=\"500\" height=\"248\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Immediately below the dashboard, the detected problem is highlighted. In this case, the SQL Server transaction log is full. Additional details are also provided alongside the problem summary:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/MW-3-500x125.png\" alt=\"Monitoring Microsoft Workloads with AWS CloudWatch\" width=\"500\" height=\"125\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By collecting and aggregating\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">information from a variety of log and metric sources, CloudWatch Application Insights helps customers stitch together a consolidated view of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the type of problem, severity, probable source of the problem, and additional insights with potential next steps<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">From the lens of a typical Microsoft Workload, such as IIS applications with MSSQL backends, the correlation between web frontend and SQL errors becomes easier to rationalize and remediate.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All considered, problems can be more easily identified, mean time to resolution significantly reduced and customer experiences protected and improved<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CloudWatch Application Insights for .NET and SQL Server<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vailable in all commercial AWS Regions<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">no\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">costs associated\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for monitoring assistance and analysis<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Note that costs for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">monitoring data (metrics, logs, and alarms)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are still applicable,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as per public CloudWatch<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/cloudwatch\/pricing\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>pricing<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Get\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/docs.aws.amazon.com\/AmazonCloudWatch\/latest\/monitoring\/appinsights-getting-started.html\">started<\/a><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0today!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Darryl Govender, Head of Cloud Services AWS has long supported the built-in capability to monitor Windows Server workloads, through the use of the unified\u00a0CloudWatch Agent. 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