1205, 2016

How to monitor free disk space on Azure VMs

By |May 12th, 2016|Azure How To, Cloud Automation, Cloud Monitoring, Drip, General, IT Management, Microsoft Azure|0 Comments

Monitoring disk usage is one of the most basic and critical tasks that Azure administrators should always be doing.  Filled to capacity disks cause major outages.

This article will show how CloudMonix will notify users when their Windows servers run out of disk space.  We will also discuss simple ways to automatically cleanup disks when space runs out.

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2004, 2016

How to keep Azure Cloud Roles stable with CloudMonix

By |April 20th, 2016|Azure How To, Cloud Automation, Cloud Monitoring, Drip, General, Microsoft Azure|0 Comments

In this article, we’ll discuss a few very simple approaches to keep your Azure Cloud Roles stable proactively and reactively.  CloudMonix is a tool that helps with these approaches. Since, unstable instances often need to be rebooted, we’ll also discuss methods to ensure that reboots do not cause issues or outages.

Breakdown

Proactive stability – rebooting instances on a daily basis
Reactive […]

2601, 2016

How to automate scaling/resizing of Azure VMs

By |January 26th, 2016|Azure How To, Cloud Automation, Drip, Microsoft Azure|0 Comments

Auto-scaling/resizing for Azure Virtual Machines without PowerShell
If you are interested in shutting down Azure VMs on a schedule, learn more here.  If shutting down a VM during non-busy hours is impractical, consider scaling it down in power.

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to Scale/Resize (up or down) cloud-based Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines on […]

1201, 2016

How to automate shutdowns of Azure VMs

By |January 12th, 2016|Azure How To, Cloud Automation, Drip, Microsoft Azure|0 Comments

Scheduling starts and shutdowns of Azure Virtual Machines without PowerShell
In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to Shutdown and Start cloud-based Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines on a schedule.  The process takes about 1-2 minutes and is easily replicable to any and all VMs in your Azure subscription in just a few minutes more.  It works for […]

1609, 2015

What is Windows Server Monitoring?

By |September 16th, 2015|Azure Glossary, Cloud Monitoring, Microsoft Azure|0 Comments

Windows Server Monitoring is referred to the process of end to end monitoring of a Windows Server for performance and operational statistics. Windows Server Monitoring helps in monitoring, managing and automatically correcting performance issues for Windows Servers deployed on premises, off premises or at a cloud data center. Windows Server Monitoring provides insight into clusters of […]

1609, 2015

What is Cloud Monitoring?

By |September 16th, 2015|Azure Glossary, Cloud Automation, Cloud Monitoring, IT Management, Microsoft Azure|0 Comments

Cloud Monitoring is referred to the process of supervision of cloud hosted data, virtual machines / server, databases, applications and or complete cloud based IT Infrastructure. Cloud Monitoring is primarily delivered as SaaS based cloud monitoring software / solution/ platform and might also include vendor provided or manual cloud management and monitoring processes and policies. […]

1409, 2015

What is Windows Server Management?

By |September 14th, 2015|Azure Glossary, Cloud Monitoring, IT Management, Microsoft Azure|0 Comments

Windows Server Management is referred to the process of managing and monitoring Windows Server hosted on Azure, on premises or on a third party cloud platform.  It ensures that Windows Servers operate and perform within required performance criteria and thresholds. Windows Server Management may include server configuration, defining server roles, allocating storage, creating Active Directory and […]

2307, 2015

How to Setup FTP on Azure Virtual Machine?

By |July 23rd, 2015|Azure How To, Cloud Platforms, IT Management, Microsoft Azure|0 Comments

FTP is an essential component when it comes to connecting with remote machines and servers – virtualization infrastructure is no exception. This article will provide simple and essential steps required to setup FTP on an Azure Virtual Machine. This process is defined for configuring an FTP server on Windows Server 2012 virtual machine on Azure.

First of […]