Setup Microsoft monitoring agent on Virtual
machine in Azure
This article
states you about installation and configuration of MMA agent earlier known as OMS agent or Log
analytics Agent also
Prior to
this please go through to this which is about how to create log analytics
workspace.
Why do we need MMA?
In order to
send all information about virtual machines and other compute resources require
an agent like Microsoft monitoring agent to collect monitoring data to measure
the performance , event logs ,file based logs , insights and solutions and
availability of their guest operating system and workload.
You can
install Microsoft monitoring agent (MMA) on Azure based machine, OnPrem and
other cloud as well.
Log Analytics agent
The Log Analytics agent collects monitoring information or data
from the guest operating system and workloads of virtual machines in Azure,
other cloud providers, and on-premises. It also gathers data into a Log
Analytics workspace. An MMA agent also used by System Center Operations
Manager(SCOM), and you can configure MMA agent for Multihome purpose like you
can use an agent to configure with Four workspace.
For
multihoming you can refer this link : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/msoms/oms-log-analytics-agent-multi-homing-support
The Log Analytics agent for Windows is often
referred to as Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA). The Log Analytics agent for
Linux is often referred to as OMS agent.
Pre-requisite
The
following must be present for this solution:
1.
You should have Log analytics workspace already configured in
your Azure subscription.
2.
For the MMA, an internet access must be there
3.
The MMS supports Windows Server 2008 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, and
later.
4.
You can install the MMA on physical or virtual machines, but not
Azure virtual machines — these are connected via the Azure Portal.
Download the Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA)
You can
download the agent from the Log Analytics (OMS) workspace in the Azure Portal:
1.
Open https://portal.azure.com/#home and go to Log
analytics workspace.
2.
Click the advanced settings, and browse to Connected Sources.
3.
Click Windows Servers and
Download Windows Agent (64 bit)
4.
Choose either the 64-bit or 32-bit download depending on the
machines you want to monitor. Create a document or a notepad file to save some
important information. Store this document securely.
5.
In the workspace, there is a copy button to the right of
Workspace ID. Click this button to save the Workspace ID. Save this to your
document for later reuse.
6.
Click the copy button for Primary Key and save this to your
document for later reuse.
Manually Install the Agent
In order to install the MMA agent , click on download
windows agent as I have windows on prem machine. Kindly refer an image download-mma.jpg below
 |
| Download Windows or Linux agent |
Copy the Workspace ID and Primary Key from the portal, We’ll
be using in upcoming steps
Now click on the downloaded agent , a wizard will open and
Run Setup to install the agent.
- On the Welcome page, click Next.
- On the License Terms page, read the license and then click I Agree.
- On the Destination Folder page, change or keep the default installation folder and then click Next.
- On the Agent Setup Options page, choose the Connect the agent to Azure Log Analytics (OMS) option. Click Next.
Refer an image appears below mma-setup.jpg
6.
Copy the Workspace ID and Primary Key from the
portal into the Workspace ID and the Workspace Key fields of the MMA installer.
7. Note the Advanced button, where
you can configure a proxy connection, including username and password, if
required.
8 Finish the wizard.
Once MMA gets connect with LA workspace it’ll start sending
all telemetry to LA workspace ,which you can query through KUSTO query.
Once setup is finished than go to you server and open
control panel Microsoft Monitoring agent must persist there as appears in below
image mma-control-panel.jpg
Click on that and it will open the following windows which
confirms that The Microsoft Monitoring Agent has successfully connected to the
log analytics service as shown in image installation-succeeded.jpg
In upcoming article will share you
1 How can we write Kusto query.
2.
Connect multiple Azure Virtual machine with LA workspace
from portal only.
3.
Enable Windows and Linux performance counter
from azure portal.
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