Is there any function by which I can get details of Data disks attached to the VM like Disk Size,Space allocated/Remaining disk space ?

Question

I am trying to get the details for Data Disk attached to the particular VM. The Main purpose is to get notified when the disk space is highly utilized.

I can get the names of Data disks attached to the VM , but not getting the details like Disk Size,Space allocated/Remaining disk space etc.

Answer 1

Hi Tajman Kaur

Thanks for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A.

You can first enable VM insights and send logs to Log analytics workspace

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/vm/vminsights-enable?tabs=portal

Monitor your performance metrics as per guidelines here - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/vm/vminsights-performance

And then you can create alerts - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/vm/monitor-virtual-machine-alerts

Example- Available memory in percentage

KustoCopy

InsightsMetrics
| where Origin == "vm.azm.ms"
| where Namespace == "Memory" and Name == "AvailableMB"
| extend TotalMemory = toreal(todynamic(Tags)["vm.azm.ms/memorySizeMB"]) | extend AvailableMemoryPercentage = (toreal(Val) / TotalMemory) * 100.0
| summarize AvailableMemoryInPercentageAverage = avg(AvailableMemoryPercentage) by bin(TimeGenerated, 

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