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Configuring alerts and notifications on database tasks is an essential aspect of administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions. By setting up alerts, you can proactively monitor your databases, identify potential issues, and take timely actions to mitigate them. In this article, we will explore how to configure alerts and notifications for your Azure SQL databases.
Before setting up alerts, you need an Azure SQL database to work with. You can create a new database using the Azure portal or deploy it programmatically using Azure Resource Manager templates or PowerShell. Once your database is up and running, you are ready to configure alerts.
Azure Monitor is a centralized monitoring platform that allows you to collect, analyze, and act on telemetry data from various Azure resources, including Azure SQL databases. Follow these steps to enable Azure Monitor for your SQL database:
Once Azure Monitor is set up, you can configure alerts based on specific conditions or metrics. Follow these steps to create an alert rule for your Azure SQL database:
To ensure that your alerts and notifications are working correctly, it’s important to test and validate them. Follow these steps to validate your alert configuration:
Azure Monitor allows you to customize and fine-tune your alerts based on your specific requirements. You can configure additional conditions, set up aggregation and suppression, or even write custom queries using Log Analytics to define complex alert criteria.
By following these steps, you can effectively configure alerts and notifications on your Azure SQL databases. Proactive monitoring and timely notifications help you identify potential issues, mitigate risks, and ensure the optimal performance and availability of your Azure SQL solutions.
a. Alerts and notifications can only be configured for specific database tables.
b. Alerts and notifications can be configured to send email notifications.
c. Alerts and notifications can only be configured through PowerShell scripts.
d. Alerts and notifications can only be configured for database backup tasks.
Correct answer: b. Alerts and notifications can be configured to send email notifications.
Correct answer: False
a. Azure portal
b. PowerShell scripts
c. Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI)
d. Transact-SQL (T-SQL) scripts
Correct answer: a. Azure portal, b. PowerShell scripts, d. Transact-SQL (T-SQL) scripts
Correct answer: True
a. Database schema changes
b. Query performance thresholds
c. Database backups
d. Failed logins
Correct answer: a. Database schema changes, b. Query performance thresholds, c. Database backups, d. Failed logins
Correct answer: True
a. Azure Monitor
b. Azure Notification Hubs
c. Azure Service Bus
d. Azure Event Grid
Correct answer: a. Azure Monitor
Correct answer: True
a. Execute a webhook
b. Send an email notification
c. Write a log entry to Azure Log Analytics
d. Scale up the database tier
Correct answer: a. Execute a webhook, b. Send an email notification, c. Write a log entry to Azure Log Analytics
Correct answer: True
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