Merge pull request #191751 from v-amallick/Mar-15-2022-MetricesBlobs

Metrics updates for Blobs

Author: PRMerger5

articles/backup/backup-azure-monitoring-built-in-monitor.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Monitor Azure Backup protected workloads
 description: In this article, learn about the monitoring and notification capabilities for Azure Backup workloads using the Azure portal.
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 01/07/2022
+ms.date: 03/21/2022
 ms.assetid: 86ebeb03-f5fa-4794-8a5f-aa5cbbf68a81
 author: v-amallick
 ms.service: backup
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Each of the above types of alerts is further split into **Security** and **Confi
 
 ![Screenshot for viewing alerts in Backup center](media/backup-azure-monitoring-laworkspace/backup-center-azure-monitor-alerts.png)
 
-Clicking on any of the numbers (or on the **Alerts** menu item) opens up a list of all active alerts fired with the relevant filters applied. You can filter on a range of properties, such as subscription, resource group, vault, severity, state, and so on. You can click any of the alerts to get more details about the alert, such as the affected datasource, alert description and recommended action, and so on.
+Clicking any of the numbers (or on the **Alerts** menu item) opens up a list of all active alerts fired with the relevant filters applied. You can filter on a range of properties, such as subscription, resource group, vault, severity, state, and so on. You can click any of the alerts to get more details about the alert, such as the affected datasource, alert description and recommended action, and so on.
 
 ![Screenshot for viewing details of the alert](media/backup-azure-monitoring-laworkspace/backup-center-alert-details.png) 
 
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ You can change the state of an alert to **Acknowledged** or **Closed** by clicki
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > - In Backup center, only alerts for Azure-based workloads are displayed currently. To view alerts for on-premises resources, navigate to the Recovery Services vault and click the **Alerts** menu item.
-> - Only Azure Monitor alerts are displayed in Backup center. Alerts raised by the older alerting solution (accessed via the [Backup Alerts](#backup-alerts-in-recovery-services-vault) tab in Recovery Services vault) are not displayed in Backup center.
-For more information about Azure Monitor alerts, see [Overview of alerts in Azure](../azure-monitor/alerts/alerts-overview.md).
+> - Only Azure Monitor alerts are displayed in Backup center. Alerts raised by the older alerting solution (accessed via the [Backup Alerts](#backup-alerts-in-recovery-services-vault) tab in Recovery Services vault) are not displayed in Backup center. For more information about Azure Monitor alerts, see [Overview of alerts in Azure](../azure-monitor/alerts/alerts-overview.md).
+> - Currently, in case of blob restore alerts, alerts appear under datasource alerts only if you select both the dimensions - *datasourceId* and *datasourceType* while creating the alert rule. If any dimensions aren't selected, the alerts appear under global alerts.
 
 ### Configuring notifications for alerts
 

articles/backup/backup-center-monitor-operate.md

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 title: Monitor and operate backups using Backup Center
 description: This article explains how to monitor and operate backups at scale using Backup Center
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 10/20/2021
+ms.date: 03/21/2022
+author: v-amallick
+ms.service: backup
+ms.author: v-amallick
 ---
 
 # Monitor and operate backups using Backup center
@@ -103,6 +106,9 @@ The following classes of alerts are displayed:
 * **Datasource Alerts**: Alerts that are tied to a specific datasource being backed up (such as, backup or restore failure for a VM, deleting backup data for a database, and so on) appear under the **Datasource Alerts** section. For metric alerts, if the fired alert has a datasource ID dimension associated with it, the fired alert appears under **Datasource Alerts**.
 * **Global Alerts**: Alerts that aren't tied to a specific datasource (such as, disabling soft-delete functionality for a vault) appear under the **Global Alerts** section. For metric alerts, if the fired alert doesn't have a datasource ID associated with it, the fired alert appears under **Global Alerts**.
 
+>[!Note]
+>Currently, in case of blob restore alerts, alerts appear under datasource alerts only if you select both the dimensions - *datasourceId* and *datasourceType* while creating the alert rule. If any dimensions aren't selected, the alerts appear under global alerts.
+
 ## Vaults
 
 Selecting the **Vaults** menu item in Backup center allows you to see a list of all [Recovery Services vaults](backup-azure-recovery-services-vault-overview.md) and [Backup vaults](backup-vault-overview.md) that you have access to. You can filter the list with the following parameters:

articles/backup/backup-center-support-matrix.md

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 title: Support matrix for Backup center
 description: This article summarizes the scenarios that Backup center supports for each workload type
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 10/20/2021
+ms.date: 03/21/2022
+author: v-amallick
+ms.service: backup
+ms.author: v-amallick
 ---
 # Support matrix for Backup center
 
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ Backup center helps enterprises to [govern, monitor, operate, and analyze backup
 | Monitoring | View all backup policies |  Azure Virtual Machine <br><br>  Azure Database for PostgreSQL server <br><br>  SQL in Azure VM <br><br>  SAP HANA in Azure VM <br><br>  Azure Files<br/><br/> Azure Blobs<br/><br/> Azure Managed Disks | Same as previous |
 | Monitoring | View all vaults |  Azure Virtual Machine <br><br>  Azure Database for PostgreSQL server <br><br>  SQL in Azure VM <br><br>  SAP HANA in Azure VM <br><br>  Azure Files<br/><br/> Azure Blobs<br/><br/> Azure Managed Disks | Same as previous |
 | Monitoring | View Azure Monitor alerts at scale |  Azure Virtual Machine <br><br>  Azure Database for PostgreSQL server <br><br>  SQL in Azure VM <br><br>  SAP HANA in Azure VM <br><br>  Azure Files<br/><br/> Azure Blobs<br/><br/> Azure Managed Disks | Refer [Alerts](./backup-azure-monitoring-built-in-monitor.md#azure-monitor-alerts-for-azure-backup-preview) documentation |
-| Monitoring     |   View Azure Backup metrics and write metric alert rules | Azure VM   <br><br>SQL in Azure VM <br><br>	SAP HANA in Azure VM<br><br>Azure Files |   You can view metrics for all Recovery Services vaults for a region and subscription simultaneously. Viewing metrics for a larger scope in the Azure portal isn’t currently supported. The same limits are also applicable to configure metric alert rules. For more information, see [View metrics in the Azure portal](metrics-overview.md#view-metrics-in-the-azure-portal).|
+| Monitoring     |   View Azure Backup metrics and write metric alert rules | Azure VM   <br><br>SQL in Azure VM <br><br>	SAP HANA in Azure VM<br><br>Azure Files <br><br>Azure Blobs |   You can view metrics for all Recovery Services vaults for a region and subscription simultaneously. Viewing metrics for a larger scope in the Azure portal isn’t currently supported. The same limits are also applicable to configure metric alert rules. For more information, see [View metrics in the Azure portal](metrics-overview.md#view-metrics-in-the-azure-portal).|
 | Actions | Configure backup | Azure Virtual Machine <br><br>  Azure Database for PostgreSQL server <br><br>  SQL in Azure VM <br><br>  SAP HANA in Azure VM <br><br>  Azure Files<br/><br/> Azure Blobs<br/><br/> Azure Managed Disks | See support matrices for [Azure VM backup](./backup-support-matrix-iaas.md) and [Azure Database for PostgreSQL Server backup](backup-azure-database-postgresql-support-matrix.md) |
 | Actions | Restore Backup Instance |  Azure Virtual Machine <br><br>  Azure Database for PostgreSQL server <br><br>  SQL in Azure VM <br><br>  SAP HANA in Azure VM <br><br>  Azure Files<br/><br/> Azure Blobs<br/><br/> Azure Managed Disks | See support matrices for [Azure VM backup](./backup-support-matrix-iaas.md) and [Azure Database for PostgreSQL Server backup](backup-azure-database-postgresql-support-matrix.md) |
 | Actions | Create vault |  Azure Virtual Machine <br><br>  Azure Database for PostgreSQL server <br><br>  SQL in Azure VM <br><br>  SAP HANA in Azure VM <br><br>  Azure Files<br/><br/> Azure Blobs<br/><br/> Azure Managed Disks | Refer to support matrices for [Recovery Services vault](./backup-support-matrix.md#vault-support) |

articles/backup/metrics-overview.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Monitor the health of your backups using Azure Backup Metrics (preview)
 description: In this article, learn about the metrics available for Azure Backup to monitor your backup health
 ms.topic: conceptual
 author: v-amallick
-ms.date: 02/14/2022
+ms.date: 03/21/2022
 ms.author: v-amallick
 ms.service: backup
 ---
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Azure Backup offers the following key capabilities:
 
   - Azure VM, SQL databases in Azure VM
   - SAP HANA databases in Azure VM
-  - Azure Files.
+  - Azure Files
+  - Azure Blobs.
 
   Metrics for HANA instance workload type are currently not supported.
 
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ Currently, Azure Backup supports the following metrics:
 
 - **Restore Health Events**: The value of this metric represents the count of health events pertaining to restore job health, which were fired for the vault within a specific time. When a restore job completes, the Azure Backup service creates a restore health event. Based on the job status (such as succeeded or failed), the dimensions associated with the event vary.
 
+>[!Note]
+>We support Restore Health Events only for Azure Blobs workload, as backups are continuous, and there's no notion of backup jobs here.
+
 By default, the counts are surfaced at the vault level. To view the counts for a particular backup item and job status, you can filter the metrics on any of the supported dimensions.
 
 The following table lists the dimensions that Backup Health Events and Restore Health Events metrics supports:
@@ -147,6 +151,9 @@ Based on the alert rules configuration, the fired alert appears under the **Data
 
 [Learn more about datasource and global alerts here](backup-center-monitor-operate.md#alerts)
 
+>[!Note]
+>Currently, in case of blob restore alerts, alerts appear under datasource alerts only if you select both the dimensions - *datasourceId* and *datasourceType* while creating the alert rule. If any dimensions aren't selected, the alerts appear under global alerts.
+
 ### Accessing metrics programmatically
 
 You can use the different programmatic clients, such as PowerShell, CLI, or REST API, to access the metrics functionality. See [Azure Monitor REST API documentation](../azure-monitor/essentials/rest-api-walkthrough.md) for more details.