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GETTING STARTED

Use the following steps below to get started with Azure Diagnostics Manager


1.

Ensure that your application is capturing diagnostics information.
You may find these links useful in enabling diagnostics in your Azure applications:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee758705.aspx
http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/SVC15
http://blogs.msdn.com/sumitm/archive/2009/11/25/windows-azure-walkthrough-simple-logging.aspx
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsazureplatform

To ensure diagnostics is working fine, there are several ways. One of the way is to look for tables that start with "WAD" in your storage account and blob containers starting with "wad-". Following table summarizes these tables/blob containers names and the information they contain:

Table/Blob Container Name

Information Contained

WADWindowsEventLogsTable

Event Logs data

WADPerformanceCountersTable

Performance Counters data

WADLogsTable

Trace Logs data

WADDiagnosticInfrastructureLogsTable

Azure Infrastructure Logs data

WADDirectoriesTable

Directory Logs data

wad-iis-logfiles

IIS Logs files

wad-iis-failedreqlogfiles

IIS Failed Request Logs files

wad-crash-dumps

Crash Dumps files


 

2.

Keep your Azure Storage Account and Subscription information handy.
You can get this information from Windows Azure Portal at http://windows.azure.com
 

3.

Please ensure that you've uploaded API certificates in Windows Azure Portal.
You may find these links useful for this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ericnel/archive/2009/09/22/using-iis-to-generate-a-x509-certificate-for-use-with-the-windows-azure-service-management-api-step-by-step.aspx
http://www.cerebrata.com/Blog/post/Error-in-reading-certificates-from-certificate-store-through-a-WPF-application-when-run-as-Non-Administrator.aspx


 

4.

Watch these demo videos covering functionality of Azure Diagnostics Manager
Overview: Demo
Connecting to diagnostics data sources: Demo
Event Logs Viewer: Demo
Performance Counters Viewer: Demo
Trace Logs Viewer: Demo
Infrastructure Logs Viewer: Demo
IIS Logs Viewer: Demo
IIS Failed Request Logs Viewer: Demo
On Demand Transfer: Demo
Remote Diagnostics Management: Demo
Dashboard: Demo