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Manage Azure Arc Machine Extensions via Powershell
First of all you need to install the module Az.ConnectedMachine Install-Module Az.ConnectedMachine -AllowClobber Once the module is installed you can verify your Azure connected machines extension provisioning state by running the following command Replace the variable $_.Name for the name of your machine Replace the variable $_.ResourceGroupName for the name of the resource group where your machine is allocated Get-AzConnectedMachineExtension -MachineName $_.Name -ResourceGroupName $_.ResourceGroupName Here it is an example of the results ResourceGroupName Name Location TypeHandlerVersion ProvisioningState Publisher ----------------- ---- -------- ------------------ ----------------- --------- YourResourceGroup AzureMonitorWindowsAgent YourLocation 1.12.0.0 Succeeded Microsoft.Azure.Monitor Sometimes an extension fails to be installed/updated which demands you to uninstall the extension. Here it is an example: In this case you have the option to manually uninstall the failed extension or to simply running the following command to uninstall at large. This command will look for all Azure Arc Connected Machines and for each machine found it will remove the extension that has its provisioning state equals failed. Get-AzConnectedMachine | % { Get-AzConnectedMachineExtension -MachineName $_.Name -ResourceGroupName $_.ResourceGroupName | ? { $_.ProvisioningState -eq "Failed" } | Remove-AzConnectedMachineExtension } Sometimes, it depends of the amount of failed extensions you have in your environment, this command freezes. To prevent that you can run it as job so it will send the request to remove the failed extension directly to Azure queue without the need to wait for each command to finish. Get-AzConnectedMachine | % { Get-AzConnectedMachineExtension -MachineName $_.Name -ResourceGroupName $_.ResourceGroupName | ? { $_.ProvisioningState -eq "Failed" } | Remove-AzConnectedMachineExtension -Asjob } You can follow the queue by looking the Azure Activity log by filtering it by Operation Name Install or Update an Azure Arc extensionsFrom On-premises Datacenter to Azure Hybrid with Azure Arc for Servers
With Microsoft Azure Arc services you can bring Great Azure features to your on-prem datacenters, or to other Cloud providers. I wrote a #MVPLABSerie Blogposts about the benefits of Azure Hybrid which I like to share with the Tech Community: #MVPLABSerie Azure Hybrid with Arc Enabled Windows Servers on-premises #MVPLABSerie Azure Arc enabled Servers #MVPLABSerie Azure Update Management Center (Preview) and Azure Arc enabled Servers #MVPLABSerie Azure Arc enabled SQL Server Health Assessment #MVPLABSerie Azure Defender for Cloud with Azure Arc enabled SQL Server Security Baseline for Azure Arc enabled Servers and Arc Kubernetes As an IT Specialist of Datacenter(s) and Cloud I really like these Azure hybrid benefits to keep your datacenter up-to-date and secure! Hope this #MVPLABSerie is helpful for you and your Business. Cheers, JamesAzure ARC - Update Management - Scoping Deployment
I'm new to Azure Arc but enjoying what I'm learning and the potential to solve customer problems. An element I can't work out is the preferred way to scope Arc Enabled Servers at scale for Update Deployment. The blogs I've read and the jumpstart both discuss the addition of each Arc enabled server under "Machines to Update" but that doesn't seem very dynamic. For a scale solution, I'd expect to be able to use some form of Grouping, but I can't work out how to configure this option for Arc Enabled Servers.
What are the benefits of Azure ARC over AWS Outposts
Hello, Can someone please describe the benefits of Azure ARC over AWS Outposts in terms of features wise both are offering. Also pros and cons of both products. Mostly I am looking below features comparison. - Kubernetes - Insights - Policy - Assets Inventory - Update management - Change tracking - Custom script execution - GitOps configuration - Functions - Logic Apps - APIM - Servers - Monitoring Dashboard
Is Azure ARC billable for installing AMA agent on my onprem devices
Azure ARC needs to deployed on 25 onprem servers - Why because: to install AMA agent on onprem servers and collect logs via DCR - Is it free to use azure arc for above stated reason - Need a clarity on the pricing - I understand there is a price involved for log ingestion on sentinel - MSFT Pricing calculator not specific about this requirement
Update Management Center
Hi fellow nerds We are testing quite heavy on the Update management center for replacement of WSUS/SCCM. Both on our Azure virtual machines in combination with Arc to cover all our onprem Vmware datacenters' VMs. In scope we have around 200 Azure VMs and 160 ARC VMs I looks like a very strong tool to replace our forever struggle to maintain WSUS. I know its still in preview, but wanted to know if anyone else struggle with the Schedules for the ARC servers? We can add arc machines to the schedules, but they kinda disappear again without any warning or log entry, meaning we need to update all by hand (still a major benefit and very few clicks to update, but would be neat if schedules worked) I have not found any good forums for debates around UMC, so hope to find fellow nerds here i can work with.
