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Auto Scaling of SAP Systems on Azure – Part VI
This is in continuation of my previous Article Auto Scaling of SAP Systems on Azure – Part V
4.6 Creating Action Groups
Now we need to define the Actions Groups so that Automation Runbooks can be triggered as per the conditions.
4.6.1 Action Group for Scale Out
We need Action group for scale out actions for SAP systems, to do the same Goto Monitor from the Azure Portal and click on Manage actions
Now click on New Action Group for creating new groups
Specify the basic information that is required to create the Manage Group and click on Notification
Specify the Notification details and then click on Actions
Specify the Option of Automation Runbook in the action Type
Specify the details of the Automation Runbook which should run when this alert is triggered
It will also open the Automation runbook’s parameters which we need to fill for the successful execution
Now we need to click on Tags
Specify the Tags if any, then click on Review + Create
Cross check all the settings and then click on Create
Once the Action group is created then we can see the name in the Manage actions
4.6.2 Action Group for Scale Down
We need Action group for scale down actions for SAP systems, to do the same Goto Monitor from the Azure Portal and click on Manage actions
Now we need to click on New Action Group
Specify all the basic details of the action group for scale down and click on Notification
Specify the Notification details and then click on Actions
Specify the action as Automation Runbook
Now we need to fill out details about the Azure Runbook which we need to execute
Now, a new window will pop out which asks to fill the parameters of the Azure Runbook which we have selected in earlier screen
Specify the other details such as Name in the Actions Tab and clock on Tags
Specify the tags, if any and then click on Review + Create
Check all the information filled and then click on Create
We can now see the Action group has been created
Now our action group is ready to be used by the alerts to act.
This is end of Part – VI, in next part Auto Scaling of SAP Systems on Azure – Part VII of this article you can find more information about Deployment and Configuration of Alerts and Azure Runbooks of this Solution.