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articles/virtual-wan/monitoring-best-practices.md

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 ms.topic: how-to
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-ms.date: 11/22/2023
+ms.date: 01/12/2024
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 # Monitoring Azure Virtual WAN - Best practices
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 |Create alert rule for Bits Received Per Second.|**Bits Received per Second** monitors the total amount of traffic received by the gateway from the MSEEs.<br><br>You might want to be alerted if the amount of traffic received by the gateway is at risk of hitting its maximum throughput, as this can lead to performance and connectivity issues. This allows you to act proactively by investigating the root cause of the increased gateway utilization or increasing the gateway’s maximum allowed throughput.<br><br>Choose the **Average** aggregation type and a **Threshold** value close to the maximum throughput provisioned for the gateway when configuring the alert rule.<br><br>Additionally, we recommend that you set an alert when the number of **Bits Received per Second** is near zero, as it might indicate an issue with the gateway or the MSEEs.<br><br>The maximum throughput of an ExpressRoute gateway is determined by number of scale units provisioned. To learn more about ExpressRoute gateway performance, see [About ExpressRoute connections in Azure Virtual WAN](virtual-wan-expressroute-about.md).|
 |Create alert rule for CPU overutilization.|When using ExpressRoute gateways, it's important to monitor the CPU utilization. Prolonged high utilization can affect performance and connectivity.<br><br>Use the **CPU utilization** metric to monitor this and create an alert for whenever the CPU utilization is **greater than** 80%, so you can investigate the root cause and ultimately increase the number of scale units, if needed. Choose the **Average** aggregation type when configuring the alert rule.<br><br>To learn more about ExpressRoute gateway performance, see [About ExpressRoute connections in Azure Virtual WAN](virtual-wan-expressroute-about.md).|
 |Create alert rule for packets received per second.|**Packets per second** monitors the number of inbound packets traversing the Virtual WAN ExpressRoute gateway.<br><br>You might want to be alerted if the number of **packets per second** is nearing the limit allowed for the number of scale units configured on the gateway.<br><br>Choose the Average aggregation type when configuring the alert rule. Choose a **Threshold** value close to the maximum number of **packets per second** allowed based on the number of scale units of the gateway. To learn more about ExpressRoute performance, see [About ExpressRoute connections in Azure Virtual WAN](virtual-wan-expressroute-about.md).<br><br>Additionally, we recommend that you set an alert when the number of **Packets per second** is near zero, as it might indicate an issue with the gateway or MSEEs.|
-|Create alert rule for number of routes advertised to peer. |**Count of Routes Advertised to Peers** monitors the number of routes advertised from the ExpressRoute gateway to the virtual hub router and to the Microsoft Enterprise Edge Devices.<br><br>We recommend that you configure an alert only on the two BGP peers displayed as **ExpressRoute Device** to identify when the count of advertised routes approaches the documented limit of **1000**. For example, configure the alert to be triggered when the number of routes advertised is **greater than 950**.<br><br>We also recommend that you configure an alert when the number of routes advertised to the Microsoft Edge Devices is **zero** in order to proactively detect any connectivity issues.<br><br>To add these alerts, select the **Count of Routes Advertised to Peers** metric, and then select the **Add filter** option and the **ExpressRoute** devices.|
-|Create alert rule for number of routes learned from peer.|**Count of Routes Learned from Peers** monitors the number of routes the ExpressRoute gateway learns from the virtual hub router and from the Microsoft Enterprise Edge Device.<br><br>We recommend that you configure an alert **only** on the two BGP peers displayed as **ExpressRoute Device** to identify when the count of learned routes approaches the [documented limit](../expressroute/expressroute-faqs.md#are-there-limits-on-the-number-of-routes-i-can-advertise) of 4000 for Standard SKU and 10,000 for Premium SKU circuits.<br><br>We also recommend that you configure an alert when the number of routes advertised to the Microsoft Edge Devices is **zero**. This can help in detecting when your on-premises has stopped advertising routes.  
+|Create alert rule for number of routes advertised to peer. |**Count of Routes Advertised to Peers** monitors the number of routes advertised from the ExpressRoute gateway to the virtual hub router and to the Microsoft Enterprise Edge Devices.<br><br>We recommend that you **add a filter** to only select the two BGP peers displayed as **ExpressRoute Device** and create an alert to identify when the count of advertised routes approaches the documented limit of **1000**. For example, configure the alert to be triggered when the number of routes advertised is **greater than 950**.<br><br>We also recommend that you configure an alert when the number of routes advertised to the Microsoft Edge Devices is **zero** in order to proactively detect any connectivity issues.<br><br>To add these alerts, select the **Count of Routes Advertised to Peers** metric, and then select the **Add filter** option and the **ExpressRoute** devices.|
+|Create alert rule for number of routes learned from peer.|**Count of Routes Learned from Peers** monitors the number of routes the ExpressRoute gateway learns from the virtual hub router and from the Microsoft Enterprise Edge Device.<br><br>We recommend that you add a filter to **only** select the two BGP peers displayed as **ExpressRoute Device** and create an alert to identify when the count of learned routes approaches the [documented limit](../expressroute/expressroute-faqs.md#are-there-limits-on-the-number-of-routes-i-can-advertise) of 4000 for Standard SKU and 10,000 for Premium SKU circuits.<br><br>We also recommend that you configure an alert when the number of routes advertised to the Microsoft Edge Devices is **zero**. This can help in detecting when your on-premises has stopped advertising routes.  
 |Create alert rule for high frequency in route changes.|**Frequency of Routes changes** shows the change frequency of routes being learned and advertised from and to peers, including other types of branches such as site-to-site and point-to-site VPN. This metric provides visibility when a new branch or more circuits are being connected/disconnected.<br><br>This metric is a useful tool when identifying issues with BGP advertisements, such as flaplings. We recommend that you to set an alert **if** the environment is **static** and BGP changes aren't expected. Select a **threshold value** that is **greater than 1** and an **Aggregation Granularity** of 15 minutes to monitor BGP behavior consistently.<br><br>If the environment is dynamic and BGP changes are frequently expected, you might choose not to set an alert otherwise in order to avoid false positives. However, you can still consider this metric for observability of your network.|
 
 ## Virtual hub
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 * See [Monitoring Azure resources with Azure Monitor](../azure-monitor/essentials/monitor-azure-resource.md) for details on monitoring Azure resources.
 * See [Analyze metrics with Azure Monitor metrics explorer](../azure-monitor/essentials/analyze-metrics.md) for more details about **Azure Monitor Metrics**.
 * See [All resource metrics supported in Azure Monitor](../azure-monitor/essentials/metrics-supported.md) for a list of all supported metrics.
-* See [Create diagnostic settings in Azure Monitor](../azure-monitor/essentials/diagnostic-settings.md) for more information and troubleshooting when creating diagnostic settings via the Azure portal, CLI, PowerShell, etc.
+* See [Create diagnostic settings in Azure Monitor](../azure-monitor/essentials/diagnostic-settings.md) for more information and troubleshooting when creating diagnostic settings via the Azure portal, CLI, PowerShell, etc.