Merge pull request #313412 from Xelu86/getqcheck

[Update] View quality checks and insights for a Virtual Instance for SAP solutions

Author: v-regandowner

articles/sap/center-sap-solutions/get-quality-checks-insights.md

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-title: Get quality checks and insights for a Virtual Instance for SAP solutions
-description: Learn how to get quality checks and insights for a Virtual Instance for SAP solutions (VIS) resource in Azure Center for SAP solutions through the Azure portal.
+title: View quality checks and insights for a Virtual Instance for SAP solutions
+description: Learn how to use quality checks and insights for a Virtual Instance for SAP solutions (VIS) resource in Azure Center for SAP solutions.
 ms.service: sap-on-azure
 ms.subservice: center-sap-solutions
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 10/19/2022
+ms.date: 03/19/2026
 author: sagarkeswani
 ms.author: sagarkeswani
-#Customer intent: As a developer, I want to use the quality checks feature so that I can learn more insights about virtual machines within my Virtual Instance for SAP resource.
-# Customer intent: "As a SAP system administrator, I want to utilize the quality checks feature to gather insights on my Virtual Instance for SAP solutions, so that I can ensure optimal performance and adherence to best practices for my SAP environment on Azure."
+# Customer intent: As an SAP system administrator, I want to use the quality checks feature to gather insights on my Virtual Instance for SAP solutions, so that I can ensure optimal performance and adherence to best practices for my SAP environment on Azure.
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-# Get quality checks and insights for a Virtual Instance for SAP solutions
+# View quality checks and insights for a Virtual Instance for SAP solutions
 
+[Azure Center for SAP solutions](overview.md) includes a Quality Insights workbook that runs more than 100 quality checks on your Virtual Instance for SAP solutions (VIS) resources. These checks validate that your SAP system follows Azure and SAP best practices for reliability and performance.
 
-
-The *Quality Insights* Azure workbook in *Azure Center for SAP solutions* provides insights about the SAP system resources as a result of running *more than 100 quality checks on the VIS*. The feature is part of the monitoring capabilities built in to the *Virtual Instance for SAP solutions (VIS)*. These quality checks make sure that your SAP system uses Azure and SAP best practices for reliability and performance. 
-
-In this how-to guide, you'll learn how to use quality checks and insights to get more information about various configurations within your SAP system.
+In this article, you use the Quality Insights workbook to review recommendations, virtual machine (VM) information, and configuration checks for your SAP system.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- An SAP system that you've [created with Azure Center for SAP solutions](deploy-s4hana.md) or [registered with Azure Center for SAP solutions](register-existing-system.md). 
+- An SAP system that you [created with Azure Center for SAP solutions](deploy-s4hana.md) or [registered with Azure Center for SAP solutions](register-existing-system.md).
 
-## Open Quality Insights workbook
+## Open the Quality Insights workbook
 
 To open the workbook:
 
 1. Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com).
 1. Search for and select **Azure Center for SAP solutions** in the Azure portal search bar.
-1. On the **Azure Center for SAP solutions** page's sidebar menu, select **Virtual Instances for SAP solutions**.
+1. On the **Azure Center for SAP solutions** page, in the sidebar menu, select **Virtual Instances for SAP solutions**.
 1. On the **Virtual Instances for SAP solutions** page, select the VIS that you want to get insights about.
 
-    :::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/select-vis.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/select-vis.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Azure portal, showing the list of available virtual instances for SAP in a subscription.":::
+    :::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/select-vis.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/select-vis.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Azure portal, showing the list of available Virtual Instances for SAP solutions in a subscription.":::
+
+1. On the sidebar menu for the VIS under **Monitoring**, select **Quality Insights**.
+
+    :::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/quality-insights.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/quality-insights.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Azure portal, showing the Quality Insights workbook page selected in the sidebar menu for a Virtual Instance for SAP solutions.":::
 
-1. On the sidebar menu for the VIS, under **Monitoring** select **Quality Insights**. 
+The workbook has multiple sections:
 
-    :::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/quality-insights.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/quality-insights.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Azure portal, showing the Quality Insights workbook page selected in the sidebar menu for a virtual Instance for SAP solutions.":::
+- Select the **Advisor Recommendations** tab to [see the list of recommendations](#get-advisor-recommendations).
+- Select the **Virtual Machine** tab to [find information about the VMs in your VIS](#get-vm-information).
+- Select the **Configuration Checks** tab to [see configuration checks for your VIS](#run-configuration-checks).
 
-There are multiple sections in the workbook:
-- Select the default **Advisor Recommendations** tab to [see the list of recommendations made by Azure Center for SAP solutions for the different instances in your VIS](#get-advisor-recommendations)
-- Select the **Virtual Machine** tab to [find information about the VMs in your VIS](#get-vm-information)
-- Select the **Configuration Checks** tab to [see configuration checks for your VIS](#run-configuration-checks)
+## Get Advisor recommendations
 
-## Get Advisor Recommendations
+The quality checks feature in Azure Center for SAP solutions runs validation checks for all VIS resources. These quality checks validate that SAP system configurations follow best practices for SAP on Azure. If a VIS doesn't follow these best practices, you receive a recommendation from Azure Advisor.
 
-The **Quality checks** feature in Azure Center for SAP solutions runs validation checks for all VIS resources. These quality checks validate the SAP system configurations follow the best practices recommended for SAP on Azure. If a VIS doesn't follow these best practices, you receive a recommendation from Azure Advisor.
-Azure Center for SAP solutions runs more than 100 quality checks on all VIS resources. These checks span across the following categories: 
+Azure Center for SAP solutions runs more than 100 quality checks on all VIS resources across the following categories:
 
-- Azure Infrastructure checks
-- OS parameter checks.
-- High availability (HA) Load Balancer checks
-- HANA DB file system checks.
-- OS parameter checks for ANF file system.
-- Pacemaker configuration checks for HANA DB and ASCS Instance for SUSE and Red Hat 
-- OS Configuration checks for Application Instances
+- Azure infrastructure checks
+- OS parameter checks
+- High availability (HA) load balancer checks
+- HANA database file system checks
+- OS parameter checks for Azure NetApp Files (ANF) file system
+- Pacemaker configuration checks for HANA database and ASCS instance for SUSE and Red Hat
+- OS configuration checks for application instances
 
 The table in the **Advisor Recommendations** tab shows all the recommendations for ASCS, Application, and Database instances in the VIS.
 
@@ -64,20 +63,19 @@ Select an instance name to see all recommendations, including which action to ta
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/recommendation-detail.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/recommendation-detail.png" alt-text="Screenshot of detailed advisor recommendations for an instance and which actions to take to resolve each issue.":::
 
-### Set Alerts for Quality check recommendations
-As the Quality checks recommendations in Azure Center for SAP solutions are integrated with *Azure Advisor*, you can set alerts for the recommendations. See how to [Configure alerts for recommendations.](/azure/advisor/advisor-alerts-portal)
+### Set alerts for quality check recommendations
+
+Because the quality check recommendations in Azure Center for SAP solutions are integrated with Azure Advisor, you can set alerts for the recommendations. For more information, see [Configure alerts for recommendations](/azure/advisor/advisor-alerts-portal).
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> These quality checks run on all VIS instances at a regular frequency of once every 1 hour. The corresponding recommendations in Azure Advisor also refresh at the same 1-hour frequency.If you take action on one or more recommendations from Azure Center for SAP solutions, wait for the next refresh to see any new recommendations from Azure Advisor.
+> The quality checks run on all VIS instances hourly. The corresponding Azure Advisor recommendations also refresh hourly. If you take action on one or more recommendations, wait for the next refresh to see any new recommendations from Azure Advisor.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> Azure Advisor filters out recommendations for Deleted Azure resources for 7 days. Therefore, if you delete a VIS and then re-register it, you will be able to see Advisor recommendations after 7 days of re-registration. 
-
-
+> Azure Advisor filters out recommendations for deleted Azure resources for seven days. If you delete a VIS and then re-register it, Advisor recommendations appear after seven days.
 
 ## Get VM information
 
-The **Virtual Machine** tab provides insights about the VMs in your VIS. There are multiple subsections:
+The **Virtual Machine** tab provides insights about the VMs in your VIS. It includes the following subsections:
 
 - [Azure Compute](#azure-compute)
 - [Compute List](#compute-list)
@@ -87,29 +85,39 @@ The **Virtual Machine** tab provides insights about the VMs in your VIS. There a
 
 ### Azure Compute
 
-The **Azure Compute** tab shows summarized information regarding the virtual machines inside the VIS. It starts with a visual signifying the VM running status for all VMs. 
+The **Azure Compute** tab shows summary information about the VMs in the VIS. A visual shows the running status of all VMs.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/azure-compute-metrics.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/azure-compute-metrics.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Azure Compute tab, showing a pie chart of running virtual machines and key metrics.":::
 
-This visual is followed by Key monitoring metrics at a virtual machine level that shows a 24 hours trend for key metrics such as VM Availability, CPU, Disk, and Network usage. 
+Below the visual, key monitoring metrics at the VM level show 24-hour trends for VM Availability, CPU, Disk, and Network usage.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/azure-compute-health.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/azure-compute-health.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Azure Compute tab, showing a pie chart of running virtual machines.":::
 
-It also shows the current availability state of VMs along with corresponding reasons for unavailability. This visual is followed by a list of key health events that occurred in the last 14 days in any of the VMs of the VIS. 
+The tab also shows the current availability state of VMs and the reasons for unavailability. It also lists key health events from the last 14 days for VMs in the VIS.
 
 ### Compute List
 
-The **Compute List** tab shows a table of information about the VMs inside the VIS. This information includes the VM's name and state, SKU, OS, publisher, image version and SKU, offer, Azure region, resource group, tags, and more.
+The **Compute List** tab shows a table of information about the VMs in the VIS. This information includes:
+
+- VM names and state
+- SKU
+- Operating system
+- Publisher
+- Image version and SKU
+- Offer
+- Azure region
+- Resource group
+- Tags and more
 
-You can toggle **Show Help** to see more information about the table data. 
+You can toggle **Show Help** to see more information about the table data.
 
 Select a VM name to see its overview page, and change settings like **Boot Diagnostic**.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/vm-compute-list.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/vm-compute-list.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Compute List tab, showing a table of details about the virtual machines inside of a virtual Instance for SAP solutions.":::
+:::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/vm-compute-list.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/vm-compute-list.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Compute List tab, showing a table of details about the virtual machines in a Virtual Instance for SAP solutions.":::
 
 ### Compute Extensions
 
-The **Compute Extensions** tab shows information about your VM extensions. There are three tabs within this section:
+The **Compute Extensions** tab shows information about your VM extensions. This section has three tabs:
 
 - [VM+Extensions](#vm--extensions)
 - [VM Extensions Status](#vm-extensions-status)
@@ -141,13 +149,13 @@ The **Compute+OS Disk** tab shows a table with OS disk configurations in the SAP
 
 ### Compute + Data Disks
 
-The **Compute+Data Disks** tab shows a table with data disk configurations in the SAP system. 
+The **Compute+Data Disks** tab shows a table with data disk configurations in the SAP system.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/vm-compute-data-disks.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/vm-compute-data-disks.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Compute plus Data Disks tab, showing a table with data disk configurations within the system.":::
 
 ## Run configuration checks
 
-The **Configuration Checks** tab provides configuration checks for the VMs in your VIS. There are four subsections:
+The **Configuration Checks** tab provides configuration checks for the VMs in your VIS. It includes the following subsections:
 
 - [Accelerated Networking](#accelerated-networking)
 - [Public IP](#public-ip)
@@ -156,7 +164,7 @@ The **Configuration Checks** tab provides configuration checks for the VMs in yo
 
 ### Accelerated Networking
 
-The **Accelerated Networking** tab shows if **Accelerated Networking State** is enabled for each NIC in the VIS. It's recommended to enable this setting for reliability and performance.
+The **Accelerated Networking** tab shows whether **Accelerated Networking State** is enabled for each network interface card (NIC) in the VIS. Enable this setting for reliability and performance.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/configuration-accelerated-networking.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/configuration-accelerated-networking.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Accelerated Networking tab, showing a table of virtual machines with their accelerated networking statuses.":::
 
@@ -168,37 +176,38 @@ The **Public IP** tab shows any public IP addresses that are associated with the
 
 ### Backup
 
-The **Backup** tab shows a table of VMs that don't have Azure Backup configured. It's recommended to use Azure Backup with your VMs.
+The **Backup** tab shows a table of VMs that don't have Azure Backup configured. Use Azure Backup with your VMs to protect your data.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/configuration-azure-backup.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/configuration-azure-backup.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Backup tab, showing a table of which virtual machines in the system don't have Azure Backup enabled.":::
 
 ### Load Balancer
 
-The **Load Balancer** tab shows information about load balancers connected to the resource group(s) for the VIS. There are two subsections: [Load Balancer Overview](#load-balancer-overview) and [Load Balancer Monitor](#load-balancer-monitor).
+The **Load Balancer** tab shows information about load balancers connected to the resource groups for the VIS. It has two subsections: [Load Balancer Overview](#load-balancer-overview) and [Load Balancer Monitor](#load-balancer-monitor).
 
 #### Load Balancer Overview
 
 The **Load Balancer Overview** tab shows rules and details for the load balancers in the VIS. You can review:
 
-- If the HA ports are defined for the load balancers.
-- If the load balancers have floating IP addresses enabled.
-- If the keep-alive functionality is enabled, with a maximum timeout of 30 minutes.
+- Whether HA ports are defined for the load balancers
+- Whether the load balancers have floating IP addresses enabled
+- Whether keep-alive functionality is enabled (maximum timeout of 30 minutes)
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/configuration-load-balancer.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/configuration-load-balancer.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Load Balancer tab, showing a table with an overview of information for the standard load balancers in the system.":::
 
 #### Load Balancer Monitor
 
 The **Load Balancer Monitor** tab shows monitoring information for the load balancers. You can filter the information by load balancer and time range.
 
-**Load Balancer Key Metrics**, which is a table that shows important information about the load balancers in the subscription where the VIS exists.
+**Load Balancer Key Metrics**, a table that shows important information about the load balancers in the subscription where the VIS exists.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/configuration-load-balancer-monitor.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/configuration-load-balancer-monitor.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Load Balancer Key Metrics section, showing a table of basic visualized information about load balancers in the system. ":::
+:::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/configuration-load-balancer-monitor.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/configuration-load-balancer-monitor.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Load Balancer Key Metrics section, showing a table of basic visualized information about load balancers in the system.":::
 
-**Backend health probe by Backend IP**, which is a chart that shows the health probe status for each load balancer over time. 
+**Backend health probe by Backend IP**, a chart that shows the health probe status for each load balancer over time.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/get-quality-checks-insights/configuration-load-balancer-health-probe.png" lightbox="media/get-quality-checks-insights/configuration-load-balancer-health-probe.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Backend health probe section, showing a graph of load balancer statuses over the selected time range.":::
 
-## Next steps
+## Related content
 
-- [Manage a VIS](manage-virtual-instance.md)
-- [Monitor SAP system from the Azure portal](monitor-portal.md)
+- [Monitor SAP system in the Azure portal](monitor-portal.md)
+- [Manage a Virtual Instance for SAP solutions](manage-virtual-instance.md)
+- [View cost analysis for an SAP system](view-cost-analysis.md)