Helps troubleshoot Azure VMs by capturing startup screenshots and serial log output.
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In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains Boot diagnostics in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Virtual machines
Infrastructure-as-a-service compute giving complete control of the operating system, making it a fit for lift-and-shift moves and for software relying on OS-level pieces like COM.
Related terms
- Azure Serial Console
Lets you reach a VM's COM1 port as text from the portal, including the Special Administration Console, even with RDP or networking broken; requires boot diagnostics.
- Host data
Monitoring data about the Hyper-V host side of a virtual machine, including CPU, disk and network metrics, the activity log and boot diagnostics, which is gathered automatically without any agent.