Hi Experts,

I have an Azure china (https://manage.windowsazure.cn) account and i wanted to monitor Azure VMs in this account using SCOM 2012 R2.

I created certificate and uploaded into Azure management portal.

Imported management pack in SCOM 2012 R2 console.

Now when I try to add subscription details from SCOM Administration tab after selected certificate and password when i select add subscription i am getting below error:

Note:  The following information was gathered when the operation was attempted.  The information may appear cryptic but provides context for the error.  The application will continue to run.

System.Exception: Azure Management REST request is failed. Method:GET URI:https://management.core.windows.net/740f755a-b5f8-4b88-a541-f6a67dc0d17b StatusCode:Forbidden, ErrorCode:ForbiddenError ErrorMessage:The server failed to authenticate the request. Verify that the certificate is valid and is associated with this subscription. Exception:The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.
   at Microsoft.SystemCenter.Azure.UI.SubscriptionData.Activate(ManagementGroup mg)
   at Microsoft.SystemCenter.Azure.UI.SubscriptionProgress.<>c__DisplayClass6.<BackgroundWorkerDoWork>b__1(Object param0, ConsoleJobEventArgs param1)

Customer is awaiting to implement the solution...Please help.

Regards,

Sarika

• Edited by Sarika Sasidharan Thursday, November 27, 2014 8:55 AM

Hello Sarika,

I worked on the same issue today. the idea here is that the China Azure uses different endpoint mappings those already defined in SCOM while adding a Azure subscription, so you need to click the advanced button in the subscription add wizard from SCOM and replace the URL described in the below article under the Endpoint Mappings Section. this will definitely work for china azure subscriptions.

msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn578439.aspx#features

hope that helps,

Best Regards,

Niranjan

• Edited by NiranjanH Friday, November 28, 2014 10:28 PM error in typing

Hi,

In addition hope the below article can be helpful to monitor Windows Azure:

Monitoring Windows Azure with System Center Operations Manager 2012 GET ME STARTED!

http://blogs.technet.com/b/cbernier/archive/2013/10/23/monitoring-windows-azure-with-system-center-operations-manager-2012-get-me-started.aspx

Regards,

Yan Li

I am able to follow what was suggested in this answer and was able to add the a Azure China subscription in SCOM 2012 R2, however I am unable to monitor any resources under that subscription.  I am able to monitor resources in other non-China subscriptions without any issue, so is there anything special in addition to using China endpoints?