Pool Connections

AP.F5.LTM.Perf.Pool.Connections (Rule)

Collect Pool Connections via SNMP and Powershell

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

F5 Pool Current Connections Performance Collection, Uses a Powershell Script and SNMP to collect Current Connection data for all Pools in a SyncFailoverGroup, Supports Cookdown!

SNMP Information

SNMP OIDs Used;

.1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.5.2.3.1.1 - bigipTrafficMgmt.bigipLocalTM.ltmPools.ltmPoolStat.ltmPoolStatTable.ltmPoolStatEntry.ltmPoolStatName
.1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.5.2.3.1.8 - bigipTrafficMgmt.bigipLocalTM.ltmPools.ltmPoolStat.ltmPoolStatTable.ltmPoolStatEntry.ltmPoolStatServerCurConns

Element properties:

Target	AP.F5.LTM.Pool
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	AP.F5.LTM.DataSource.PoolConnections.Filtered	Default
CollectToDB	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Default
CollectToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="AP.F5.LTM.Perf.Pool.Connections" Target="AP.F5.LTM.Pool" Enabled="true" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="AP.F5.LTM.DataSource.PoolConnections.Filtered">

      <IntervalSeconds>900</IntervalSeconds>

      <SyncTime/>

      <Debug>false</Debug>

      <DeviceAddresses>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="AP.F5.LTM.SyncFailoverGroup"]/Addresses$</DeviceAddresses>

      <DevicePorts>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="AP.F5.LTM.SyncFailoverGroup"]/Ports$</DevicePorts>

      <DeviceCommunities>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="AP.F5.LTM.SyncFailoverGroup"]/Communities$</DeviceCommunities>

      <PoolName>$Target/Property[Type="AP.F5.LTM.Pool"]/FullName$</PoolName>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="CollectToDB" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData"/>

    <WriteAction ID="CollectToDW" TypeID="MSDL!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>