Active Remote Delivery Queue Length - sustained for 5 minutes - Red(>250) - Transport.

Microsoft.Exchange2007.Transport.MSExchangeTransportQueues.ActiveRemoteDeliveryQueueLength (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

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For more information, see the respective topic at the Microsoft Exchange Server TechCenter

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Exchange2007.ServerRole.Transport
Category	PerformanceHealth
Enabled	True
Instance Name	MSExchangeTransport Queues
Counter Name	Active Remote Delivery Queue Length
Frequency	60
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	System.Performance.DataProvider	Default
AverageFilter	ConditionDetection	System.Performance.AveragerCondition	Default
WriteToDB	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Default
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.Exchange2007.Transport.MSExchangeTransportQueues.ActiveRemoteDeliveryQueueLength" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="ExLibrary!Microsoft.Exchange2007.ServerRole.Transport" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceHealth</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Performance!System.Performance.DataProvider">

      <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

      <CounterName>Active Remote Delivery Queue Length</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>MSExchangeTransport Queues</ObjectName>

      <InstanceName>_total</InstanceName>

      <Frequency>60</Frequency>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <ConditionDetection ID="AverageFilter" TypeID="Performance!System.Performance.AveragerCondition">

    <NumSamples>5</NumSamples>

  </ConditionDetection>

  <WriteActions>

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

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDW" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>