Rule for Process GC Time

Microsoft.LS.2013.Monitoring.Rule.ReportingPC.Common.Process.GCTime (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects critical server metrics related to the amount of time that the garbage collector is using to free system resources for each managed Lync service.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.LS.2013.Component.Common
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Instance Name	.NET CLR Memory
Counter Name	\% Time in GC
Frequency	900
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
CollectPerfCounter	DataSource	System.Performance.OptimizedDataProvider	Default
WriteToDB	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Default
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.LS.2013.Monitoring.Rule.ReportingPC.Common.Process.GCTime" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.LS.2013.Component.Common">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="CollectPerfCounter" TypeID="SystemPerf!System.Performance.OptimizedDataProvider">

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

      <CounterName>% Time in GC</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>.NET CLR Memory</ObjectName>

      <InstanceName>_Global_</InstanceName>

      <AllInstances>false</AllInstances>

      <Frequency>900</Frequency>

      <Tolerance>5</Tolerance>

      <ToleranceType>Absolute</ToleranceType>

      <MaximumSampleSeparation>4</MaximumSampleSeparation>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>