Disk Bytes/sec (Citrix XenServer 6)

Microsoft.Linux.XenServer.6.LogicalDisk.DiskBytesPerSecond.Collection (Rule)

Collection rule for the performance counter Logical Disk\Disk Bytes/sec

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects performance data for the Logical Disk Disk Bytes Per Second performance counter. This information is collected and is exposed to one or more Views and/or Reports.

The Logical Disk Disk Bytes Per Second performance counter exposes the rate, in incidents per second, at which bytes were transferred to or from the disk during write or read operations.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Linux.XenServer.6.LogicalDisk
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.PerfCounterProvider.Filtered	Default
WriteToDB	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Default
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.Linux.XenServer.6.LogicalDisk.DiskBytesPerSecond.Collection" Target="Microsoft.Linux.XenServer.6.LogicalDisk" Enabled="true" Remotable="true">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.PerfCounterProvider.Filtered">

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

      <Uri>http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/SCX_FileSystemStatisticalInformation?__cimnamespace=root/scx</Uri>

      <Filter/>

      <SplitItems>true</SplitItems>

      <Interval>300</Interval>

      <ObjectName>Logical Disk</ObjectName>

      <CounterName>Disk Bytes/sec</CounterName>

      <InstanceName>$Target/Property[Type="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.LogicalDevice"]/DeviceID$</InstanceName>

      <InstanceProperty>//*[local-name()="Name"]</InstanceProperty>

      <Value>$Data///*[local-name()="BytesPerSecond"]$</Value>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>