Collect Dead Letter Queue Message Count

Microsoft.MSMQ.10.0.Rule.CollectDeadLetterQueueCount (Rule)

Collects the number of messages in the Dead Letter Queue.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects the number of messages in the Dead Letter Queue.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.MSMQ.10.0.Servers
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.MSMQ.10.0.DataSource.PerformanceCollectionRenameCounter	Default
WriteToDB	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Default
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.MSMQ.10.0.Rule.CollectDeadLetterQueueCount" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.MSMQ.10.0.Servers" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.MSMQ.10.0.DataSource.PerformanceCollectionRenameCounter">

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

      <ObjectName>MSMQ Queue</ObjectName>

      <CounterName>Messages in Queue</CounterName>

      <InstanceName>Computer Queues</InstanceName>

      <NewObjectName>MSMQ Service</NewObjectName>

      <NewCounterName>Messages in Dead Letter Queue</NewCounterName>

      <NewInstanceName/>

      <Frequency>900</Frequency>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>