Collect Queue Message Count

Microsoft.MSMQ.2008R2.Rule.CollectQueueMessageCount (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This Rule collects the number of messages in the queue.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.MSMQ.2008R2.Queues
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.MSMQ.2008R2.DataSource.Queue.Statistics.PerformanceRaw	Default
WriteToDB	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Default
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008R2.Rule.CollectQueueMessageCount" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008R2.Queues" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008R2.DataSource.Queue.Statistics.PerformanceRaw">

      <IntervalSeconds>900</IntervalSeconds>

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

      <QueuePath>$Target/Property[Type='Microsoft.MSMQ.2008R2.Queue']/PathName$</QueuePath>

      <CounterName>Messages In Queue</CounterName>

      <LogDetail>false</LogDetail>

      <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>