FarmOU is Too Large

Microsoft.OfficeWebAppsServer_Custom.FarmOUIsTooLarge (UnitMonitor)

The OU being used for the farm is too large. Performance of the farm slows down significantly as the OU grows beyond 1000 items.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

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Causes

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Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.OfficeWebAppsServer_Custom.Machine
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.EntityState
CategoryPerformanceHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityWarning
Alert PriorityLow
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Windows.RepeatedEventLogManualReset2StateMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Farm OU is Too Large
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.OfficeWebAppsServer_Custom.FarmOUIsTooLarge" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Microsoft.OfficeWebAppsServer_Custom.Machine" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.EntityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Low" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.RepeatedEventLogManualReset2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="false">
<Category>PerformanceHealth</Category>
<AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.OfficeWebAppsServer_Custom.FarmOUIsTooLarge_AlertMessageResourceID">
<AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>
<AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
<AlertPriority>Low</AlertPriority>
<AlertSeverity>Warning</AlertSeverity>
</AlertSettings>
<OperationalStates>
<OperationalState ID="ManualResetEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="ManualResetEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>
<OperationalState ID="RepeatedEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="RepeatedEventRaised" HealthState="Error"/>
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<RepeatedComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</RepeatedComputerName>
<RepeatedLogName>Microsoft Office Web Apps</RepeatedLogName>
<RepeatedExpression>
<And>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="UnsignedInteger">8117</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">Office Web Apps</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
</And>
</RepeatedExpression>
<Consolidator>
<ConsolidationProperties>
<PropertyXPathQuery>EventCategory</PropertyXPathQuery>
<PropertyXPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</PropertyXPathQuery>
</ConsolidationProperties>
<TimeControl>
<WithinTimeSchedule>
<Interval>15</Interval>
</WithinTimeSchedule>
</TimeControl>
<CountingCondition>
<Count>5</Count>
<CountMode>OnNewItemTestOutputRestart_OnTimerRestart</CountMode>
</CountingCondition>
</Consolidator>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor>