MSSQL 2008: Collect Number of Lockrequests Per Second

Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.LockRequestsPerSecond (Rule)

Collects the Windows "Number of Lockrequests Per Second" performance counter for each instance of SQL 2008 DB Engine.

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<Rule ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.LockRequestsPerSecond" Enabled="true" Target="SQL2008Core!Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="SystemPerf!System.Performance.DataProvider" RunAs="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.SQLDefaultAccount">

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

      <CounterName>Lock Requests/sec</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>$Target/Property[Type="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.DBEngine"]/PerformanceCounterObject$:Locks</ObjectName>

      <InstanceName>_Total</InstanceName>

      <AllInstances>false</AllInstances>

      <Frequency>900</Frequency>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <ConditionDetection ID="PerfMapper" TypeID="SystemPerf!System.Performance.DataGenericMapper">

    <ObjectName>SQL DB Engine:Locks</ObjectName>

    <CounterName>$Data/CounterName$</CounterName>

    <InstanceName>$Data/InstanceName$</InstanceName>

    <Value>$Data/Value$</Value>

  </ConditionDetection>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>