SSAS 2012: Collect Processing Pool I/O Job Queue Length

Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.PerformanceRule.Instance.ProcessingPoolIOJobQueueLength (Rule)

The rule collects the length of the SSAS processing pool I/O job queue.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The rule collects the length of the SSAS processing pool I/O job queue. This allows administrators to detect if queued I/O operations are impacting server performance negatively.

External

TechNet documentation for SSAS Performance Counters

SSAS Multidimensional Performance Guide

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.Instance
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.DataSource.ScheduledPerfomanceDataProvider	Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.RunAsProfile.ASMonitoring
Mapper	ConditionDetection	System.Performance.DataGenericMapper	Default
WriteToDatabase	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.RunAsProfile.ASMonitoring
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.RunAsProfile.ASMonitoring

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.PerformanceRule.Instance.ProcessingPoolIOJobQueueLength" Enabled="true" Target="SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.Instance" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.DataSource.ScheduledPerfomanceDataProvider" RunAs="SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.RunAsProfile.ASMonitoring">

      <PrincipalName>$Target/Host/Property[Type='Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer']/PrincipalName$</PrincipalName>

      <PerformanceCounterObjectName>$Target/Property[Type='SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.Instance']/PerformanceCounterObject$:Threads</PerformanceCounterObjectName>

      <PerformanceCounterName>Processing pool I/O job queue length</PerformanceCounterName>

      <PerformanceCounterInstanceName/>

      <Divider>1</Divider>

      <IntervalSeconds>900</IntervalSeconds>

      <SyncTime/>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

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

    <ObjectName>SSAS Instance</ObjectName>

    <CounterName>Processing pool I/O job queue length</CounterName>

    <InstanceName>$Target/Property[Type="SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.ServerRole"]/InstanceName$</InstanceName>

    <Value>$Data/Property[@Name='Processing pool I/O job queue length']$</Value>

  </ConditionDetection>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDatabase" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData" RunAs="SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.RunAsProfile.ASMonitoring"/>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDW" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData" RunAs="SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.RunAsProfile.ASMonitoring"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>