MSSQL on Linux: DB Active Transactions Count

Microsoft.SQLServer.Linux.CollectionRule.Database.ActiveTransactions (Rule)

MSSQL on Linux DBs Active Transactions performance collection rule

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Active Transactions count for SQL DB

Number of active transactions for the database.

Overridable Parameters

Name	Description	Default Value
Enabled	Enables or disables the workflow.	Yes
Interval (seconds)	The recurring interval of time in seconds in which to run the workflow.	900
Timeout (seconds)	Specifies the time the workflow is allowed to run before being closed and marked as failed.	300
Timeout for query execution (seconds)	The workflow will fail and register an event, if the query execution takes longer than the specified period.	60
Timeout for database connection (seconds)	The workflow will fail and register an event, if it cannot access the database during the specified period.	15

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.SQLServer.Linux.Database
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.SQLServer.Linux.DataSource.SqlOsPerformanceReaderOptimized	Default
WriteToDB	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Default
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.Linux.CollectionRule.Database.ActiveTransactions" Enabled="true" Target="SqlDiscL!Microsoft.SQLServer.Linux.Database" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.Linux.DataSource.SqlOsPerformanceReaderOptimized">

      <MachineName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/MachineName$</MachineName>

      <NetbiosComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/NetbiosComputerName$</NetbiosComputerName>

      <InstanceName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/InstanceName$</InstanceName>

      <ConnectionString>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/ConnectionString$</ConnectionString>

      <InstanceVersion>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/Version$</InstanceVersion>

      <InstanceEdition>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/Edition$</InstanceEdition>

      <SqlExecTimeoutSeconds>60</SqlExecTimeoutSeconds>

      <SqlTimeoutSeconds>15</SqlTimeoutSeconds>

      <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

      <IntervalSeconds>900</IntervalSeconds>

      <ObjectName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/PerformanceCounterObject$:Databases</ObjectName>

      <PerfInstanceName>$Target/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.Database"]/DatabaseName$</PerfInstanceName>

      <PerfParams>

        <NameOfHandler>SqlOsPerfCounterReader</NameOfHandler>

        <PerformanceCounterObject>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/PerformanceCounterObject$</PerformanceCounterObject>

        <CounterConfig>

          <CategoryName>Databases</CategoryName>

          <CounterName>Active Transactions</CounterName>

          <BaseCounterName/>

          <InstanceSelector>0</InstanceSelector>

          <NeedsPrefix>1</NeedsPrefix>

          <InstanceIndex>0</InstanceIndex>

        </CounterConfig>

      </PerfParams>

      <PmObjectName>SQL Database</PmObjectName>

      <PmCounterName>DB Active Transactions</PmCounterName>

      <PmInstanceName/>

      <PmValuePropertyName>CounterValue</PmValuePropertyName>

      <Tolerance>1</Tolerance>

      <ToleranceType>Absolute</ToleranceType>

      <MaximumSampleSeparation>4</MaximumSampleSeparation>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>