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MSSQL on Windows Replication: Count of Pending Commands in the Distribution Database

Microsoft.SQLServer.Replication.Windows.CollectionRule.Distributor.DistributionDBPendingCmdsPerformanceCounter (Rule)

Count of commands in the Distribution database pending replication.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Count of commands in the Distribution database pending replication.

Overrideable 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.

300

Synchronization Time

Synchronization Time

 

Timeout (seconds)

Specifies the time the workflow is allowed to run before being closed and marked as failed.

200

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:

TargetMicrosoft.SQLServer.Replication.Windows.Distributor
CategoryPerformanceCollection
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.SQLServer.Replication.Windows.DataSource.DistributorPendingCmdsMonitor Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.RunAs.Monitoring
Mapper ConditionDetection System.Performance.DataGenericMapper Default
WriteToDatabase WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData Default
WriteToDW WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.Replication.Windows.CollectionRule.Distributor.DistributionDBPendingCmdsPerformanceCounter" Enabled="true" Target="SQLReplWD!Microsoft.SQLServer.Replication.Windows.Distributor" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.Replication.Windows.DataSource.DistributorPendingCmdsMonitor" RunAs="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.RunAs.Monitoring">

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

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

      <SqlTimeoutSeconds>15</SqlTimeoutSeconds>

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

      <MonitoringType>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlDiscW!Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.DBEngine"]/MonitoringType$</MonitoringType>

      <IntervalSeconds>300</IntervalSeconds>

      <SyncTime/>

      <TimeoutSeconds>200</TimeoutSeconds>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

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

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

    <CounterName>Distributor: Count of Pending Commands</CounterName>

    <InstanceName/>

    <Value>$Data/Property[@Name='DistributorPendingCmds']$</Value>

  </ConditionDetection>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>