MSSQL on Windows Replication: Count of Failed Replication Agents Jobs on the Distributor

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

This rule collects the following failed Replication agent jobs: Merge, Distribution, and Snapshot Agents.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects the following failed Replication agent jobs: Merge, Distribution, and Snapshot Agents.

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	The synchronization time specified by using a 24-hour format. May be omitted.
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:

Target	Microsoft.SQLServer.Replication.Windows.Distributor
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.SQLServer.Replication.Windows.DataSource.DistributorFailJobsMonitor	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.ReplicationAgentFailJobsPerformanceCounter" 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.DistributorFailJobsMonitor" RunAs="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.RunAs.Monitoring">

      <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>

      <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>

      <NumberOfConsecutiveFails>1</NumberOfConsecutiveFails>

      <CategoryList>Distribution, Merge, Snapshot</CategoryList>

      <ExcludeCategoryList/>

      <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 Failed Jobs</CounterName>

    <InstanceName/>

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

  </ConditionDetection>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>