Collect .NET Apps/Exception Events/sec

Microsoft.SystemCenter.Apm.ApplicationInstance.CollectExceptionEvents (Rule)

The .NET Apps/Exception Events/sec counter provides the number of exception events being raised per second

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects .NET Apps Exception events performance counter for applications.

This counter records the number of exception events per second generated by an application. The number of events recorded by this counter is based on information, such as the agent configuration, the proportion of critical exceptions to all exceptions, and customized exception handlers. This counter might be larger than the number of exception events reported to Application Diagnostic console, because it also includes events that are suppressed by Event Throttling.

This counter is only available when application performance monitoring is enabled.

The counter is incremented when an unhandled exception occurs. To resolve these exceptions, check the exception type and the function from which the exception was thrown. Resolution of these types of problems typically requires access to application source code.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.SystemCenter.Apm.ApplicationInstance
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Instance Name	.NET Apps
Counter Name	Exception Events/sec
Frequency	300
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	False

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	System.Performance.DataProvider	Default
WriteToDB	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Default
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.Apm.ApplicationInstance.CollectExceptionEvents" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.SystemCenter.Apm.ApplicationInstance" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="false" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Performance!System.Performance.DataProvider">

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

      <CounterName>Exception Events/sec</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>.NET Apps</ObjectName>

      <InstanceName>$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.SystemCenter.Apm.ApplicationInstance"]/CounterInstance$</InstanceName>

      <AllInstances>false</AllInstances>

      <Frequency>300</Frequency>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>