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Worker in Throttling Mode

Microsoft.SystemCenter.ServiceManagementAutomation.Monitor.WorkerThrottlingMode (UnitMonitor)

Monitors whether the Worker is in Throttling Mode.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Checks if the worker is in throttling mode.

Causes

If the monitor is in an error state, then the Runbook Worker is overloaded and is not picking up new jobs.

Resolution

The Runbook Worker will exit Throttling Mode when it achieves stable state and is able to pick up new jobs.

Configuration

The following options can be configured on this monitor:

Option

Definition

Default

Alert On State

Health state for the monitor that generates an alert.

The monitor is in a critical health state

Alert Priority

Priority of the alert generated for this monitor.

Medium

Alert Severity

Priority of the alert generated for this monitor.

Critical

Auto-Resolve Alert

Specifies whether the alert should automatically be resolved when the monitor returns to a healthy state.

True

CounterName

Name of the performance counter. This value should not be overridden except by a language pack.

WorkerThrottlingMode

Enabled

Specifies whether the monitor should run.

True

Generates Alert

Specifies whether the monitor should generate an alert when changing to a warning or critical state.

True

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SystemCenter.ServiceManagementAutomation.Server.RunbookWorker
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.PerformanceState
CategoryPerformanceHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityMatchMonitorHealth
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.SystemCenter.ServiceManagementAutomation.Performance.MonitorType.ConsecutiveSamplesThreshold
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Worker in Throttling Mode
The Runbook Worker is currently in Throttling Mode. This will prevent new jobs from being executed until the problem is fixed. Last measured value is {0}.
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.ServiceManagementAutomation.Monitor.WorkerThrottlingMode" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.SystemCenter.ServiceManagementAutomation.Server.RunbookWorker" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.PerformanceState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.ServiceManagementAutomation.Performance.MonitorType.ConsecutiveSamplesThreshold" ConfirmDelivery="false">

  <Category>PerformanceHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.SystemCenter.ServiceManagementAutomation.Monitor.WorkerThrottlingMode.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>MatchMonitorHealth</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Value$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="ConditionTrue" MonitorTypeStateID="ConditionTrue" HealthState="Warning"/>

    <OperationalState ID="ConditionFalse" MonitorTypeStateID="ConditionFalse" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

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

    <CounterName>WorkerThrottlingMode</CounterName>

    <ObjectName>Orchestrator Worker Performance Counters</ObjectName>

    <InstanceName/>

    <AllInstances>true</AllInstances>

    <Frequency>600</Frequency>

    <ScaleBy>1</ScaleBy>

    <Threshold>0</Threshold>

    <Direction>greater</Direction>

    <NumSamples>3</NumSamples>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>