\% Processor Utilization

Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.ManagedHost.PercentProcessorTime.Collection (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects total processor usage on each managed virtual machine host in System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). The data is used by the Host Utilization and Host Utilization Growth reports. By default, data is collected every 15 minutes.

About the reports:

Host Utilization - For the specified time period and host group, the Host Utilization report shows the number of virtual machines running on each host and the average usage and total or maximum values for host processors, memory, and disk space.
Host Utilization Growth - This report shows the percentage of change in resource usage and the number of virtual machines running on selected hosts during a specified time period.

External

For more information about VMM reports, see Reporting (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=98639) in Virtual Machine Manager Help.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2007.Agent
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Instance Name	Processor
Counter Name	\% Processor Time
Frequency	900
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

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

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.ManagedHost.PercentProcessorTime.Collection" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2007.Agent">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="PerformanceDS" TypeID="SystemPerf!System.Performance.OptimizedDataProvider">

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

      <CounterName>% Processor Time</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>Processor</ObjectName>

      <InstanceName>_Total</InstanceName>

      <AllInstances>false</AllInstances>

      <Frequency>900</Frequency>

      <Tolerance>5</Tolerance>

      <ToleranceType>Absolute</ToleranceType>

      <MaximumSampleSeparation>12</MaximumSampleSeparation>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>