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Collection Rule for the Average Disk Queue Length Windows Server 2016 and 1709+

Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.LogicalDisk.AvgDiskQueueLength.Collection (Rule)

Collects the performance counter LogicalDisk\Avg Disk Queue Length

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects performance data for the Logical Disk\Current Disk Queue Length performance counter.

The Logical Disk\Avg. Disk Queue Length performance counter exposes the average number of both read and write requests that were queued for the selected disk during the sample interval.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.10.0.LogicalDisk
CategoryPerformanceCollection
EnabledFalse
Instance NameLogicalDisk
Counter NameAvg. Disk Queue Length
Frequency300
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue

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.Windows.Server.10.0.LogicalDisk.AvgDiskQueueLength.Collection" Enabled="false" Target="ServervNext!Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.LogicalDisk">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

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

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

      <CounterName>Avg. Disk Queue Length</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>LogicalDisk</ObjectName>

      <InstanceName>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.LogicalDevice"]/DeviceID$</InstanceName>

      <AllInstances>false</AllInstances>

      <Frequency>300</Frequency>

      <Tolerance>15</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>