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Collection rule for Current Disk Queue Length Windows Server 2016 and above

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

Collects the performance counter LogicalDisk\Current Disk Queue Length

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

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

The Logical Disk\Current Queue Length performance counter exposes the current 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
EnabledTrue
Instance NameLogicalDisk
Counter NameCurrent 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.CurrentDiskQueueLength.Collection" Enabled="true" 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>Current Disk Queue Length</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>LogicalDisk</ObjectName>

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

      <AllInstances>false</AllInstances>

      <Frequency>300</Frequency>

      <Tolerance>32</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>