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Average Disk Write Queue Length Windows Server 2016 and 1709+ (Physical Disk)

Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.PhysicalDisk.AverageDiskWriteQueueLength.Collection (Rule)

The average number of write requests that were queued for the selected disk during the sample interval.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects performance data for the Physical Disk\Avg. Disk Write Queue Length performance counter.

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

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.10.0.PhysicalDisk
CategoryPerformanceCollection
EnabledFalse
Instance NamePhysicalDisk
Counter NameAvg. Disk Write 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.PhysicalDisk.AverageDiskWriteQueueLength.Collection" Enabled="false" Target="ServervNext!Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.PhysicalDisk">

  <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 Write Queue Length</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>PhysicalDisk</ObjectName>

      <InstanceName>$Target/Property[Type="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk"]/PerfmonInstance$</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>