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Physical Disk Disk Bytes per Second 2008

Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PhysicalDisk.DiskBytesPerSec.Collection (Rule)

Collects the performance counter PhysicalDisk\Disk Bytes/sec.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects performance data for the Physical Disk\Disk Bytes/sec performance counter.

The Physical Disk\Disk Bytes/sec performance counter exposes the rate bytes are transferred to or from the disk during write or read operations.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.2008.PhysicalDisk
CategoryPerformanceCollection
EnabledFalse
Instance NamePhysicalDisk
Counter NameDisk Bytes/sec
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.2008.PhysicalDisk.DiskBytesPerSec.Collection" Enabled="false" Target="Server2008!Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.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>Disk Bytes/sec</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>PhysicalDisk</ObjectName>

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

      <AllInstances>false</AllInstances>

      <Frequency>300</Frequency>

      <Tolerance>10</Tolerance>

      <ToleranceType>Percentage</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>