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AD DC Performance Collection - Metric NTDS DRA Outbound Bytes Total/Sec

Microsoft.Windows.Server.2012.R2.AD.DomainController.DRAOutboundBytesTotal.Collection (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The rule collects the total number of bytes replicated out. It is the sum of the number of uncompressed bytes (never compressed) and the number of compressed bytes (after compression).

This performance collection can help determine the load on a domain controller.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.2012.R2.AD.DomainControllerRole
CategoryPerformanceCollection
EnabledTrue
Instance NameDirectoryServices
Counter NameDRA Outbound Bytes Total/sec
Frequency900
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableFalse

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.2012.R2.AD.DomainController.DRAOutboundBytesTotal.Collection" Enabled="true" Target="AD2012R2Core!Microsoft.Windows.Server.2012.R2.AD.DomainControllerRole" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="false" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

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

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

      <CounterName>DRA Outbound Bytes Total/sec</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>DirectoryServices</ObjectName>

      <InstanceName>NTDS</InstanceName>

      <AllInstances>false</AllInstances>

      <Frequency>900</Frequency>

      <Tolerance>5</Tolerance>

      <ToleranceType>Percentage</ToleranceType>

      <MaximumSampleSeparation>4</MaximumSampleSeparation>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>