Disk Performance Analysis

Report.Windows.Server.6.2.DiskPerformanceAnalysis (LinkedReport)

Disk Performance Analysis Report

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

How does this report work?

The Disk Performance analysis report displays a chart for the following Performance counters:

The report finds data if the objects supplied are of type

Windows Server 2012 Logical Disk

Search for disks by the logical name (e.g. “C:“).

The report displays a chart and data table for every distinct object supplied. (e.g. Parameters include C: and D: there will be two charts on the report). The report shows a historical chart without aggregation.

How to use this report?

When run from the Reporting space:

The second column in the search results shows of which type the displayed objects are. Make sure you select objects of type Windows Server 2012 Logical Disk.

When run from the Monitoring space:

Create a state view or performance view by choosing

What Parameters are offered?

Date/Time selection: Allows selecting a relative or fixed date and time range and time zone.

Business hours: Allows to filter the results to one set of Business hours for a defined number of weekdays

Object: Allows adding objects to run this report for

Configuration

This report requires the following discovery to be enabled

“Discover Windows Logical Disks”

Element properties:

BaseMicrosoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.Report.Performance
TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.LogicalDisk
AccessibilityPublic
VisibleTrue

Source Code:

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