Virtual Machine Memory Usage Event Monitor (Predictive)

VKernel.CapacityAnalyzer.PRO.VmMemoryUsageEvent.MonitorPredictive (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor tracks special event in Windows Event Log indicating that predictive value for Virtual Machine Memory Usage counter exceeded an alert threshold. Alerts and thresholds must be configured in VKernel appliance.

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.VirtualMachine

Parent Monitor

System.Health.PerformanceState

Category

PerformanceHealth

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Warning

Alert Priority

Normal

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

Virtual Machine Memory Usage (Prediction)

{0}

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="VKernel.CapacityAnalyzer.PRO.VmMemoryUsageEvent.MonitorPredictive" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="SCVMM2012DiscoveryMP!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.VirtualMachine" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.PerformanceState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="false">

  <Category>PerformanceHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="VKernel.CapacityAnalyzer.PRO.VmMemoryUsageEvent.MonitorPredictive_AlertMessageResourceID">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Warning</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/EventDescription$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="FirstEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="FirstEventRaised" HealthState="Warning"/>

    <OperationalState ID="SecondEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="SecondEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <FirstComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="SCVMMLibraryMP!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.VirtualMachine"]/VMMServer$</FirstComputerName>

    <FirstLogName>Operations Manager</FirstLogName>

    <FirstExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">893</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">VKernelAlerts</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="Integer">EventLevel</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="Integer">2</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[2]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="SCVMMLibraryMP!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.VirtualMachine"]/VMMId$</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </FirstExpression>

    <SecondComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="SCVMMLibraryMP!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.VirtualMachine"]/VMMServer$</SecondComputerName>

    <SecondLogName>Operations Manager</SecondLogName>

    <SecondExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">893</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">VKernelAlerts</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="Integer">EventLevel</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="Integer">4</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[2]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="SCVMMLibraryMP!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.VirtualMachine"]/VMMId$</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </SecondExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>