Veeam VMware Collector: Ops Mgr Agent HealthService CPU Usage

Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.Collector.Agent.HealthServiceCPU (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects the performance metric Process \ % Processor Time for Ops Mgr HealthService process on Veeam Collector servers.

Metric definition:

Percentage of elapsed time that Health Service threads used the processor to execute data processing instructions.

Disabling this rule will stop collection of the metric into Ops Mgr and it will not be visible in views and reports. However, any monitor based on the same metric will continue to function.

To see all metrics collected in this class check the Veeam MP for VMware Metric Dictionary.

External

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Element properties:

Target	Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.Collector
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Instance Name	Process
Counter Name	\% Processor Time
Frequency	300
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	System.Performance.DataProvider	Default
WriteToDB	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Default
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.Collector.Agent.HealthServiceCPU" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.Collector" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Perf!System.Performance.DataProvider">

      <ComputerName>.</ComputerName>

      <CounterName>% Processor Time</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>Process</ObjectName>

      <InstanceName>HealthService</InstanceName>

      <AllInstances>false</AllInstances>

      <Frequency>300</Frequency>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>