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VMGUEST.Collect.readLatency

Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VMGUEST.Collect.readLatency (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects the performance metric VMGuest-disk \ readLatency for VMware virtual machines.

Metric definition:

Average amount of time that takes a read from the virtual disk.

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

Use the Alerts View to see all current open issues for this object. Use the Events View to review any error and warning events for this object. Open a Performance View to see the performance metrics for this object and all contained objects. Open a Diagram View to analyze the relationships of this object to other components.

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Element properties:

TargetVeeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VMGUEST
CategoryPerformanceCollection
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.CommonPerformanceDataSource Default
WriteToDW WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VMGUEST.Collect.readLatency" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="VeeamVEVMwareLib!Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VMGUEST" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="VeeamVEVMwareLib!Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.CommonPerformanceDataSource">

      <ObjectName>VMGuest-disk</ObjectName>

      <CounterName>readLatency</CounterName>

      <InstanceName>$Data/Property[@Name='datastoreName']$:$Data/Property[@Name='diskName']$</InstanceName>

      <Value>$Data/Property[@Name='readLatency']$</Value>

      <ClassName>VMDISKSTATS</ClassName>

      <FilterExpression>

        <SimpleExpression>

          <ValueExpression>

            <XPathQuery Type="String">Property[@Name='vmUniqueId']</XPathQuery>

          </ValueExpression>

          <Operator>Equal</Operator>

          <ValueExpression>

            <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="VeeamVEVMwareLib!Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VMGUEST"]/id$</Value>

          </ValueExpression>

        </SimpleExpression>

      </FilterExpression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>