SCOM data stream parameters

The SCOM plugin provides configurable data streams to fetch metrics, alerts and health state information.

Each configurable data stream exposes a set of parameters that lets you filter the data you retrieve. The following information describes the available configurable data streams and their parameters in detail.

Alerts by Class

Parameter
Description
Object class
Select the SCOM object class to retrieve data for. This defines the scope of objects included in the request and only objects belonging to the selected class are returned.
SCOM criteria filter
Enter an optional SQL-like filter to refine objects within the selected class. Use object properties such as display name, path, or custom attributes. For example, DisplayName LIKE '%SQL%' returns only objects with "SQL" in the name.
Leave blank to include all objects from the class.
Supports SQL wildcards.

Health State

Parameter
Description
Object class
Select the SCOM object class to retrieve data for. This defines the scope of objects included in the request and only objects belonging to the selected class are returned.
SCOM criteria filter
Enter an optional SQL-like filter to refine objects within the selected class. Use object properties such as display name, path, or custom attributes. For example, DisplayName LIKE '%SQL%' returns only objects with "SQL" in the name.
Leave blank to include all objects from the class.
Supports SQL wildcards.

Health State by Class

Parameter
Description
Object class
Select the SCOM object class to retrieve data for. This defines the scope of objects included in the request and only objects belonging to the selected class are returned.
SCOM criteria filter
Enter an optional SQL-like filter to refine objects within the selected class. Use object properties such as display name, path, or custom attributes. For example, DisplayName LIKE '%SQL%' returns only objects with "SQL" in the name.
Leave blank to include all objects from the class.
Supports SQL wildcards.

Metric

Parameter
Description
Object name
Enter the name of the object you want to collect metrics for. For example, LogicalDisk, Processor, or Memory.
Counter name
Enter the name of the metric counter to collect. For example, Disk Reads/sec, Disk Writes/sec, or Processor Time %.
Instance name
Optionally, specify the instance of the object you want you want metrics from. For example, enter _Total, a specific disk such as C:, or an individual processor core such as 0 or 1.

Metric by Class

Parameter
Description
Object class
Specify the SCOM object class to retrieve metrics for.
Performance rule
Select the performance rule that defines the specific metric to collect. This ensures that the data stream captures only the measurements associated with the chosen monitoring rule.
SCOM criteria filter
Optionally, enter a SQL filter to refine the results within the selected class and performance rule. For example, specify DisplayName LIKE '%SQL%' to include only objects with “SQL” in the name.
Leave this blank to return all objects.
Supports SQL wildcards.
Performance instance filter
Enter an SQL filter to return specific object instances for the selected Performance rule.
Supports SQL Wildcards.

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