Writing reports against RAW Perf data in the Data Warehouse

By default – our generic reports access *aggregated* data in the warehouse… either daily or hourly. These contain information like number of data points, avg, min, max, and std. deviation data. However, sometimes users will want access to the RAW, individual data points.

This is kept in the warehouse – and you can see it in the Perf.vPerfRaw view in the DB. By default – we keep this data for 10 days, and in general – we do NOT recommend that you extend this to any longer retention.

I will add these to my mega-query list… HERE

Here are some core query examples/samples for RAW perf data – which you can use to write reports against this output:

Raw data – core query:

select top 10 *
from Perf.vPerfRaw pvpr
inner join vManagedEntity vme on pvpr.ManagedEntityRowId = vme.ManagedEntityRowId
inner join vPerformanceRuleInstance vpri on pvpr.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId = vpri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId
inner join vPerformanceRule vpr on vpr.RuleRowId = vpri.RuleRowId

More selective of “interesting” output data:

select top 10 Path, FullName, ObjectName, CounterName, InstanceName, SampleValue, DateTime
from Perf.vPerfRaw pvpr
inner join vManagedEntity vme on pvpr.ManagedEntityRowId = vme.ManagedEntityRowId
inner join vPerformanceRuleInstance vpri on pvpr.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId = vpri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId
inner join vPerformanceRule vpr on vpr.RuleRowId = vpri.RuleRowId

Scoped to a ComputerName (FQDN)

select top 10 Path, FullName, ObjectName, CounterName, InstanceName, SampleValue, DateTime
from Perf.vPerfRaw pvpr
inner join vManagedEntity vme on pvpr.ManagedEntityRowId = vme.ManagedEntityRowId
inner join vPerformanceRuleInstance vpri on pvpr.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId = vpri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId
inner join vPerformanceRule vpr on vpr.RuleRowId = vpri.RuleRowId
WHERE Path = 'OMDB.opsmgr.net'

Scoped to a Counter:

select top 10 Path, FullName, ObjectName, CounterName, InstanceName, SampleValue, DateTime
from Perf.vPerfRaw pvpr
inner join vManagedEntity vme on pvpr.ManagedEntityRowId = vme.ManagedEntityRowId
inner join vPerformanceRuleInstance vpri on pvpr.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId = vpri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId
inner join vPerformanceRule vpr on vpr.RuleRowId = vpri.RuleRowId
WHERE CounterName = 'Private Bytes'

Scoped to a Computer and Counter:

select top 10 Path, FullName, ObjectName, CounterName, InstanceName, SampleValue, DateTime
from Perf.vPerfRaw pvpr
inner join vManagedEntity vme on pvpr.ManagedEntityRowId = vme.ManagedEntityRowId
inner join vPerformanceRuleInstance vpri on pvpr.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId = vpri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId
inner join vPerformanceRule vpr on vpr.RuleRowId = vpri.RuleRowId
WHERE CounterName = 'Private Bytes'
AND Path = 'OMDB.OPSMGR.NET'

Ordered By DateTime:

select top 10 Path, FullName, ObjectName, CounterName, InstanceName, SampleValue, DateTime
from Perf.vPerfRaw pvpr
inner join vManagedEntity vme on pvpr.ManagedEntityRowId = vme.ManagedEntityRowId
inner join vPerformanceRuleInstance vpri on pvpr.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId = vpri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId
inner join vPerformanceRule vpr on vpr.RuleRowId = vpri.RuleRowId
WHERE CounterName = 'Private Bytes'
AND Path = 'OMDB.OPSMGR.NET'
Order By DateTime DESC

Modified DateTime relative to Central Time zone:

select top 10 Path, FullName, ObjectName, CounterName, InstanceName, SampleValue, dateadd(hh,-5,DateTime) as 'DateTime (GMT-5)'
from Perf.vPerfRaw pvpr
inner join vManagedEntity vme on pvpr.ManagedEntityRowId = vme.ManagedEntityRowId
inner join vPerformanceRuleInstance vpri on pvpr.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId = vpri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId
inner join vPerformanceRule vpr on vpr.RuleRowId = vpri.RuleRowId
WHERE CounterName = 'Private Bytes'
AND Path = 'OMDB.OPSMGR.NET'
Order By DateTime DESC

How to get all the possible optional data to modify these queries above, in a list:

Select Distinct Path
from Perf.vPerfRaw pvpr
inner join vManagedEntity vme on pvpr.ManagedEntityRowId = vme.ManagedEntityRowId
inner join vPerformanceRuleInstance vpri on pvpr.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId = vpri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId
inner join vPerformanceRule vpr on vpr.RuleRowId = vpri.RuleRowId 

Select Distinct Fullname
from Perf.vPerfRaw pvpr
inner join vManagedEntity vme on pvpr.ManagedEntityRowId = vme.ManagedEntityRowId
inner join vPerformanceRuleInstance vpri on pvpr.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId = vpri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId
inner join vPerformanceRule vpr on vpr.RuleRowId = vpri.RuleRowId 

Select Distinct ObjectName
from Perf.vPerfRaw pvpr
inner join vManagedEntity vme on pvpr.ManagedEntityRowId = vme.ManagedEntityRowId
inner join vPerformanceRuleInstance vpri on pvpr.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId = vpri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId
inner join vPerformanceRule vpr on vpr.RuleRowId = vpri.RuleRowId 

Select Distinct CounterName
from Perf.vPerfRaw pvpr
inner join vManagedEntity vme on pvpr.ManagedEntityRowId = vme.ManagedEntityRowId
inner join vPerformanceRuleInstance vpri on pvpr.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId = vpri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId
inner join vPerformanceRule vpr on vpr.RuleRowId = vpri.RuleRowId 

Select Distinct InstanceName
from Perf.vPerfRaw pvpr
inner join vManagedEntity vme on pvpr.ManagedEntityRowId = vme.ManagedEntityRowId
inner join vPerformanceRuleInstance vpri on pvpr.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId = vpri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId
inner join vPerformanceRule vpr on vpr.RuleRowId = vpri.RuleRowId

Writing reports against RAW Perf data in the Data Warehouse

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