eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by MsmqQueueTest

The MsmqQueueTest monitors the message queues on an MSMQ server and reports key statistics pertaining to each of the queues. The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Data_in_journal_queue The total number of bytes that reside in the journal queue KB  
Data_in_queue The total number of bytes that reside in the MSMQ queue KB  
Journal_queue_length The number of messages inside the journal queue Number Journal queues allow you to save copies of messages as they are processed. You can store copies of the messages you send from your computer in the local machine journal queue, or you can store copies of messages removed from a queue in that queue's journal on the server. Journal storage can be useful if you need to resend a message at a later point.Journal queues have a maximum size, called a quota. This size is limited by the disk capacity of the computer on which the queue resides. If the value of this measure reaches the quota set for the journal queue, then the messages that would have been sent to the journal queue are no longer saved in the system. No errors are raised when this occurs. It is important that you periodically purge your journal queues to prevent this from occurring.
Queue_length The number of messages in the queue Number A very high value indicates that the MSMQ server is unable to process the messages faster. A value zero indicates that no messages are in queue to process.