Performance metrics for BizTalk monitor

Interpret MS BizTalk server monitoring results

The BizTalk monitoring page provides the following credentials:

Monitor Overview: An overall view of the BizTalk server, in addition to the states of orchestration, send and receive ports
Messaging: Provides details on the messaging performance
Adapters: Shows information on the various adapters associated with the BizTalk server
Host Throttling: Parameters related to the throttling mechanism are listed

Monitor Overview:

Orchestration Engine:
Parameters	Description
Name	Name of the orchestration
Host Name	Name of the host
Status	Tell us the state of orchestration

The physical memory graph gives us the percentage of physical memory used on the machine. Multiple BizTalk servers can be plotted against the physical memory of a machine.

Send Ports:
Parameters	Description
Name	Name of the send port
Is TwoWay	Gives us a value specifiying whether the send port is set us as a request-response port
Is Dynamic	Tells us if the send port is dynamic or static

Receive Ports:
Parameters	Description
Name	Name of the receive port
Is TwoWay	Gives us a value specifying whether the receive port is set up as a request-response port
Primary Receive Location	The primary location for receiving the message content

Receive Locations:
Name	Parameters
Name	Name of the receive location
Inbound Transport URL	The main point where the receive location is mapped for receiving messages
Host Name	Name of the host used by the receive location
Adapter Name	Name of the adapter used by the receive location
Receive Port Name	Name of the port used by the receive location
Enabled	Tells us the status of the host

Messaging:

Parameters	Description
Messaging Performance:
Host Name	Name of the host
Pending Receive Batches	The number of pending batches that have not completed processing
Pending Transmitted Batches	The number of pending batches from the messaging engine to be sent to the adapters
Throttled Receive Batches	The number of pending batches that are blocked due to high service load by the messaging engine
Inbound Latency	The average latency recorded from when the messaging engine receives the message from the adapter to the time it is published in the message box
Outbound Latency	The average latency recorded from the time the messagin engine receives the message from the message box till it is sent by the adapter
Message Box Host:
Name	Name of the message box host
Host Queue Length	The total number of messages in the host queue
Suspended Messages Length	The total number of messages suspended for the host
Message Box General:
Name	Name of the message box
Total Instances	Total number of instances occured on the host
Tracking Data Size	Size of the tracking data table on the message box
Spool Size	Size of the spool present on a particular message box on a particular server

Adapters:

Parameters	Description
Mail Protocol Adapters:
Host Name	Name of the host
SMTP Messages Sent/Sec	The number of messages sent by the SMTP adapter per second
POP3 Messages Received/Sec	The number of emails taken up by the POP3 adapter from the mail server per second
Active Sessions	The number of open POP3 connections manageable by the adapter at a time
Action	The threshold for a particular instance can be configured
File Adapter:
Host Name	Name of the host
File Messages Received/Sec	The number of messages received by the file adapter per second
File Messages Sent/Sec	The number of messages sent by the file adapter per second
Action	The threshold for a particular instance can be configured
FTP Adapter:
Host Name	Name of the host
FTP Messages Received/Sec	The number of messages received by the FTP adapter per second
FTP Messages Sent/Sec	The number of messages sent by the FTP adapter per second
HTTP Adapter:
Host Name	Name of the host
HTTP Messages Received/Sec	The number of messages received by the HTTP adapter per second
HTTP Messages Sent/Sec	The number of messages sent by the HTTP adapter per second
Action	The threshold for a particular instance can be configured
MSMQ Adapter:
Host Name	Name of the host
MSMQ Messages Received/Sec	The number of messages received by the MSMQ adapter per second
MSMQ Messages Sent/Sec	The number of messages sent by the MSMQ adapter per second
Action	The threshold for a particular instance can be configured
SQL Adapter:
Host Name	Name of the host
SQL Messages Received/Sec	The number of messages received by the SQL adapter per second
SQL Messages Sent/Sec	The number of messages sent by the SQL adapter per second
Action	The threshold for a particular instance can be configured
SOAP Adapter:
Host Name	Name of the host
SOAP Messages Received/Sec	The number of messages received by the SOAP adapter per second
SOAP Messages Sent/Sec	The number of messages sent by the SOAP adapter per second
Action	The threshold for a particular instance can be configured

Host Throttling:

Parameters	Description
Host Name	Name of the host
Active Instance Count	The number of instances that are active in memory
Database Sessions Count	The number of concurrent message box database connections being used
Database Size	The capacity of the database in which the messages are published
Message Delivery Delay	The delay occured on each message delivery batch (in ms)
Total Messages Delivered	The number of messages delivered to the orchestration engine
Action	The threshold for a particular instance can be configured

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