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Event Collector Settings Dialog Box

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Use the Event Collector Service Settings dialog box to configure advanced settings for the Event Collector (EC) service. The Event Collector Service Settings dialog box is invoked from the System Services Configuration page when you double-click on the Application Server Event Collector Service entry under the Event Collector section. Alternatively, you can single-click the Application Server Event Collector Service entry under the Event Collector section, the click Settings… in the Actions pane.

Dialog Fields

Field

Description

Retry Count

Retry Wait (hh:mm:ss)

Event Buffer Size (kb)

Maximum Write Delay (hh:mm:ss)

Maximum time to wait before writing buffered events to the database. Default: 00:00:05 Min: 00:00:01 Max: 00:01:00

The fields in the Event Collector Service Settings dialog box correspond to the following elements and attributes in the configuration file.

<eventCollectorService>
  <collectors>

    <collector name="EventCollectorDefault" description="">
      <authorization>
        <allow groups="DomainName\Local Service" />
      </authorization>

      <databaseWriter connectionString="Server=localhost;Database=ApplicationServerMonitoringDB;Trusted_Connection=True;" retryCount="5" retryWait="00:01:00" maxWriteDelay="00:00:05" maxBufferSize="10000"/>

      <etwSources>
        <!-- This is the default source that subscribes to the WCF & WF default GUID, HealthMonitoring allKeyword, null anykeyword  -->
        <etwSource id="{c651f5f6-1c0d-492e-8ae1-b4efd7c9d503}" allKeyword="HealthMonitoring" level="Verbose" />
      </etwSources>
    </collector>
  </collectors>
</eventCollectorService>

The following list contains XML attributes are associated with the <databaseWriter> element in this dialog box.

UI Element XML Element or Attribute Comments

Retry Count

retryCount attribute

  

Retry Wait

timeToUnload attribute

  

Maximum Write Delay

maxWriteDelay attribute