Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)

Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)

Automatic and intelligent observability for MSMQ with end-to-end traces of connected producers and consumers.

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Overview

With Dynatrace you can get observability for the MSMQ without touching any code thanks to auto-instrumentation. Seamless end-to-end traces for connected producer and consumer services will help you to better understand the potential anomalies that may impact your mission-critical applications. Comprehensive metrics give you insights about the performance of queues.

Use cases

End-to-end, trace connected producer and consumer services end-to-end
Troubleshoot service problems on code-level
Identify message processing anomalies quickly
Monitor the performance of queues

Get started

If your MSMQ is running directly on a virtual machine, install OneAgent on that virtual machine to get started.

If your MSMQ is running as a workload in Kubernetes, set up Dynatrace on Kubernetes.

If your MSMQ is running as a workload in OpenShift, set up Dynatrace on OpenShift.

Activate the following OneAgent feature for MSMQ to get full tracing insight:

.NET messaging MSMQ

Activate the MSMQ Extension to get additional metrics, a custom MSMQ dashboard, and the ability to view MSMQ instances and queues on a Unified Analysis page. Metrics include:

Messages in Queue (MSMQ)
Bytes in Queue (MSMQ)

Activate log monitoring to get full log insight.

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Extension content

Content typeNumber of items included

screen injections

1

metric metadata

4

generic relationship

3

screen properties

2

screen layout

2

screen chart groups

2

dashboards

1

list screen layout

2

generic type

2

screen entities lists

4

Feature sets

Below is a complete list of the feature sets provided in this version. To ensure a good fit for your needs, individual feature sets can be activated and deactivated by your administrator during configuration.

Feature setsNumber of metrics included

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Messages in Queue (MSMQ)	msmq.MessagesinQueue	Count of messages in a MSMQ queue	Count
Bytes in Queue (MSMQ)	msmq.BytesInQueue	Total bytes in a MSMQ queue	Byte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
DEPRECATED - use msmq.MesssagesInQueue - Messages in Queue (MSMQ)	com.dynatrace.extension.wmi.msmq.messages_in_queue	Count of messages in a MSMQ queue	Count
DEPRECATED - use msmq.BytesInQueue - Bytes in Queue (MSMQ)	com.dynatrace.extension.wmi.msmq.bytes_in_queue	Total bytes in a MSMQ queue	Byte

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To have more information on how to install the downloaded package, please follow the instructions on this page.

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Version 1.1.3

Sign the extension with a newer certificate

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[FIX] Dashboard metrics
[FIX] MSMQ Queue list screen

Full version history

Initial release of MSMQ Extension
Provides additional metrics:
- Messages in Queue (MSMQ)
- Bytes in Queue (MSMQ)
Custom MSMQ dashboard
Ability to view MSMQ Instances and Queues on Unified Analysis screens

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