Does SCOM 2012 monitor "Persona File Handles"?

Hi,
I have query whether SCOM 2012 can monitor "Persona File Handles"? Plan is for monitoring threshold limit of 3 lacs file handles on HVDs. If it can be monitored, the alert should be triggered only when it reaches 3 lacs file handles.
We have SCOM 2012 SP1
Please answer asap.
Thanks,
Naren.
Thanks & regards, Naren.

I would suggest you look into the veeam MP for VMWare http://www.veeam.com/management-pack-system-center-resources.html
I'm not to familiar with "Persona
File Handles" but if there's a command you can run to check it then it can be scripted and thus monitored by a custom monitor.
Cheers,
Martin
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