Performance Monitor is a program to monitor and log system performance on Microsoft Windows. From command-line invocation it is also known as PerfMon, perfmon, perfmon.exe and perfmon.msc, and in some versions of Windows it is known as System Monitor.
Questions tagged [perfmon]
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Perfmon not logging to SQL Server
I'm trying to use an established Data Collector Set to start loggging perfmon counters to a local SQL Database (on a local SQL instance). However, here's what my current setup looks like:
And when I try to run the Data Collector Set I get the…
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Add perfmon counter from remote machine
Have a strange issue where one user on Windows 2008 Server R2 can add performance counters from a different server (same OS) but a second user can't because
cannot connect to remote machine.
Both users are local administrators on the local…
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Perfmon Configuration or Alert Utility for CPU usage over period of time.
I'm familiar with general perfmon configuration. However, is there a way to alert when the CPU goes to say 95%, but only if it stays there for over X minutes?
If not, does anyone know a free/cheap solution? I need to be able to fire off a script…
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Perfmon counters for monitoring general IIS/MSSQL server activity
I have a virtual server with a hosting company so CPU and RAM are limited. I need to watch load/performance over time to know when to upgrade the server.
The site runs multiple ASP.NET apps as well as PHP apps, all with MSSQL backend.
What are some…
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View the performance counters I have added to a Data Collector set after creation on Windows Server 2008 R2
I have been working on creating a Data Collector Set to use to collect relevant performance information for an application my team is developing. I am using Performance Monitor on a Windows 2008 R2 server. However after I add the various performance…
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Perfmon not showing recently added databases
Problem: I have a production server ( 64-bit Windows server 2003 R2 ), when i try to add Sql:Databases counter in the perfmon, it does not show me the recently added databases to select from.
Addition Info: Now i had the same problem on another…
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SYSTEM process not having write privileges
I'm running a process from the user SYSTEM. (In the Task Manager, the process is being run by the User Name SYSTEM, not my username.) Even though I'm an admin, the process can't write files over DFS because the username SYSTEM doesn't have the same…
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Restore Perfmon Action/View Menus after hiding?
In Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Service Pack 2:
Start > Run... > perfmon
Select menu View > Customize...
Uncheck option "Standard menus (Action and View)"
Select button "OK"
How might I now restore menus Action and View to their…
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Perfmon - Redirector current command 0 result
I'd like to monitor how many SMB connections there are at any given time for my 2008R2 file server, but when I add Redirector/Current Commands in perfmon, I get 0 results.
This KB from Microsoft isn't exactly helpful either:…
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Is there a perfmon replacement?
I need faster stats polling and more granular display than once a second... Is there a way to configure perfmon to poll/display on faster intervals? Or is there an alternative that can query the same stats at higher frequencies?
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How to bring Paging File usage metric to zero?
I am trying to tune a SQL Server. Per Brent Ozar's Performance Tuning Video, he says the PerfMon's
Paging File:%Usage should be zero or ridiculously close to it. The average metric on my box is around 1.341%
The box has 18 GB of RAM, the SQL…
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Interpretation of typeperf counters for loopback interface
I have collected performance statistics using typeperf for the following counters:
Network Interface(MS TCP Loopback interface)\Bytes Total/sec 10 203 372
Network Interface(MS TCP Loopback interface)\Current Bandwidth 10 000 000
How to explain…
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Performance Monitor ( perfmon ) - how to open .blg file
I have recorded data through perfmon.msc, and save the data. The extension of the Data is .blg.
Whenever i double click the file the below windows get open.
here, i can't see any log which i have recorded
Please advice how to open this .blg…
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How to keep log / keep record of one particular Process
In my Task Manager, there is one process (.exe)
I want to keep log or keep record of that process i.e how much cpu % it is utilizing for a particular time \ Day.
for example :- abc.exe process
Can you suggest, how to do ?
can we have a log through…
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Perfmon returns unusual performance objects
I have a several servers in a cluster. One of them is misbehaving and running slowly. I connect to it remotely with PerfMon:
Using the "Add Counters" dialog I select my remote server and in the "Performance object" drop down I see a list of numbers…
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