I need to get performance counters from the network card. To make things easy, the user selects the needed adapter by typing an index number in a console application.
This is the code that gets the user input and creates performance counter instance
var connectionNames = NetworkCardLocator.GetConnectedCardNames().ToArray();
log.Debug("Please select one of the available connections");
log.Debug("--");
for (int i = 0; i < connectionNames.Count(); i++)
{
log.Debug(i + ". " + connectionNames[i]);
}
log.Debug("--");
var key = Console.ReadLine();
int idx = 0;
Int32.TryParse(key, out idx);
string connectionName = connectionNames[idx];
var networkBytesSent = new PerformanceCounter("Network Interface", "Bytes Sent/sec", connectionName);
var networkBytesReceived = new PerformanceCounter("Network Interface", "Bytes Received/sec", connectionName);
var networkBytesTotal = new PerformanceCounter("Network Interface", "Bytes Total/sec", connectionName);
This is how I select available adapters
internal static IEnumerable<string> GetConnectedCardNames()
{
string query = String.Format(@"SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapter");
var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher
{
Query = new ObjectQuery(query)
};
try
{
log.Debug("Trying to select network adapters");
var adapterObjects = searcher.Get();
var names = (from ManagementObject o in adapterObjects
select o["Name"])
.Cast<string>();
return names;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
log.Debug("Failed to get needed names, see Exception log for details");
log.Fatal(ex);
throw;
}
}
Problem
Given I have selected the needed adapter, the code works on my machine (Win 2008 R2 Ent x64). It doesn't work on some of the VMs I use for testing (Win 2008 R1 DC x86). Any selection there gives me an exception (still works on my PC and VM Win 2008 R1 Std x86)
foreach (PerformanceCounter counter in counters)
{
float rawValue = counter.NextValue(); //thrown here
...
}
2011-06-10 11:08:20,505 [10] DEBUG TH.Exceptions Instance 'WAN Miniport (PPTP)' does not exist in the specified Category.
System.InvalidOperationException: Instance 'WAN Miniport (PPTP)' does not exist in the specified Category.
at System.Diagnostics.CounterDefinitionSample.GetInstanceValue(String instanceName)
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.NextSample()
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.NextValue()
at TH.PerformanceMonitor.API.Internal.PerformanceLogService.DoPerformanceLogging(IEnumerable`1 counters, Int32 interval, TimeSpan duration) in C:\Projects\...\PerformanceLogService.cs:line 122
at TH.PerformanceMonitor.API.PerformanceManager.DoPerformanceLogging() in C:\Projects\...\PerformanceManager.cs:line 294
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean ignoreSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
Q
What might be the problem, or how can I trace the reasons?
