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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.

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perfmon counters can be selected but don't display data

I can select perfmon counters, but not all the selected counters will display. For example: Processor/% Idle/_TOTAL is selectable but doesn't appear in the log file. Yet, Processor /% Priviledge ...
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No PerfMon data through WMI

I'm trying to get \DBServer\SQLServer:Buffer Manager\Page life expectancy data through WMI. When I do this through perfmon, I get actual data. However when I try and pull this from either of these ...
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Excel techniques for perfmon csv log file analysis

I have perfmon running against several servers, where I'm outputting to a .csv file data like CPU %time, memory bytes free, hard disk I/O metrics like s/write and writes/s. The ones graphing the SQL ...
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How frequently does PerfMon write to a datasource?

I am looking at running perfmon on our servers and storing the data to a data source, which is relatively easy to do. However, my concern is with how frequently Perfmon will perform data updates. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Is there a perfmon replacement? [closed]

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 ...
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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 ...
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I want to measure memory usage of an application over time. How do I do it?

I want to use PerfMon to measure memory usage of the application over time, however, there are more than dozen Memory related counters. Which one will give me an accurate picture?
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How can be cout \Process(sqlservr)\% Processor Time over 300 %

The counter, Process(sqlservr)\% Processor Time, is hovering around 361% on one of my database servers. This counter reflects the percent of total time SQL Server spent running on CPU (user mode + ...
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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 "...
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Perfmon - Win 2008 - Recording Metric Twice!

I am noticing that a local perfmon I have set up to measure CPU on a Win 2008 server is actually recording two data points when recording to CPU: "(PDH-CSV 4.0) (GMT Daylight Time)(-60)","\\SIA16\...
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List a server's available WMI Performance data classes

How can I get a list of all WMI performance counters classes on a given server, to use in scripts for monitoring purposes. I know one can use the performance monitor, but the classes displayed don't ...
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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 ...
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What does the command "perfmon /sys /comp" do?

I discovered the command perfmon /sys /comp and that seems to allow me to launch it in "transparency mode" among other things. I'm lacking a creative mind right now, but when would this be useful? ...
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Monitor if Perfmon counter sets are running

We have an issue where occasionally over time, a Perfmon counter set will stop. We are looking for a way to monitor if a particular counter set is running, does anyone know of a way to do this? We ...
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Setting MaxWorkItems Has No Effect (Windows Server 2003)

We have an application that monitors remote directories for change notifications using ReadDirectoryChangesW() . According to Microsoft documentation, each outstanding change notification request ...
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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. ...
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ETL log collected using Windows Performance Recorder shows blank stack frames

I have collected a ETL log for a CPU spike using WPR but the hot path is ending with blank stack frames. Can anyone please explain what happened ? Screenshot of Windows performance analyzer showing ...
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How long does Perfmon take to write a data collector file?

I have started a user defined data collection set with Perfmon and would like to run it for some days. It's now been almost 24 hours and the .blg file is still zero bytes. Before starting this, we ...
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How can I track how many IIS requests have been served via perfmon?

What is the best way to track the total number of IIS requests have been served using Perfmon. I am wanting to track sover a time period the total number of requests served but Google and searching is ...
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perfmon - single thread utilizing max CPU - how to detect?

I work as a windows server admin. Part of my work is to maintan servers and react to monitoring alerts which are often about high CPU load. Sometimes it happens that some app or process gets stuck in ...
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Difference between ASP.Net Applications and ASP.Net Apps vSomething Performance Counter Sets

On Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (and probably earlier versions) I see several Performance Monitor Counter sets/categories that have similar names and similar counters: \ASP.NET Applications(*)\* \...
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"Skype for Business StatsMan PerfAgent" causing "The Open Procedure for service XXX in DLL ZZZ failed"

We followed the Microsoft article here and installed the "Skype for Business StatsMan PerfAgent" on our Skype for Business server. The product is working as expected but every 10 min the PerfAgent.exe ...
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Logman - Monitor single process handle count

I am attempting to monitor the Handle Count of a single Process using logman. I am able to monitor may different counters but cannot seem to get the Process counter to filter down to the single ...
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How to Track Sockets per port per processes via PerfMon?

I'm trying to chase down how many sockets are being opened per a specific processes per a specific UDP port over time. Is there a perfmon counter to track this in Windows 2008 -> 2012R2? IE: Snmp ...
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RemoteFX Network Peformance Counters / ETW Provider

I would like to collect the data from multiple Remote Desktop Host Servers as efficiently as possible. I know that PerfMon is a consumer of ETW events that are published via an ETW Provider. My ...
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Why perfmon for remote desktop servers get an empty file (only time stamp)?

I'm trying to remotely monitor a server using perfmon, the output file is always empty and only the time stamp field is there?
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Perfmon % Processor Time unbalanced

I am somewhat of an accidental DBA, and I'm troubleshooting a SQL Server box where performance has been notoriously poor (as reported by the customer). I was not involved in the initial planning of ...
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Oracle Counters for Perfmon

How to install Oracle Counters for Windows Performance Monitor (and operfcfg.exe) on a separate machine (other than the machine where Oracle Database Server is installed) ? The Oracle database version ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How to setup Perfmon/Logman to get the Thread performance counters for only a specific IIS process?

I am trying to setup Perfmon/Logman to collect some performance counters to monitor my IIS6 installation. There are multiple w3wp instances on this host, and I can successfully collect data for the ...
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Lightweight equivalent of resmon.exe for monitoring multiple servers

I'm looking to set up at-a-glanoe monitoring of CPU. disk, network and memory usage for half-dozen Windows servers. Windows Performance Monitor is far too complex for what I need - the array of ...
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Why is the average in perfmon different than the average calculated from the csv?

I'm looking at a Physical Disk\Avg. Disk sec/Transfer counter in perfmon. We've always had faith in the Average number that perfmon reports over the selected time span. I can't figure out why if I ...
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Does Logman's -cnf Switch Work?

We've been trying to create PerfMon counters that contain up to 15 minutes worth of data before writing to a new file. PerfMon can be configured to do this, but it resets these settings whenever the ...
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Perfmon in Windows 2008 R2 with multiple graphs with seperate durations

In Windows 2003 we could open perfmon and then add multiple snapins to have a console that displays perfmon say for example in 3 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours in the same .MSC. It was then easy to ...
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What Performance Object in Performance Monitor will show Split IO/sec for USB flash drives?

I'm using a Windows XP desktop to test the I/O for a 4GB USB flash drive. I would like to use Performance Monitor to capture the statistics of the test, but neither the Physical Disk or the Logical ...
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Monitor cpu usage after crash

I am running Windows Server 2012 R2 on a dedicated server that I can only access via RDP or to turn on and off via power control. My server keeps crashing and I am not sure why. I looked at event ...
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Representing server state with a metric

I'm using Microsoft's Performance Monitor to dump logs of RAM, CPU, network, and disk usage from multiple servers. I'd like to get a single metric that captures the state of a given variable to a good ...
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Is there a Windows equivalent for Snap Kit?

We are hosting a 3rd-party app on a Windows workstation and we are receiving window degredation / zero window at the receive window, which is not justified by any communication behind the box. We've ...
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Cache Total Entries increase and decrease as a delta shape. Why?

My performance counter "cache total entries" "cache total hits" "cache total misses" keeps increasing and decreasing as a delta shape around every 1 hour.The decreasing is much fast than increasing. ...
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