Performance Monitor Counters

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Paul

I would like to create a Windows 2000 Advanced Server
with my performance counters to output to csv file format
with the name in a mmddhh format. I would like also for
this job to run as a service.

Please help me with this task.

Thank You,

Paul
 
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From: "Paul" <[email protected]>
Subject: Performance Monitor Counters
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:12:40 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.advanced_server

I would like to create a Windows 2000 Advanced Server
with my performance counters to output to csv file format
with the name in a mmddhh format. I would like also for
this job to run as a service.

Please help me with this task.

Thank You,

Paul
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Paul,

When logging with Performance Monitor (Perfmon) in Windows 2000 it automatically runs as a service, "Performance Logs
and Alerts".

Everything you are asking for as far as saving as a CSV file and using the mmddhh format can be set on the Log Files tab
of the logs properties.

If you want it to start logging again after a reboot you should be able to set it to "Start a new log file" in the "After a log file
closes" section on the Schedule tab of the logs properties.

For more information on Perfmon logging in Windows 2000 please see the article below.

248345 - How to Create a Log Using System Monitor in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];248345

Bill Peele
Microsoft Enterprise Support

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Bill,
When I reboot or restart the service "Performance Logs and Alerts" all logs and alerts remain stopped, even if the "Start a new log file" in the "After a log file
closes" section on the Schedule tab of the logs properties is set to on
How can I force a log to restart automatically (or programmatically by script ?) on the service start-up

Thanks
Frederic
 
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From: "=?Utf-8?B?ZnJlZGVyaWMgbWVybGU=?=" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Performance Monitor Counters
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:36:07 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.advanced_server

Bill,
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When I reboot or restart the service "Performance Logs and Alerts" all logs and alerts remain stopped, even if the "Start a
new log file" in the "After a log file

closes" section on the Schedule tab of the logs properties is set to on

How can I force a log to restart automatically (or programmatically by script ?) on the service start-up



Thanks

Frederic

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This only works if the log is already started and the system is rebooted, it should cause the log to continue once the system
is backup. If the log is stopped when the system is rebooted it will not start it again. I test it and you are correct if does not
restart the log if we stop and restart the Performance Logs and Alerts service.

Do you have access to a Windows XP system? I ask because there are two files from Windows XP, Logman.exe and
Pdh.dll, which we can copy to a Windows 2000 system and then use then to start a stopped log. To do this we would create
the folder C:\Mylogs on the Windows 2000 system and copy the two files mentioned above into this folder. Now in
Performance Monitor we would create a CSV log with a name, example: REBOOT, and make sure you set it to end with
mmddhh formatting. Now we need to create a batch file called Mylogs.cmd similar to the following:

c:
cd\mylogs
logman start reboot

We can now use this batch file as part of a script, in the Startup group or the Run registry key, or simply as a desktop icon.
When this batch file is executed it will start the log with a name of REBOOT, appending a new mmddhh each time it is
started.

You can use any name for the log as long as you the same name in the batch file.

Bill Peele
Microsoft Enterprise Support

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