Performance Monitor

[Andrew Story]

Hi,

I am trying to gather a lenghtly record of processor activity on an NT4
server. When I set off perfmon and add the processor counter, I can't seem
to save all the info it records during running, is there anyway (or can
someone point me to a document) that shows how to record perfmon's data for
later analysis? Or is there any other free tools out there that people use
for the same purpose?

 

[Tom Celica]

Andrew, double clik the log file where you have defined the counters you
are monitoring (the log file is on the right pane of the perfmon applet)
look at the log file tab, on the bottom hafl of the log file tab select "Log
file type" (I use Text File - CSV).

Once you configure the Performance Monitor to export its data to a txt file,
you will be able to open up that txt file into excel or your favorite tool
and look and the historical data.

Hope that helps
-Tom

 

[Andrew Story]

Thanks for the reply Tom, I'll give it a whirl : )