Using Windows Performance Monitor to evaluate system load
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This article explains how to use Windows Performance Monitor to collect detailed performance information on resource usage and running processes.
With Windows Performance Monitor, you can collect detailed performance information on resource usage and running processes. You can use this to precisely analyze performance problems.
Users can create data collector sets to configure the performance indicators.
To open Windows Performance Monitor, complete the following:
Right-click on the Start button in the taskbar.
Click on Run.
Then enter the command perfmon.msc in the Run dialog box and click OK. The Performance Monitor window opens.
Create a new data collector set
Requirements
You have logged in to the server as an administrator.
You have opened Windows Performance Monitor.
Click on Data Collector Sets in the navigation bar on the left.
Right-click on User Defined.
Click on New > Data Collector Set. The Create new Data Collector Set window opens.
Enter a name for the data collector set in the wizard.
Select the option Create manually (Advanced) and click Next. The following area is displayed: What type of data do you want to include?
In the Create data logs section, activate the Performance counter option and click Next. The following area is displayed: Which performance counters would you like to log?
Click on Add....
In the window that opens, select the desired performance indicators and click Add.
Click on OK.
Click Next. The following area is displayed: Where would you like the data to be saved?
In the Root directory field, click Browse and select the directory in which the data should be saved.
Click on Finish.
Configuring the properties of the data collector set
Click on the > arrow next to User Defined in the left menu, and then click on the new data collector set.
Right-click on DataCollector01 in the area on the right, and select Properties. The DataCollector01 Properties window opens.
In this window, in the Performance Counters tab, select the Comma Separated option in the Log format drop-down list. This format (CSV) can be easily imported and analyzed in other applications such as Microsoft Excel.
Specify the desired interval in the Sample interval and Units fields.
Click on Apply and OK.
Execute data collector set
Click on the newly created data collector set in the left menu.
Click Action > Start in the menu bar.
Windows Performance Monitor starts monitoring your server, and saves the information in the location you specified.