Performance data

[vefatica]

I had my first run-in with the PDH (Perf Data Helper) API today. It's nice ... easy to use, gets perf data faster than a WMI query would, and it does so without any surrogate processes (WmiPrsSE.EXE). You can see a list of what info is available with this command (typeperf.exe is a Windows utility in System32). Here, there are 1779 counters.

typeperf -q

TYPEPERF will also query counters, even monitor them, but not in a particularly nice format.

v:\> typeperf "\System\System Up Time" -sc 1

"(PDH-CSV 4.0)","\\ZZ\System\System Up Time"
"07/15/2014 22:21:56.714","1669114.973423"

The command completed successfully.

A generic @PERFDATA[] plugin would be easy. The user would have to provide the name of the counter (exactly as TYPEPERF -Q displays it). Also possible is a (small) number of internal variables ( _VAR ) that target specific counters of interest.

Any interest?

 

[Joe Caverly]

Further to what Vince said, the GUI version of this can be found in the Reliability and Performance Monitor that comes with Windows Vista and above;

"C:\Windows\system32\mmc.exe" "C:\Windows\System32\perfmon.msc" /s

From the GUI, open Monitoring Tools, select Performance Monitor.

Right-click Performance Monitor, select the Data tab, click the Add... button, and select your counter.

This information can also be accessed via the .NET Framework, and PowerShell.

A plugin would be useful, as I presently monitor the Network Interface for my D-Link Wireless Adapter.

Joe

 

[Joe Caverly]

On my system, to find the instance of my D-Link Wireless Adapter, I use the following command;

typeperf.exe -qx | find "Network Interface"

which returns;

\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Bytes Total/sec
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Bytes Total/sec
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Packets/sec
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Packets/sec
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Packets Received/sec
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Packets Received/sec
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Packets Sent/sec
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Packets Sent/sec
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Current Bandwidth
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Current Bandwidth
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Bytes Received/sec
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Bytes Received/sec
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Packets Received Unicast/sec
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Packets Received Unicast/sec
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Packets Received Non-Unicast/sec
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Packets Received Non-Unicast/sec
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Packets Received Discarded
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Packets Received Discarded
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Packets Received Errors
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Packets Received Errors
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Packets Received Unknown
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Packets Received Unknown
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Bytes Sent/sec
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Bytes Sent/sec
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Packets Sent Unicast/sec
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Packets Sent Unicast/sec
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Packets Sent Non-Unicast/sec
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Packets Sent Non-Unicast/sec
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Packets Outbound Discarded
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Packets Outbound Discarded
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Packets Outbound Errors
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Packets Outbound Errors
\Network Interface(Intel[R] 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection)\Output Queue Length
\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Output Queue Length

which allows me to select the specific counter that I require;

typeperf.exe "\Network Interface(D-Link DWA-525 Wireless N 150 Desktop Adapter[rev.A2])\Bytes Total/sec"

Joe