- Launching Performance Monitor
- Switching Between Views
- Managing Workspace and Settings Files
- Using and Monitoring Counters
- Using Performance Monitor with other Workstations on your Network
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Managing Workspace and Settings Files
When you use Performance Monitor, you will find that the same series of objects and associated counters are used for tracking overall system performance. These object:counter relationships are used for troubleshooting common system-level and network-wide performance issues that impact overall productivity and throughput in a given company. For example, a company may be doing quite a bit of network traffic with servers located throughout a campus (as is the case with Microsoft), and the need for capturing performance "profiles" in the case of settings files is needed.
To accommodate this need, the Performance Monitor has settings files that enable you to save the counters for the view. A similar type of file, called a workspace file, saves all the counters for all of the views. Using a workspace file prevents the user from always adding counters to track each Performance Monitor session. Instead, the settings or workspace file is opened using the File, Open command in Performance Monitor.
If Performance Monitor is not already running, open the Control Panel and then select Administrative Tools. You'll find Performance Monitor in the Administrative Tools group.
Choose the view window for which you want to save the settings. Add any counters to the view that you want to monitor.
From the Console menu, select Save Settings to save the settings file, or choose Save Workspace to save the settings in the MMC format compatible with this interface.
The Save As dialog box appears.
In the File Name box of the Save As dialog box, type the filename you want for the settings or workspace file.
Choose the Save button. The filename appears in the title bar of the Performance Monitor window.
Each of the settings or workspace files is saved with an extension that depends on the type of view that was saved. For example, chart view settings files are saved with the extension of MMC. These extensions assist in defining the type of settings or workspace file being saved. The following list provide a listing of file extensions and counters saved:
|
Extension |
View Counters Saved |
|
MMC |
Microsoft Management Console (default) |
|
PMC |
Chart View counters |
|
PMR |
Report View counters |
|
PMA |
Alert View counters |
|
PML |
Log View counters |
|
PMW |
All views counters (workspace) |
After a settings or workspace file is saved, it can be loaded into Performance Monitor using the File, Open command from the pull-down menus. Additionally, the file can be copied to disks or across the network for use on other Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT machines that use Performance Monitor. This makes it easier to obtain the same performance data on different Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT systems.
Settings and workspace files can be even more convenient if you specify them on the command line of a shortcut or a menu item. This makes it easier to start Performance Monitor with the proper settings already loaded. To load a settings file when Performance Monitor has already been started, type the following command line in the command prompt window:
C:\<Windows NT directory>\system32\perfmon.exe c: <settings file path>
where the <Windows NT directory> is the location of the Windows 2000 directory, and <settings file path> is the directory location of the settings file. For example, to load PROCESS.PMA located in the WINNT directory, you would type c:\winnt\system32\perfmon.exe c:\winnt\process.pma in the command line box of the Run dialog box, the shortcut properties dialog box, or the menu item properties dialog box.