I am trying to configure performance monitor on 2003/2008R1&R2 to capture new instances of the counters without any luck.
For example if I select counter Process\%Processor time (to monitor processor time per any instances of the process) everything works fine until I open or close any application.
If in the meanwhile new application is open it will not be included in the monitoring processor, and old application instance will display zero for % processor time.
The problem is performance monitor is not refreshing instances of the new applications/users/new terminal session/ or any other metrics that changes instances in the meanwhile.
The solution is to stop/start log file, but I don't want to do that every sec and the logging will be split into two files. Anybody knows how do I accomplish to add all new instances?
Any help greatly appreciated
Best Answer
My guess is that you are logging in one of the "Text File" formats. These cannot be used if you want dynamic activity (new processes, etc.) to be captured.
Instead, use the "Binary File" format to capture your data. This will allow perfmon to capture any dynamic activity for the counters that you assign.
Once you collection is completed, if you wish to open the log in Excel/etc., you can use the
relog.exeprogram (included with Windows...) to convert the binary file into a text file. The syntax is: