Windows Performance Monitor from MSDN

Monitoring performance from the command line

Updated: January 21, 2005

 

Monitoring performance from the command line

In addition to using the Performance graphical interface, you can use the following command line utilities:

•	Logman manages and schedules performance counter and event trace log collections on local and remote systems.
•	Perfmon allows you to open a Performance console configured with the System Monitor ActiveX control and Performance Logs and Alerts Service.
•	Relog extracts performance counters from performance counter logs into other formats, such as text file (tab delimited), text file (comma delimited), binary-BIN, or SQL.
•	Tracerpt processes event trace logs or real-time data from instrumented event trace providers and allows you to generate trace analysis reports and CSV (comma-delimited) files for the events generated.
•	Typeperf writes performance counter data to the command window, or to a supported log file format.
•	Lodctr registers new Performance counter names and Explain text for a service or device driver, and saves and restores counter settings and Explain text.
•	Unlodctr removes Performance counter names and Explain text for a service or device driver from the system registry.

For more information about incorporating these Performance commands into your Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), see "Part One: Operating System Performance" in the System Performance and Troubleshooting Guide, available at the Microsoft Windows Resource Kits Web site .

For information about other command-line utilities, see Command-line reference . For more information about manageability, see Management Strategies and Tools .