Extended Monitoring Guide

4. Monitor Other Performance Counters

To create your own WinPerf data sources follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to either a new or an existing performance template and select New DataSource from the Data Sources table menu.

  2. Enter a name for the data source, select WinPerf as the type and click OK.

  3. Enter a Windows performance counter in the Perf Counter field. See Windows Perfmon counters for more details.

  4. Click Save. Notice that a data point is created with the same name as the performance counter you selected.

  5. If you wish you can test the counter by entering a device id in the Test Device field and clicking the Test button.