Performance Counters On Windows.
list Neil Franken
Hi All As you might have noticed I have been working a bit on getting performance counter reporting into Xymon. I want to know the following from the list. 1) How many of you would use this? 2) What other performance counters would you like monitoring? If there is a real need for more counters I am more than willing to step up to the plate and help with scripts. Regards Neil
list Joe Sloan
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On 06/22/2010 10:51 PM, Neil Franken wrote:
Hi All As you might have noticed I have been working a bit on getting performance counter reporting into Xymon. I want to know the following from the list. 1) How many of you would use this? 2) What other performance counters would you like monitoring? If there is a real need for more counters I am more than willing to step up to the plate and help with scripts.
I'd love to see performance counters for linux. Joe
list Josh Luthman
Not sure exactly what "performance counter reporting" is. I have one Windows "server". It's nothing more then Win2003 that runs Quickbooks. At this time I simply ping it. Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Neil Franken
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<user-1689acfc5a3b@xymon.invalid> wrote:Hi All As you might have noticed I have been working a bit on getting performance counter reporting into Xymon. I want to know the following from the list. 1) How many of you would use this? 2) What other performance counters would you like monitoring? If there is a real need for more counters I am more than willing to step up to the plate and help with scripts. Regards Neil
list Neil Franken
Lucky You. I have 6 Linux server(which never gives problems) and 66 Windows servers (which is well.... maintenance intensive).No offence to anyone out there but what I am finding is that .Net made programming so simple that most of the code created by the developers (here at my office at least) is a bloody pain to maintain.I have about 10 TerraBytes worth of data on MSSQL 2005 and I use performance counters to profile what is going on where to help me make sure these server are performing as required. Personally I program in C++/Java using netbeans,glassfish, anjuta etc but it seems here in South Africa there is no work in that arena for me. I suspect it is different in the other parts of the world. Regards Neil
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-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 23 June 2010 07:59 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Performance Counters On Windows.
Not sure exactly what "performance counter reporting" is.
I have one Windows "server". It's nothing more then Win2003 that runs
Quickbooks. At this time I simply ping it.
Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to
continue that counts."
--- Winston Churchill
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Neil Franken
<user-1689acfc5a3b@xymon.invalid> wrote:Hi All As you might have noticed I have been working a bit on getting performance counter reporting into Xymon. I want to know the following from the list. 1) How many of you would use this? 2) What other performance counters would you like monitoring? If there is a real need for more counters I am more than willing to step up to the plate and help with scripts. Regards Neil
list Neil Franken
I am not sure linux has the equivalent of Windows Performance Counters. Correct me if I am wrong but you would be able to read system variables from the proc directory and report that probably? I have only been using Linux full time for just over 3 years now and still learning. Love it though.
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-----Original Message-----
From: joe [mailto:user-b1d2c84d244b@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 23 June 2010 07:57 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Performance Counters On Windows.
On 06/22/2010 10:51 PM, Neil Franken wrote:Hi All As you might have noticed I have been working a bit on getting performance counter reporting into Xymon. I want to know the following from the list. 1) How many of you would use this? 2) What other performance counters would you like monitoring? If there is a real need for more counters I am more than willing to step up to the plate and help with scripts.
I'd love to see performance counters for linux. Joe
list Josh Luthman
It's not luck :) So what are you offering? I can run bbwin on my server if it would help you test.
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On 6/23/10, Neil Franken <user-1689acfc5a3b@xymon.invalid> wrote:Lucky You. I have 6 Linux server(which never gives problems) and 66 Windows servers (which is well.... maintenance intensive).No offence to anyone out there but what I am finding is that .Net made programming so simple that most of the code created by the developers (here at my office at least) is a bloody pain to maintain.I have about 10 TerraBytes worth of data on MSSQL 2005 and I use performance counters to profile what is going on where to help me make sure these server are performing as required. Personally I program in C++/Java using netbeans,glassfish, anjuta etc but it seems here in South Africa there is no work in that arena for me. I suspect it is different in the other parts of the world. Regards Neil -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid] Sent: 23 June 2010 07:59 AM To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Subject: Re: [hobbit] Performance Counters On Windows. Not sure exactly what "performance counter reporting" is. I have one Windows "server". It's nothing more then Win2003 that runs Quickbooks. At this time I simply ping it. Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." --- Winston Churchill On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Neil Franken <user-1689acfc5a3b@xymon.invalid> wrote:Hi All As you might have noticed I have been working a bit on getting performance counter reporting into Xymon. I want to know the following from the list. 1) How many of you would use this? 2) What other performance counters would you like monitoring? If there is a real need for more counters I am more than willing to step up to the plate and help with scripts. Regards Neil
-- Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill
list Buchan Milne
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On Wednesday, 23 June 2010 06:57:29 joe wrote:
On 06/22/2010 10:51 PM, Neil Franken wrote:Hi All As you might have noticed I have been working a bit on getting performance counter reporting into Xymon. I want to know the following from the list. 1) How many of you would use this? 2) What other performance counters would you like monitoring? If there is a real need for more counters I am more than willing to step up to the plate and help with scripts.I'd love to see performance counters for linux.
Which performance counters? For specific applications? Or kernel/OS/hardware related ones? Or something else? Regards, Buchan
list Raymond Storer
Neil, I would be interested in any performance counter work you do for the Windows platform. Should you like to do it for the ESX or ESXi platforms I'd be interested in that as well. For now, I use PowerShell and WMI for Windows and VMware's PowerCli for ESX and ESXi to get what I need when I need it. Ray
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-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Franken [mailto:user-1689acfc5a3b@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:31 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Performance Counters On Windows.
I am not sure linux has the equivalent of Windows Performance Counters.
Correct me if I am wrong but you would be able to read system variables
from the proc directory and report that probably?
I have only been using Linux full time for just over 3 years now and
still learning. Love it though.
-----Original Message-----
From: joe [mailto:user-b1d2c84d244b@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 23 June 2010 07:57 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Performance Counters On Windows.
On 06/22/2010 10:51 PM, Neil Franken wrote:Hi All As you might have noticed I have been working a bit on getting performance counter reporting into Xymon. I want to know the following from the list. 1) How many of you would use this? 2) What other performance counters would you like monitoring? If there is a real need for more counters I am more than willing to step up to the plate and help with scripts.
I'd love to see performance counters for linux. Joe
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list Neil Franken
Hi Raymond. Thanks for the reply. I think my main aim would be to create a set of scripts with the most useful performance counters for Windows. So my question to the list is this. Which counters do you monitor or would you like to monitor? Like I said if we can get baseline counters covered it will add a lot to the Xymon Project as far as getting more people on board. I am toying with the idea of publishing a article on how to monitor SQL Server performance with Xymon for one of the SQL server websites like SQLServerCentral.com. Like I said lots of ideas just not enough time. Regards Neil
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-----Original Message-----
From: Storer, Raymond [mailto:user-bbaa567d59bb@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 23 June 2010 03:25 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Performance Counters On Windows.
Neil, I would be interested in any performance counter work you do for
the Windows platform. Should you like to do it for the ESX or ESXi
platforms I'd be interested in that as well. For now, I use PowerShell
and WMI for Windows and VMware's PowerCli for ESX and ESXi to get what I
need when I need it.
Ray
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Franken [mailto:user-1689acfc5a3b@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:31 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Performance Counters On Windows.
I am not sure linux has the equivalent of Windows Performance Counters.
Correct me if I am wrong but you would be able to read system variables
from the proc directory and report that probably?
I have only been using Linux full time for just over 3 years now and
still learning. Love it though.
-----Original Message-----
From: joe [mailto:user-b1d2c84d244b@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 23 June 2010 07:57 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Performance Counters On Windows.
On 06/22/2010 10:51 PM, Neil Franken wrote:Hi All As you might have noticed I have been working a bit on getting performance counter reporting into Xymon. I want to know the following from the list. 1) How many of you would use this? 2) What other performance counters would you like monitoring? If there is a real need for more counters I am more than willing to step up to the plate and help with scripts.
I'd love to see performance counters for linux. Joe CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.
list Sean Clark
I have another interesting problem with acknowledgements sent to hobbit Just this morning, I had 18 events go A_ALERT state, but when I tried to send hobbitdack to them, I get: 2010-06-24 08:46:30 Cookie 847650 not found, dropping ack 2010-06-24 08:47:27 Cookie 847650 not found, dropping ack 2010-06-24 09:32:21 Cookie 659882 not found, dropping ack 2010-06-24 09:32:24 Cookie 167605 not found, dropping ack 2010-06-24 09:32:59 Cookie 167605 not found, dropping ack 2010-06-24 09:33:18 Cookie 167605 not found, dropping ack 2010-06-24 09:33:18 Cookie 659882 not found, dropping ack 2010-06-24 09:33:20 Cookie 167605 not found, dropping ack 2010-06-24 09:33:36 Cookie 659882 not found, dropping ack 2010-06-24 09:34:09 Cookie 167605 not found, dropping ack 2010-06-24 09:34:35 Cookie 659882 not found, dropping ack [there are repeats because people kept trying to send ack to it] That Cookie matches what is contained in hobbitdboard for the event, so they should be found, and these events had never been ack'd before Has anyone else seen issues of failures to acknowledge an alert? -Sean This E-mail and any of its attachments may contain Time Warner Cable proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to Time Warner Cable. This E-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this E-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this E-mail and any printout.