I am currentlly collecting perfmon counters for my Central Management Server to create a base line. Years ago, I had a manager that had me collecting the following counters
"\LogicalDisk(*)\Avg. Disk Queue Length",
"\LogicalDisk(*)\Avg. Disk Read Queue Length",
"\LogicalDisk(*)\Avg. Disk Write Queue Length",
"\LogicalDisk(*)\Current Disk Queue Length",
"\LogicalDisk(*)\Disk Bytes/sec",
"\Memory\Available MBytes",
"\Memory\Pages/sec",
"\Paging File(*)\% Usage",
"\Paging File(*)\% Usage Peak",
"\PhysicalDisk(*)\% Disk Time",
"\PhysicalDisk(*)\Avg. Disk Queue Length",
"\PhysicalDisk(*)\Avg. Disk sec/Read",
"\PhysicalDisk(*)\Avg. Disk sec/Write",
"\PhysicalDisk(*)\Disk Bytes/sec",
"\PhysicalDisk(*)\Disk Reads/sec",
"\PhysicalDisk(*)\Disk Transfers/sec",
"\PhysicalDisk(*)\Disk Writes/sec",
"\Processor(*)\% Idle Time",
"\Processor(*)\% Interrupt Time",
"\Processor(*)\% Privileged Time",
"\Processor(*)\% Processor Time",
"\Processor(*)\% User Time",
"\System\Context Switches/sec",
"\System\Processor Queue Length",
"\System\Threads"
I have the Task Scheduler running every 5 minutes. With all these counters, I am inserting a lot of rows for 33 servers. I am currious, are any of these counters less important than others on this list? Are all of these counters important to track? Can I eliminate any of them? What are the most important perfmon counters to tract to create a baseline for your servers in a Central Management Server?
lcerni