Creating a performance trace

 

NOTE that all the agents (Windows, Linux, JBoss, and Jonas) work in exactly the same way and this help section details a Windows perfmon specific example.

 

To create a performance trace, follow these steps:

  1. In the left-hand pane of the Statistical Console, open the top-level node Statistical Data Collection to reveal the options available  performance trace.
  2. Right click on Windows System Trace to bring up the popup menu. Select New Windows System Trace. The Choose the Windows Perfmon Trace Host dialog box opens.

    Configure performance trace host

  3. Select the host to be used and click OK
  4. A new node appears in the left-hand pane of the Statistical console.

    New node

Prerequisite(s)
Creating a new statcon file for performance trace

Related concepts
Monitoring Performance Counters

Related tasks
Starting and stopping a trace
Viewing statistical models
Configuring performance objects

Related reference
Statistical Console graphs and tables

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