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Windows performance

Monitor description

The monitor can query a Windows performance counter to compare with a compare value using a compare operation. If the compare operation evaluates to false the monitor fails the test. Optionally two performance counters can be queried and combined before compared with the compare value.

  • System type: Windows
  • Category: Performance

Windows performance monitor property page

Monitor specific properties

  • Object/Counter/Instance - Name of the primary performance object to test. These values can be enumerated by using the enumeration function. The instance field is intentionally left blank for some counter types. Click the Rescan link to refresh these values
  • Object/Counter/Instance - Optional. Secondary performance object. These values can be enumerated by using the enumeration function. The instance field is intentionally left blank for some counter types.
  • Combine operation - Optional operation used when querying two counters. They can be combined into a final result by using the add, subtract, divide or multiplicative operation.
  • Divisor - A value that the retrieved value is divided with before the comparison.
  • Logon account - To override the object default account, select an account from the list.
  • Data type - The unit of data sampled by the test. This makes it possible to group data from this type of monitor with other monitors such as CPU utilization in reports.
  • Compare value - User defined compare value. Only numerical values are valid.
  • Value type - Type of value returned.
  • Compare operation - Operation used to evaluate the returned result and the predefined compare value.