Built into Windows, perfmon uses Data Collector Sets to log event traces and performance counters. It cannot look inside network packets.
Also called perfmon.
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Terms in this definition
- Event
Table in Log Analytics where entries from Windows event logs are kept.
- Performance
Routing method in Traffic Manager that directs users to whichever endpoint offers the lowest latency.
Related terms
- Data Collector Set
In Performance Monitor, a scheduled bundle that logs chosen counters together with ETW traces and configuration information.
- logman
A command-line utility for building, launching, halting, querying, importing and exporting Performance Monitor data collector sets.
- MMC
Microsoft Management Console. Admin tools like Performance Monitor or Computer Management run inside it as snap-ins, and plenty of those can target remote machines.
- typeperf
A command-line utility for writing counter data from Performance Monitor either to the screen or to a log.