4.2.5 Environment configuration required for collecting performance data

To collect performance data on the network environment required for running PFM - Agent for Platform, all network services, protocols, servers, and products must be installed before the Agent Collector service is started. Note that if the environment for the installed products is not configured, or if additionally installed services are not running, performance data will be collected, but data might not be obtained field values might be displayed as 0.

To collect performance data for specific records in PFM - Agent for Platform, the prerequisites shown in the following table need to be satisfied before the Agent Collector service is started. Note that the following table does not include services required for OS operation, such as Event Logs (service name: Eventlog).

The following table describes the prerequisites for collecting performance data.

Table 4-3 Prerequisites for collecting performance data

CategoryRecord name (record ID)Field name (PFM - View name)Prerequisites
OSLogical Disk Overview (PI_LOGD)Page File Size Mbytes
(PAGE_FILE_SIZE_BYTES)
Windows Management Instrumentation (service name: WinMgmt) has started.
Note: This is only required for Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012.
Process End Detail (PD_PEND)All
Processor Overview (PI_PCSR)All
System Overview (PI)% Total DPC Time
(PCT_TOTAL_DPC_TIME)
% Total Interrupt Time
(PCT_TOTAL_INTERRUPT_TIME)
Active CPUs
(NUMBER_OF_ACTIVE_CPUS)
CPU %
(PCT_TOTAL_PROCESSOR_TIME)
Privileged CPU %
(PCT_TOTAL_PRIVILEGED_TIME)
System Type
(SYSTEM_TYPE)
Total DPC Rate
(TOTAL_DPC_RATE)
Total DPCs Queued/sec
(TOTAL_DPCS_QUEUED_PER_SEC)
Total Interrupts/sec
(TOTAL_INTERRUPTS_PER_SEC)
User CPU %
(PCT_TOTAL_USER_TIME)
Network servicesBrowser Overview (PI_BRSR)AllComputer Browser (service name: Browser) has started.
WINS Server Overview (PI_WINS)AllWindows Internet Name Service (WINS) has been installed, and subsequently added services have been started.
Server Work Queues Overview (PI_SVRQ)AllServer (service name: LanmanServer) has started.
System Overview (PI)Blocking Reqs Rejected (BLOCKING_REQUESTS_REJECTED)
Bytes Rcvd/sec (BYTES_RECEIVED_PER_SEC)
Bytes Total/sec (BYTES_TOTAL_PER_SEC)
Bytes Xmitd/sec (BYTES_TRANSMITTED_PER_SEC)
Context Blocks Queued/sec (CONTEXT_BLOCKS_QUEUED_PER_SEC)
Errors Access Permissions (ERRORS_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS)
Errors Granted Access (ERRORS_GRANTED_ACCESS)
Errors Logon (ERRORS_LOGON)
Errors System (ERRORS_SYSTEM)
File Directory Searches (FILE_DIRECTORY_SEARCHES)
Files Open (FILES_OPEN)
Files Opened Total (FILES_OPENED_TOTAL)
Logon Total (LOGON_TOTAL)
Logon/sec (LOGON_PER_SEC)
Pool Nonpaged Failures (POOL_NONPAGED_FAILURES)
Pool Nonpaged Peak (POOL_NONPAGED_PEAK)
Pool Paged Failures (POOL_PAGED_FAILURES)
Pool Paged Peak (POOL_PAGED_PEAK)
Server Pool Nonpaged Bytes (SERVER_POOL_NONPAGED_BYTES)
Server Pool Paged Bytes (SERVER_POOL_PAGED_BYTES)
Server Sessions (SERVER_SESSIONS)
Sessions Errored Out (SESSIONS_ERRORED_OUT)
Sessions Forced Off (SESSIONS_FORCED_OFF)
Sessions Logged Off (SESSIONS_LOGGED_OFF)
Sessions Timed Out (SESSIONS_TIMED_OUT)
Work Item Shortages (WORK_ITEM_SHORTAGES)
Active DirectoryActive Directory Overview (PI_AD)Cache % HitActive Directory is enabled, and the Active Directory database performance counter has been installed.
Cache Page Fault Stalls/sec
Cache Page Faults/sec
Cache Size
Log Record Stalls/sec
Log Threads Waiting
Log Writes/sec
Table Open Cache % Hit
Table Open Cache Hits/sec
Table Open Cache Misses/sec
Table Opens/sec
Anything other than the aboveActive Directory is enabled.