Quick Performance Monitor

Closed Issue: your example is wrong [7339]

RudolfHenning — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:57:43 GMT

Hi,

The command line in your example (both on the homepage and the example.cmd) is bad. You forgot to escape the % character and wrote Total instead of _Total.
Here's the corrected line:
QPerfMon.exe ".\Processor\%% Processor Time\_Total" ".\Memory\%% Committed Bytes In Use\\" ".\Memory\Pages/sec\\0.1" ".\PhysicalDisk\Avg. Disk Queue Length\_Total\100" -title:Test

Otherwise, nice tool.
Thanks

Closed Issue: crash when monitoring a process that doesn't exist [7340]

RudolfHenning — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:57:42 GMT

Hello,

The program crashes if launched with a counter on a process that doesn't exist.
Or if a counter disappears

QPerfMon.exe ".\Process\%% Processor Time\SomeProgramNotCurrentlyRunning"

or

QPerfMon.exe ".\Process\%% Processor Time\SomeProgramCurrentlyRunning"
-> close the monitored program
-> crash

It would be better to display the counters that are actually available and add a comment like "not available" on the counter.
Or just unchecking the line into the list view, so it could be enabled later.
Anything but a crash :)

Closed Issue: Exception when using scale on computer with different culture [10022]

RudolfHenning — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:57:42 GMT

Hi,

There is a small bug on computer using different decimal separator, in the formating dialog boxes, when using a scale which is inferior to 1: an exception rise. I think the problem is in methods Formatting_Load, because you have hard-coded decimal value to fill the Scale combo-box. Such hard coded value are not culture-dependant. I suggest you use something like that to avoid this problem:
cboScale.Items.Add( String.Format( "{0:F1}", 0.1 ) );
cboScale.Items.Add( String.Format( "{0:F2}", 0.01 ) );
cboScale.Items.Add( String.Format( "{0:F3}", 0.001 ) );
cboScale.Items.Add( String.Format( "{0:F4}", 0.0001 ) );
cboScale.Items.Add( String.Format( "{0:F5}", 0.00001 ) );
cboScale.Items.Add( String.Format( "{0:F6}", 0.000001 ) );
cboScale.Items.Add( String.Format( "{0:F7}", 0.0000001 ) );
Perhaps, there is a better way to do that: I'm not very friendly toward culture-related stuff.

By the way, this small application is really useful :)

Closed Issue: Always on top [11903]

andreone — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:57:41 GMT

Hi,
It could be interesting to the option to toggle the window always on top.
Regards

Updated Wiki: Home

RudolfHenning — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:05:35 GMT

Project Description
This small utility helps to monitor performance counters without using the full blown perfmon tool from Windows. It supports a number of command line parameters and can be launched from batch files, shortcuts or (from version 1.4) preset qpmset files.

Introduction

This small utility was developed to help monitor sets of performance counters quickly and (only) as needed.
The original graph control was based on C2DPushGraph graph control but was customized and enhanced quite a bit for this application's needs. The main aim for the utility is to be really 'simple' without too many fancies - but it is evolving and more things might get added over time.

Update history

1.4.4 - The tool now has the functionality to log the performance counter values to a csv file.
1.4.5 - Enhanced logging options. Check for available disk space, create new file every X MB and change sample rate i.e. only log data for every N times the graph is updated. Additionally the tool will now upgrade/remember previous version settings.
1.4.6 - Small bug fix to graph control to avoid negative/large perf counter values crashing the app.
1.4.8 - Added 'snapping' to desktop plus 'cloning' of performance counters to ease adding a bunch of counters together.
1.4.9 - Added displaying latest and earliest times and more line formatting options.
1.4.10/11 More line formatting options plus fix bug to not allow duplicate counters.
1.4.13 Fixed reported issue with decimal scaled values when using other 'cultures'/formatting.
1.5.0 New graph control implemented. Colors and font can now be customized.
1.6.0 Improved the initial loading speed of application (user experience)
1.7.0 Converted to use .Net 4.0 framework. Line color customizations are now stored in qpmset files. As a result the structure of qpmset files has changed and not compatible with earlier versions. Now includes a proper MSI installer.
1.8.0 Now you can add multiple counters/instances at once! Selecting a category you can multi-select the counters and instances you want to add from lists.
1.8.1 - Added the ability to set the main Window as 'Always On Top'.
1.8.2 - Add the ability for qpmset files to also store the Window location/size so predefined 'sets' can be forced to always open on the same place of the screen.
1.9.1 - Drag and drop now possible inside the app so you can re-order items. Also added the ability to copy & paste counter definitions so it can be edited outside the app (notepad or something) and then added as a new counter or set of counters.
1.9.2 - Drag and drop now possible across multiple windows (not compatible with previous versions)

Usage

The tool can be executed with parameters. At the moment there is no restriction on the number of performance counters that can be specified although it would be impractical to specify too many. Each performance counter specified must looks like this:

[Machine name]\[Category]\[Counter name]\[Instance name]\[scale]\[plot style]

The machine name is the name of the computer where the performance counter is published.
The category of the performance counter
The name of the performance counter
The instance name if it exists
The scale of the performance counter (default = 1)
The plotting style of data points. could be 0 - None, 1 - Dots, 2 - Cross or 3 - Ex

An example:
".\Processor\% Processor Time\_Total\1\1"

note: if the instance name contains special characters like a backslash '\' you must 'escape' the whole value with double quotes.
e.g.
biztalkserver\BizTalk:Message Box:General Counters\Spool Size\"biztalkmsgboxdb:sqlserver\sqlinstance"\0.1\2

Additional parameters

The following additional parameters can be specified:

-max: Set the initial Y axis maximum value (default = 100)
-lt: Set the default line thickness (default = 1)
-title: Set a customized title for the window (helps if you have several windows open)

Customize

You can customize the following while running:

Updating frequency/Pause
Color of each line/counter
Scale of each line/counter
Plot style of each line/counter. e.g. like +, o, x etc.

Run-time

As of version 1.4 the application allows you to add and remove performance counters at run-time.

qpmset Files

As of version 1.4 you can load and save performance counter sets to a file for reuse. The files are actually only an XML file with a different extension so it can be edited with any text editor if needed.

From version 1.7 the internal structure of the qpmset files have changed. The performance counter definition is now stored as an Xml string.

Logging data to csv files

The tool supports logging data to a csv file. The following logging options are available:

Example

Running the utility with the following parameters:
QPerfMon.exe ".\Processor\% Processor Time\_Total" ".\Memory\% Committed Bytes In Use\\" ".\Memory\Pages/sec\\0.1" ".\PhysicalDisk\Avg. Disk Queue Length\_Total\100" -title:Test
Note: remember to escape the '%' character in a batch file.
Would look like this:

Graph format customization

Line formatting

Additionally the formatting of a line can be changed afterwords:

Dependencies and platform support

The utility was developed using C# with .Net 2.0 (using VS2008) - up to version 1.6. The reason for not using newer versions of the .Net framework was simply so it can still be used on older Win XP/2003 servers etc. It has been tested on Windows XP, 2003, Vista and Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit). From version 1.7 it uses the .Net 4.0 Client profile framework.

Source code checked in, #85745

RudolfHenning — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:03:25 GMT

Version 1.9.2

Created Release: Version 1.9.2 (Mar 26, 2013)

RudolfHenning — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:02:38 GMT

Added drag & drop across multiple windows/instances.

Released: Version 1.9.2 (Mar 26, 2013)

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:02:38 GMT

Added drag & drop across multiple windows/instances.

Updated Wiki: Home

RudolfHenning — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:12:48 GMT

Introduction

Update history

1.4.4 - The tool now has the functionality to log the performance counter values to a csv file.
1.4.5 - Enhanced logging options. Check for available disk space, create new file every X MB and change sample rate i.e. only log data for every N times the graph is updated. Additionally the tool will now upgrade/remember previous version settings.
1.4.6 - Small bug fix to graph control to avoid negative/large perf counter values crashing the app.
1.4.8 - Added 'snapping' to desktop plus 'cloning' of performance counters to ease adding a bunch of counters together.
1.4.9 - Added displaying latest and earliest times and more line formatting options.
1.4.10/11 More line formatting options plus fix bug to not allow duplicate counters.
1.4.13 Fixed reported issue with decimal scaled values when using other 'cultures'/formatting.
1.5.0 New graph control implemented. Colors and font can now be customized.
1.6.0 Improved the initial loading speed of application (user experience)
1.7.0 Converted to use .Net 4.0 framework. Line color customizations are now stored in qpmset files. As a result the structure of qpmset files has changed and not compatible with earlier versions. Now includes a proper MSI installer.
1.8.0 Now you can add multiple counters/instances at once! Selecting a category you can multi-select the counters and instances you want to add from lists.
1.8.1 - Added the ability to set the main Window as 'Always On Top'.
1.8.2 - Add the ability for qpmset files to also store the Window location/size so predefined 'sets' can be forced to always open on the same place of the screen.
1.9.1 - Drag and drop now possible inside the app so you can re-order items. Also added the ability to copy & paste counter definitions so it can be edited outside the app (notepad or something) and then added as a new counter or set of counters.

Usage

The machine name is the name of the computer where the performance counter is published.
The category of the performance counter
The name of the performance counter
The instance name if it exists
The scale of the performance counter (default = 1)
The plotting style of data points. could be 0 - None, 1 - Dots, 2 - Cross or 3 - Ex

Additional parameters

The following additional parameters can be specified:

-max: Set the initial Y axis maximum value (default = 100)
-lt: Set the default line thickness (default = 1)
-title: Set a customized title for the window (helps if you have several windows open)

Customize

You can customize the following while running:

Updating frequency/Pause
Color of each line/counter
Scale of each line/counter
Plot style of each line/counter. e.g. like +, o, x etc.

Run-time

As of version 1.4 the application allows you to add and remove performance counters at run-time.

qpmset Files

From version 1.7 the internal structure of the qpmset files have changed. The performance counter definition is now stored as an Xml string.

Logging data to csv files

The tool supports logging data to a csv file. The following logging options are available:

Example

Graph format customization

Line formatting

Additionally the formatting of a line can be changed afterwords:

Dependencies and platform support

Source code checked in, #85627

RudolfHenning — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:49:37 GMT

Version 1.9.1

Created Release: Version 1.9.1 (Mar 19, 2013)

RudolfHenning — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:48:55 GMT

Added drag & drop (inside same window) so items can be re-ordered. Also added the ability to copy & paste counter definition to clipboard.

Released: Version 1.9.1 (Mar 19, 2013)

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:48:54 GMT

Added drag & drop (inside same window) so items can be re-ordered. Also added the ability to copy & paste counter definition to clipboard.

Updated Release: Version 1.8.2 (Apr 12, 2012)

RudolfHenning — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:33:06 GMT

Version 1.8.2. Add the ability for qpmset files to also store the Window location/size so predefined 'sets' can be forced to always open on the same place of the screen.

Released: Version 1.8.2 (Apr 12, 2012)

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:33:06 GMT

Version 1.8.2. Add the ability for qpmset files to also store the Window location/size so predefined 'sets' can be forced to always open on the same place of the screen.

Created Release: Version 1.9 (Mar 19, 2013)

RudolfHenning — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:22:41 GMT

Added drag & drop functionality plus being able to copy & paste a performance counter definition.
Note: drag & drop between different instances of the app is not yet possible.

New Post: Which counter represents CPU usage and Memory Usage of a process running in the system.

RudolfHenning — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:25:05 GMT

Add a new Counter, go to the 'Category' 'Process' -> Counter '% Processor Time' (for CPU). For memory you have a choice of 'Private Bytes', 'Virtual Bytes' or 'Working Set' depending on your needs. Use Google to find out what each one mean.

Hope this helps.

New Post: Which counter represents CPU usage and Memory Usage of a process running in the system.

akansh — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:10:17 GMT

Hi,
I want to monitor the CPU usage and Memory usage of a particular process running in the system. For that which all counter I should add..

Thanks,
Akansh

Source code checked in, #81799

Project Collection Service Accounts — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:57:23 GMT

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Source code checked in, #81798

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Commented Issue: "Portable" qpmset files / force localhost [12019]

andreone — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:20:49 GMT

Hello,

I recently wanted to share some qpmset files I made with my coworkers. I faced the issue that you save the hostname into the qpmset files. Although this is totally makes senses as this is part of the perf counter path and allow to monitor processes on remote machines, this makes difficult to share qpmset files for monitoring local processes. I made a script that changes the hostname to the localhost before starting QPerfMon but this is not ideal. It would be better if QPerfMon could do it itself ;)
So here's my proposal: add the ability to indicate to QPerfMon that it should replace the machine name with the current machine name when loading a qpmset file.
I thought about two ways to achieve this:
- It could be done with a simple check box like "force local" in the performance counter selection dialog. The information would be saved in the qpmset file with each perf counter.
- An other way would be to add a command line switch (in this case, this would be for all perf counter of a qpmset file).

I can try to hack the code and submit a patch if you want.
Regards,
Comments: ** Comment from web user: andreone **

Well I I tested the dot trick and it didn't work. I guess I corrupted the xml because I just retested it and that works.
My proposal still makes sense but I can live with a little edition once in a while.
Thanks