Nprinting Server: How to log CPU and memory with Microsoft Performance Monitor (PerfMon)

[Damien_Villaret]

The Microsoft Performance Monitor makes it possible for users to set up automatic data collection jobs which can save data from performance counters at a given interval. 

This document describes the steps necessary to save such data using Microsoft Performance Monitor Data Collectors. 

Environments:

Qlik NPrinting 

Prerequisites

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 - Microsoft Performance Monitor must be installed on Qlik Nprinting Server

 - The user which initiates the Data Collectors must be at least local admin

Setting up a Data Collector

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1. Open Microsoft Performance Monitor (located under Server Manager->Tools)

2. Open "Data Collector Sets" in the tree view on the left pane

3. Open "User Defined"

4. Right-click on "User Defined" and select "New"->"Data Collector Set"

5. Set a name for the new collector and select the option "Create manually (Advanced)". Click "Next"

6. Select "Create data logs" and check "Performance counter". Click "Next"

7. Click "Add..."

8. Expand "Processor" and select "% Processor Time". Make sure that "_Total" is selected in "Instances of the selected object:"

8b: Expand “Memory” and select “Available Mbytes”, and "Committed Bytes"
8c: Expand "Logical Disk" and select "Free Megabytes"
8d: Expand "Physical Disk" and select "% Idle Time"

9. Click "Add >>"

10. Expand "Process" and select "% Processor Time" and "Private bytes" for "Qlik.Nprinting.Engine", "Qlik.Nprinting.Scheduler" and "Qlik.Nprinting.WebEngine" (The Nprinting services need to be started to see the option)

11. Click "Add >>"

12. Click "Ok" to close the dialogue

13. Change the "Sample Interval" to "5". Make sure that "Units" reads "Seconds"

14. Click "Next"

15. Choose a directory to save the logs in. Click "Next"

16. Make sure that the Data Collector Set are run as a user with Local Admin credentials. Select "Save and Close" and click "Finish"

17. Select the newly created Data Collector Set in the tree view on the left pane

18. Right-click "DataCollector01" in the right pane and select "Properties"

19. Change "Log Format" to "Comma Separated"

20. Open the "File"-tab and enter a descriptive name for the log file, preferably Servername.

21. Click "OK"

22. Right-click the Data Collector Set in the tree view on the left pane and select "Start"

23. Wait a few seconds and verify that the Data Collector Set are running

24. Repeat for each cluster node