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Conference decwet::windows-nt

Title:Windows NT
Notice:See note 15.0 for HCL location
Moderator:TARKIN::LIN.com::FOLEY
Created:Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6086
Total number of notes:31449

5812.0. "Reusable PMA files" by CHEFS::gjcpc.reo.dec.com::criddle () Wed Mar 19 1997 01:43

Hi...

If one creates a .PMA file using the Performance MOnitor to record a number of 
monitor settings on a particular computer, is it then possible to use those 
settings to monitor another one?

I have the same monitoring criteria on a number of systems, and am trying to 
avoid having to create and maintain multiple PMA files.

Any thoughts?

Rgds,
Graham
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5812.1TARKIN::LINBill LinWed Mar 19 1997 03:4413
    re: CHEFS::gjcpc.reo.dec.com::criddle
    
    Graham,
    
    I don't know the real answer, but I'm tempted to say, "No, one
    cannot reuse the saved configuration files."
    
    I've used PM to monitor multiple systems from one location, and
    the system names are on each item being tracked.  I just don't
    recall if this is true if only the local system is being
    monitored.
    
    /Bill
5812.2Yes you canRUMOR::FALEKex-TU58 KingThu Mar 20 1997 11:4210
    Yes, you CAN move those perfmon config files around. We tried
    distributing one file to multiple machines running the perfmon DATALOG
    service (to monitor locally and send NT events to a central machine).
    If you don't specify a system name for an item, it means "the local
    machine".  You can also put these settings files on a share and have a
    bunch of machines share them.
    
    PS the DATALOG service (on the NT Resource kit) does have some bugs
    though - the actual value that triggered a threshold event gets garbaged
    in the NT event that gets sent.