Sensors > Operating System Sensors > Performance Counter Sensor

The Performance Counter Sensor monitors performance qualities on the local system or a remote host with the Windows Performance Counter.

Note:

The sensor requires that the 'RemoteRegistry' and 'PerfHost' services are available, i.e. the start mode is manual or automatic, but not disabled.

Sensor Tasks

Test Sensor	Tests the current sensor settings.
Get Help	Opens the ServerSentinel online help for the current sensor.

Basic Settings

Name

The name of the sensor (max. 100 characters). Choose a meaningful name to clearly identify the sensor.

Sensor is Active

Toggles the sensor ON/OFF.

Check Interval

The interval or times at which which the sensor should perform its checks.

Simple	The sensor performs its checks every x time units, e.g. every 10 minutes.
Daily	The sensor performs its checks daily at one or more (max. 4) fixed times, e.g. daily at 0 and 12 o'clock.
Weekly	The sensor performs its checks at certain days of the weeks at one or more (max. 4) fixed times, e.g. monday to friday at 12 o'clock.
Monthly	The sensor performs its checks at certain days of the month at one or more (max. 4) fixed times, e.g. every 1st of the month at 12 o'clock.

Only check if this Sensor didn't fail

This sensor will only be checked, if the sensor in the drop down list didn't fail.

Further Information

Comment

Short additional information to the sensor (max. 255 characters).

Performance Counter Settings

Host	The IP address or DNS name of host which should be monitored (max. 255 characters).
Category	Category of performance counter.
Performance Counter	Performance counter that specifies which data should be monitored.
Instance	Instance which is monitored.

Meta Data Values

Data Value	Data Type	Description
Checktime	Date	The time the dataset has been created.
Exception Message	String	The message of the error if any occurred.
Response Time	Integer	The response time needed to perform the check.
Status	String	A status string that may contain arbitrary information that was collected by the sensor (max. 255 characters). Per default this value is empty.
Status Flag	Enum	The status of the sensor after the check has been performed.

Data Values

Data Value	Data Type	Description
Result	Double	Current value of the performance counter.