For those who didn’t yet know, the Dude is a fan of old school rap. So one of these days, not much to do, I was chillin with my old school crew and I ran into a slow boot scenario… (Yes, I am in fact listening to Mona Lisa by Slick Rick the Ruler!) So… Continue reading Ladies and Gentleman (and low lifes), it is with outstanding pleasure tonight that I am able to present to you, the reader, with an xperf trace….
Tag: performance
Yet another xperf analysis post
Pump up the volume, Pump up the volume… Slow Boot: Yep, that’s slow. Clearly not in CPU usage though…what about disk? Nope (the dude knows nothing about this trace except he (when looking at it the first time) named it ROFLCOPTER)…. So basically the system hangs at boot from 30 second mark through to 350… Continue reading Yet another xperf analysis post
The dude does xperf…
So the Dude (that’s me) has gone over how to collect xperf traces a few times now, but what do we do after we’ve collected a solid .etl file you may ask? Well, that’s what this post is all about. This is how the Dude does it. The Dude you see is listening to Simple… Continue reading The dude does xperf…
PAL 2.3 with Multi-Threading!
PAL (http://pal.codeplex.com/) is a favorite tool of mine, written by Clint Huffman. I’ve written about it a few times but maybe you weren’t aware that the newest release has multi-threading capability? It’s no in your face though really, just an option on the last page, the Execute page: If you assign more than… Continue reading PAL 2.3 with Multi-Threading!
Introducing Windows Server 2012 Free e-book available
I highly recommend giving this a read so you are ready for Windows Server 2012. The dude had a hand in proofing the book and even has a sidebar on page 25 on performance monitoring. Give it a read, rumor has it there may be some floating around at TechEd Orlando and Amsterdam as well…… Continue reading Introducing Windows Server 2012 Free e-book available
How to sustain your data collector set through a reboot!
This is a special post, from the Microsoft Premier Field Engineers (PFE) Vital Signs Instructors alias…something we felt should be shared. EDIT 2016: Note that Clint Huffman made a post to do this in logman in a black box recorder stype. I recommend following that too if you need the functionality: Clint's world, party time, excellent… Continue reading How to sustain your data collector set through a reboot!
How to setup a rolling 200 meg log file in 2003 with a PAL template that sustains reboots
1. Get a PAL template or other perfmon template. You can run PAL at pal.codeplex.com or use one created for you by CTS or another party. Simply open PAL, go to the “Threshold File” tab at the top, and Export the template by clicking “Export to Perfmon Template”. Note to save it as a “Windows… Continue reading How to setup a rolling 200 meg log file in 2003 with a PAL template that sustains reboots
The Dude’s Greatest Hits
As requested by several customers, I’m putting up a list of tools I find useful in troubleshooting, etc… First up…. Data Gathering I use the following tools to gather data from systems. Each has its own place, much like a mechanic has many tools, so does the average engineer… PFE MPS Reports. I use these… Continue reading The Dude’s Greatest Hits
How to collect a netmon 3.4 and xperf kernel trace and stop when a problem occurs.
So at a customer location the following question was posed to me: “In our VDI environment, how do we capture trace information? How can we set a capture for the network and xperf the user can start (or logon script the start) and then give them a link to click when a random non-reproducible problem… Continue reading How to collect a netmon 3.4 and xperf kernel trace and stop when a problem occurs.
33 Seconds lost at boot…
Imagine you are an enterprise customer who has several thousand desktops that boot slow. Inordinately slow…slow enough that your user base resists requests to reboot them for patch cycle or power savings efforts or diagnostics. So imagine you do the right thing, you keep the BIOS and firmware up to date, you update drivers, you… Continue reading 33 Seconds lost at boot…