Date: Sept 2010
Product & Version: NVFR V 4.1.1
OS Version: Windows 2003
Module & Version: File System / Exchange / SQL Data Agents
Application version: N/A
Symptoms:
Support may request that Perfmon be used to monitor specific NVFR agent parameters.
To do this the HDRV counters provided with each installation of the NVFR Agent need to be manually loaded
as per the below procedure:
The Agent installs a set of perfmon counters that can be added into perfmon to allow monitoring of the NVFR Agent activity.
1- Close perfmon if it's already open.
2- Navigate to C:\Program Files\BakBone Software\NVRDP\hdrv
3- Double click on the relevant reg entry file:
- fsda_perfmon.reg - File system counter
- sqda_perfmon.reg - SQL counter
- exda_perfmon.reg - Exchange counter
4- Load the counter library itself, type in at command prompt in
C:\Program Files\BakBone Software\NVRDP\hdrv:
- "lodctr fsda_perfmon.ini" - File system counter
- "lodctr sqda_perfmon.ini" - SQL counter
- "lodctr exda_perfmon.ini" - Exchange counter
5- You can now open perfmon.exe, click on the + button to add a counter.
Then click on the 'Performance Object' drop down and you will now see new entries in the list.
- Protection - Exchange (EXDA)
- Protection - File System (FSDA)
- Protection - SQL (SQDA)
Select the one you wish to add.
Then you will see a list of counters you can select to allow you to monitor or log.
This procedure will show the needed counters in a 'real-time' graph.
To capture the required hdrv information into logs that can be analysed do the following:
Once the above procedure to load the NVFR counters has been done:
1- Open Perfmon and expand 'Performance Logs and Alerts'
2- Right click on "Counter Logs"
3- In the "New Log Settings" pop up window input a custom NAME for this log > OK
4- A configuration window will pop up showing the path to the log that will be created: e.g. "C:\PerfLogs\test_000001.blg"
5- Click " Add Counters"
6- In the new " Add Counters" window under the "Performance Objects" pull down menu, choose the relevant NVFR counter (as described above i.e. Protection - FS / Exchange or SQL)
7- In the list called "Select counters from list" multiple select the needed counters based on the issue
8- click "Add" > click "Close", you now see the counters in the "Counters" box
9- click "Apply" and "OK"
With this procedure, you will end up with .blg files.
You can convert them into .csv for better manipulation and analysis (graphing...).
To do this type the following in command prompt:
relog <path_to_produced_log.blg> -f CSV -o <path_to_new_name.csv>
