Changes to Performance Monitor After Installing SQL Server

 Last reviewed: May 8, 1997
Article ID: Q103109
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT version 3.1

SUMMARY

After installing SQL Server for Windows NT, additional object and counter choices are available in the Windows NT Performance Monitor. The additional items are:

  • SQLServer
  • SQLServer-Locks
  • SQLServer-Log
  • SQLServer-Users

Each of these four objects has multiple counters that can be selected for monitoring.

MORE INFORMATION

The objects and counters for which Performance Monitor provides monitoring can be found in the Registry under the following subkey: 

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\
   Perflib\009 under the counters string.
When SQL Server for Windows NT is installed, the counters string is appended to include the objects and counters associated with SQL Server for Windows NT. The last entry in the counters string before installing SQL Server for Windows NT is: 

   822
   Pages Input/sec
After installing SQL Server for Windows NT, the last entry in the counters string is: 

   916
   Log Space Used(%)
Also changed in the Perflib subkey are the values for "LastCounter" and "LastHelp," which are equal to the hexadecimal value of the last entry of the "Counters" and "Help" strings, respectively, under the 009 subkey.

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbtool ntutil
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 8, 1997
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