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SQL SERVER – Introduction to Performance Monitor – How to Use Perfmon

Pinal Dave
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Yesterday I wrote about SQL SERVER – Introduction to Three Important Performance Counters. I received few questions about how to use Perfmon. Here is very brief introduction to Perfmon.

There are three ways to launch Perfmon.

1) Type “start perfmon” at the command prompt.

2) Go to Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Performance Monitor.

3) Go to Start | Run | Perfmon.

Follow the images which explains how to use Perfmon and add different counters.

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Right click to bring up Add Counters Menu.

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Reference : Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)

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Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 92 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

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