Many performance counters available when monitoring performance on Windows servers and Configuration Manager sites. The following table lists a set of counters that have been identified as useful in monitoring and diagnosing Configuration Manager-related performance issues.

Note
This list is not all-inclusive and should be used as a general guideline only.

Configuration Manager Performance Counters

Performance Counter Category Performance Counter : Instance Data to be Monitored

Processor

% Processor Time : Total

Average CPU for all cores.

Process

% Processor Time : smsexec

Configuration Manager main process CPU usage.

Process

% Processor Time : sqlservr

SQL Server instance CPU usage.

Physical Disk

Avg. Disk Queue Length : Volume

Select one of these counters for each volume that is involved in Configuration Manager processes. This includes the operating system installation volume, ConfigMgr installation (inbox) volume, as well as the SQL Server tempdb, site database, and log volumes.

Physical Disk

% Disk Time

Select one of these counters for each volume that is involved in Configuration Manager data processing. This includes the operating system installation volume, ConfigMgr installation (inbox) volume, as well as the SQL Server tempdb, site database, and log volumes.

SqlServer:General Statistics

Temp Tables Creation Rate

General SQL Server statistics.

SqlServer:General Statistics

Logouts/sec

General SQL Server statistics.

SqlServer:General Statistics

Logins/sec

General SQL Server statistics.

SqlServer:SQL Statistics

SQL Re-Compilations/sec

General SQL Server statistics.

SqlServer:SQL Statistics

SQL Compilations/sec

General SQL Server statistics.

SqlServer:SQL Statistics

Batch Requests/sec

General SQL Server statistics.

SqlServer:Memory Manager

Lock Memory

General SQL Server statistics.

SQLServer:Locks

Lock Requests/sec

General SQL Server statistics.

SQLServer:Locks

Number of Deadlocks/sec

General SQL Server statistics.

SqlServer:Databases

Transactions/sec : SCCM db

General SQL Server statistics.

SqlServer:Databases

Transactions/sec : Wsus Db

General SQL Server statistics.

SMS Discovery Data Manager

Total DDRs Processed

Configuration Manager discovery data record processing rates.

SMS Discovery Data Manager

DDRs Processed/min

Current discovery data record processing rate.

SMS Discovery Data Manager

Total Client Registration requests Processed

Client registrations processed.

SMS Discovery Data Manager

Total Bad DDRs Processed

Bad Configuration Manager discovery data record processing rates.

SMS Inbox

File Current Count

Provides a count of the files in each inbox that are queued for processing. This counter is updated every 15 minutes by default.

List of Instances for this performance counter:

  • Auth\statesys.box>incoming (state system)

  • Auth\sinv.box (software inventory)

  • Auth\ddm.box (DDRs)

  • Auth\ddm.box>regreq (client registration requests)

  • Auth\dataldr.box (hardware inventory)

  • Statmgr.box\statmsgs (status messages)

  • Distmgr.box\incoming (distribution manager)

  • Colleval.box (collection evaluator)

  • Swmproc.box\usage (software metering usage)

SMS Inventory Data Loader

Total MIFs processed

Hardware inventory report processing.

SMS Inventory Data Loader

MIFs Processed/min

Hardware inventory report processing.

SMS Inventory Data Loader

Total Bad MIFs Processed

Hardware inventory report processing.

SMS Software Inventory Processor

Total SINVs Processed

Software inventory report processing.

SMS Software Inventory Processor

SINVs Processed/Min

Software inventory report processing.

SMS Software Inventory Processor

Total Bad SINVs Processed

Software inventory report processing.

SMS Software Metering Processor

SWM Usage Records Processed/min

Software metering data processing.

SMS Software Metering Processor

Total SWM Usage Records Processed

Software metering data processing

SMS Software Metering Processor

Total Bad SWM Usage Files Processed

Software metering data processing.

SMS State System

Summary Task Running

State system processing.

SMS State System

Message Files Processed/min

State system processing.

SMS State System

Message records processed/min

State system processing.

SMS State System

Total Bad Message Files Processed

State system processing.

SMS State System

Total Invalid Message Records Processed

State system processing.

SMS Status System

Processed/sec : Total

Status message processing.

SMS Status System

Corrupt : Total

Status message processing.

SMS Status System

Written to SMS Database : Total

Status message processing.

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