Performance Monitoring
The Windows Performance Monitor (PerfMon) tool has been integrated into IxServer to help identify system-level and application-level performance issues. PerfMon is a powerful diagnostic tool that monitors the state of IxServer and creates log files that you can access and submit to Keysight Technical Support, if needed.
Some of the features of the Performance Monitor are the following:
- The monitoring process runs automatically when IxServer starts.
- Log files are created and stored in the folder %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ixia\IxOS\9.x.x.x\IxServer\PerfMon\. To view these files, select File, and then select Open IxServer Logs Location.
- Log files are identified by the extension .blg and can be opened by double-clicking and viewed in Windows Performance Monitor. Use the relog command to post-process these files if required.
Note: Windows Performance Monitor is a separate system monitoring application that is integrated into IxServer but is not accessible through the Tools menu.
Logman
If you want to check which particular counters are available in the currently installed IxOS release, type the following command from an Administrator prompt while IxServer is running:
logman query IxServerPerfmon
Windows Disk Cleanup
PerfMon automatically archives the .blg files to a compressed .cab file at set intervals. Windows Disk Cleanup automatically cleans up PerfMon files and the archives after 60 days.
In a complex environment with many Windows machines, we recommend you to use a Group Policy to set up Disk Cleanup consistently across the board. See Automatic Disk Cleanup with Group Policy and SCCM for more information.