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jasonh
jasonh

Reputation: 30293

Kicking off a Performance Monitor Data Collector Set via PowerShell?

I have a need to kick off a Data Collector Set that I've predefined. I'm going to be writing a PowerShell script that monitors a condition on the system and when it detects that condition, it begins the Data Collector Set. How can I start this Data Collector Set?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5309

Answers (2)

Alex
Alex

Reputation: 741

You can also access the collector sets programmatically by referencing the PLA.dll assembly in %windir%\System32\PLA.dll (Vista or later). You can then start a collection with code similar to: 

IDataCollectorSet cs = new DataCollectorSet();
cs.Query("Collector set name", null);
cs.start(false);

Feel free to translate that to powershell :)

Upvotes: 4

Keith Hill
Keith Hill

Reputation: 201602

There may be a .NET way to do this but I do know you can use logman.exe to start/stop these e.g.:

logman start "My DataCollectorSet"
logman stop "My DataCollectorSet"

Upvotes: 4

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