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  • Thursday, August 06, 2009 8:53 PMJoe5883156 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Greetings!  I'm evaluating SC Essentials, and I'm having a bit of trouble with viewing the Performance Monitoring details (Processor, Memory, Disk, etc.).  I'm using a Hyper-V Server (similar to Hyper-V Core), with several VMs, one of which is the SC Essentials trial.

    I cannot see CPU, Processor Queue Length or Memory usage utilization on the host Hyper-V server, but I do see these on the VMs.

    I've installed the Hyper-V management packs, and unloaded/reloaded the SC Essentials agent on the Hyper-V server - no difference.

    The properties page for Hyper-V server does show up with a Management Status of OK - both Monitoring and Deployments and Inventory are OK.
    Also, the Disk Space usage section is correct, as is the Installed Software section.

    The problem is visible when I click on any of the links in 'Performance Monitoring'.  I only see the performance counters for the VM machines - not the Hyper-V server.

    If anyone has any ideas on how I can resolve this, I'd love the help!

    Thansk - Joe
     

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  • Monday, August 10, 2009 9:37 AMEric Zhang - MSFTMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi Joe,

    Could you please try to open the same performance view in Monitoring space and check whether Hyper-v server will still not be displayed.

    For example, in "Performance Monitoring", there is a performance view called "CPU Performance", you can see the same view in Monitoring space - Microsoft Windows Server - Performance - Processor Performance, can you see hyper-v server here?
     
  • Monday, August 10, 2009 1:16 PMJoe5883156 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Eric,

    Thanks for the suggestion!  I've checked the section in "Monitoring" for Microsoft Windows Server -> Performance -> Processor Performance.  I only see the processor utilization for the VM servers - the Hyper-V server does not show up in this list.

    I also checked "Microsoft Windows Client" and "Microsoft Windows Hyper-V".  The Hyper-V performance counters do not show up in either of these.

    One potential clue - when I go into "Computers", and select the "All Servers" group, the Hyper-V server is listed with the operating system "Windows 6.0".  Perhaps that designation is not correctly categorized by the management packs?

    Again, I appreciate any additional guidance!

    Thanks - Joe
     
  • Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:42 AMEric Zhang - MSFTMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi Joe,


    Please import latest Windows Server Operating System MP from this link:

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3529D233-5E3E-4B51-8F66-5D6F27005EC3&displaylang=en&displaylang=en

    After importing this link, in SCE console - Authoring space - Management Pack Objects - Monitors, make sure relevant monitors (such as processor, memory utilization) has been enabled for Windows server and Windows Server 2008.

    Then check the performance counter in Monitoring space.
     
  • Wednesday, August 12, 2009 7:58 PMJoe5883156 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Eric,

    Thanks for the suggestion - I did as suggested and validated that the monitors are indeed marked to allow for collection, but there is no change so far.

    I'll restart the server, and let it run for a few hours to see if anything changes....

    Thanks again for your help!
    -Joe
     
  • Thursday, August 13, 2009 2:23 PMJoe5883156 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Eric,

    Ok - the reimporting of the MP and validating that the monitors are enabled has made no difference.  It appears that the Hyper-V server is not detected in the Windows Server performance monitors.

    The Hyper-V server is detected in the Microsoft Windows Hyper-V MP, and the Server Role View and Virtual Machine View state views are correct.

    Please let me know if you have any additional suggestions, or if there is any additional information I can provide to help resolve this.

    Thanks - Joe
     
  • Friday, August 14, 2009 10:46 AMEric Zhang - MSFTMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi Joe,

    Please try to delete this Hyper-v server from SCE console, then re-deploy the agent to it, then check whether you can see the performance details.
     
  • Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:09 PMJoe5883156 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Eric,

    Thanks for your help - I've finally been able to delete and reinstall the SCE agent to the Hyper-V server.  Now, I see the following:
    1) I can finally see the Hyper-V server CPU usage - but only on the Monitor - Microsoft Windows Server - Performance - Processor Performance dashboard view.  On that dashboard view, I only see the top graph - Processor\%Processor Time\_Total Performance.  The System\Processor Queue and System\Context\Switches windows are both blank.
    2) The Hyper-V server still does not show up in the overall Performance Monitoring graph.  The one I'm referring to is located at Computers - All Computers - Hyper-V Server Name - Properties - CPU Performance.  The other servers do show up in this CPU performance monitoring window.
    3) The Hyper-V server does not show up on the Processor Queue Length or Memory Usage links under Performance Monitoring. (Located in the Hyper-V Server properties window).
    4) Under Monitoring - Microsoft Windows Server - Performance, the Hyper-V Server does show up under the Disk Capacity (Logical Disk\% Free Space Performance window) and Memory Utilization (page file) (Paging File\%Usage Performance window) dashboard views.  None of the other windows appear to be collecting any data - for any server.  I assume that I'll need to turn this on somewhere, if I want to capture that performance data?

    Again, I do appreciate your time and assistance with helping me!

    Thanks - Joe