Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
Database Administration

Windows Performance tool

The Windows Performance tool is a graphical tool, supplied with Windows, that lets you monitor the performance of a local or remote Windows workstation. The Performance tool measures the performance of workstation objects like processes and memory using a defined set of counters. The OpenEdge database provides a comprehensive set of counters ranging from measurements about the number of clients running to the number of database records read or written. These counters are derived from the PROMON utility, Summary of Activity option, and they report on the state and performance of a particular database. Database support for the Windows Performance tool does not replace the PROMON utility; it simply provides another mechanism that system administrators can use to monitor performance-related data.

The OpenEdge-specific counters are defined in the registry at installation. Each time you want to monitor database performance, you can specify the type of data that you want to monitor and how you want to monitor it. For instructions on adding OpenEdge-specific counters to the Performance tool log, see the Windows Performance help.