VMware support requires the Perfmon log data to diagnose performance issues on Windows virtual machines. There is a large amount of possible counters and information that is gathered from Perfmon. This article provides information on the counters and data that VMware support requires to diagnose virtual machine performance issues.
To collect the required Perfmon log data in Windows XP/2000/2003:
Problem occurrence | Interval |
Weekly | 15 minutes |
Daily | 90 seconds |
Hourly | 5 seconds |
To collect the required Perfmon log data in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows 2012 and Windows Vista:
Problem occurrence | Interval |
Weekly | 15 minutes |
Daily | 90 seconds |
Hourly | 5 seconds |