Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Performance Counters

Abstract

Windows Server 2008 R2 includes a tool named Windows Performance Monitor. You can configure Windows Performance Monitor to obtain and display performance data as system components run on a Microsoft Dynamics CRM deployment.

Performance objects provide sets of counters that generate data about how various components perform as they run in a Microsoft Dynamics CRM environment. For example, the Processor object collects metrics that show how one or more microprocessors are performing on a particular server.

This document lists the performance counters provided in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011.

Contents

• Select the Microsoft Dynamics CRM performance counters to monitor
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Client counters
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server counters
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Authentication counters
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM OutlookSync counters
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Discovery counters
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM LocatorService counters
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Platform counters
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Service counters
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sandbox Client counters
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sandbox Host counters
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Async Service counters
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Email Router counters

Select the Microsoft Dynamics CRM performance counters to monitor

Windows Server 2008 R2 includes a tool named Windows Performance Monitor. You can configure Windows Performance Monitor to obtain and display performance data as system components run on a Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 deployment.

Performance objects provide sets of counters that generate data about how various components perform as they run in a Microsoft Dynamics CRM environment. For example, the Processor object collects metrics that show how one or more microprocessors are performing on a particular server.

Many performance objects are built into the operating system, and more are installed with software applications and services. For example, the performance objects installed with Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange Server can help you monitor the performance of components that are relevant to your system.

To select the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 counters that you want to monitor

1. Start Performance Monitor. Click Start, in the Search box type perfmon.msc, and then press ENTER.
2. In the list of found programs, click perfmon.exe.
3. In the navigation pane of the Performance Monitor window, click Performance Monitor.
4. Click the "+" (plus sign) toolbar icon to open the Add Counters dialog box.
5. In the list of available performance objects, locate the objects described in the following tables. For example, select CRM Server to see the list of available counters for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server application.
6. Highlight the names of the counters that you want to monitor, click Add, and then click OK. The selected counters are added to the list of active counters in the Performance Monitor window, and the data that they generate is shown in the dynamic graph.

Important

For more information about how to use the performance monitoring tool, see the Help that is included with your operating system.