

So each measure will have distinct number and string values. The measure will return the current number value of the instance, and the current string value of the name of the instance. So for example, Index=1 would return the current value and name of the instance with the highest value for that counter. This will be either Index=0, which will always return the current total of all instances for a given counter, Index=-1, which will always return the current average of all instances for a given counter,or Index=N, which will return the instance at the defined point in a sorted list of all instances, with their values ordered from most to least. This will be the specific (case sensitive) text name of a single given instance, and will return the current value for that specific instance of a counter. The UsageMonitor plugin will allow you to define instance in the measure in one of two ways: Instance - Counters may have individual instances like "Rainmeter" or "C:".Counter - Categories have individual counters like "% Processor Time" or "Bytes Read/sec".This is also referred to as Object in Perfmon.exe Category - Counters are organized into related categories like "Process" or "PhysicalDisk".To open it, run Perfmon.exe.Ĭounters in Windows Performance Monitor have the following hierarchy: All available counters can be viewed using the Performance Monitor application. The Windows Performance Monitor exposes counters, which monitor various kinds of system metrics in different categories, and tracks their usage. Plugin=UsageMonitor retrieves infromation from the Windows Performance Monitor.
