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access performance monitor object

I have in my machine a performance object that it not a default but one of the dev here create it .

this performance object collect some information of one of our process.( not the regular counter such as memory usage but our custom counter ).

I want to access to this data by vb script .

I know how to do it for regular object such as process :

Set objInstance1 = objCimv2.Get( _
        "Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Processor.Name='_Total'")

but I don't know how to do it for custom performance object

Solution

  • Custom performance counters are created following the same convention as other performance counters:

    Win32_PerfRawData or PerfFormattedData_CategoryName_CounterName.

    Grab the WMI Explorer, it gives you a dump of all the WMI classes on your machine and their properties. Your custom counters will appear in that list.

    Hope this helps!