Performance Analyzer Tool

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If you have Exchange performance issues in the past, you know that there are many variables that affect exchange overall performance, and sometimes it takes a long time to find the root cause of the problem because they can become quite complex.
If you are looking for a detailed report with a chart function, it is the performance Analyzer Tool (PAL).
Pal is a very useful and powerful tool that collects data from Performance Monitor counter logs and automatically generates HTML reports. This tool uses a subset of dependencies such as Log Parser and the Office Web components to create these reports.
For Exchange performance issues, PAL uses an XML configuration file to analyze the most important counters and issue an alert when the counter threshold is exceeded. All you need is the. blg file that you collected earlier. It is not a standardized performance analysis alternative, but it helps to automate some of the common tasks when dealing with performance issues.
When the PAL finishes analyzing a. blg file, it opens an Internet Explorer browser. As you can see below, a list of counters is parsed and checked for a specific threshold value in the Exchange XML file configuration. At the end of each counter, there is a warning that tells you whether the sample exceeds a specific threshold. If there is one, the value is added 1.
Pal Sample Report
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If we look down the list, we can see that the * * counter reaches a threshold of 6 times, as shown in the red circle:
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Clicking on that counter will jump to the chart interface of this counter, which will show the overall trend of the counter in the specified time period:
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Scroll down the mouse wheel and you will see the time period to reach the threshold and the values associated with them:
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As you can see, the XX counter reaches a critical threshold that can affect the overall performance of the client. This is only a potential problem, it could be disk latency, LDAP latency, high CPU, and so on least the data, would normally look at would is at your fingertips. Click each count The "back to the top" link at the bottom of the section will return to the counter list at the beginning of the report. This allows you to analyze the counters very quickly to see which counters may affect overall server performance.
The best thing about the PAL tool is that you can customize the XML file so that you can add/remove a specific counter and its associated thresholds, which you can easily accomplish. For the creation of thresholds, if you know the VB language to create IF/THEN/ELSE statements, then you can easily define this tool to generate any reports and thresholds.
If you want to see a complete sample report of the General System overview, click on the pal_sample_report.mht link on this page. If you need to download the installation pal, usually select the latest version of the link above to download.
How to start the PAL tool
1. Ensure that PAL tools and related components are installed (http://pal.codeplex.com)
2. Click Start, run->pal, which will start the PAL wizard
How to create a counter log file using PAL
Once the PAL wizard is opened, refer to the following steps to create a counter log. htm file. Note: This contains a very specific counter, not a full performance counter, so you can choose the granularity you want to get.
1. Start PAL
2. Click Threshold File Tab
3. In the Threshold file title drop-down list, select the threshold file title you want
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4. Click Export (...) Button
5. Save settings to. htm files
How to run the PAL wizard
1. Start pal, this will take you to the Welcome page, click Next
2. In Count Log tab, select a BLG file and click Next
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3. Select the appropriate threshold file
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4, answer all the questions on the page, these answers are necessary, because in each performance file analysis process, we need this information and passed to the PAL tool to calculate, complete and click Next
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5. In Analysis Interval tab, select the interval you want to use. Note: It is recommended to use the default value (AUTO), which is the best performance option when the tool is run. Any changes to this setting may cause the report process to slow down, and if you need additional granularity you can change this setting
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6, in the Output Options tab, you can select a path to save the RAL report and the format used
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7. In the Queue tab, you will notice that the parameters are passed to the PAL tool for analysis
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8. In the Execute tab, you can execute the queue you have added, or you can add more items to the queue
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9. Click the Finish button to execute the queue item
This is a resource-intensive application when performance files are parsed, so I recommend that you use the fastest/better machines to analyze these reports. Once PAL completes the queue item, it will open an IE browser.

Performance Analyzer Tool