

However, the task didn't actually do anything. In Task Scheduler, the task history indicates that the task ran successfully. If you configured the data collector set to save data to a file, the file isn't created and no data is saved. You configure a schedule as part of the data collector set definition.ĭuring the scheduled running time, you notice that Performance Monitor does not start collecting data. In the Computer Management console in one of the affected versions of Windows, you create a data collector set in the Performance > Data Collector Sets > User Defined folder. This article provides a workaround for an issue in which a user-defined data collector set that is configured to run on a schedule does not run.Īpplies to: Windows Server 2019 - all editions, Windows 10 version 1909 - all editions, Windows 10 version 1903 - all editions, Windows 10 version 1809 - all editions, Windows 10 version 1803 - all editions, Windows 10 version 1709 - all editions, Windows 10 version 1703 - all editions Symptoms Note this does not sustain through a restart/crash of Windows.User-defined data collector set doesn't run as scheduled Step 7: Once you are happy with the configuration, right click your data collector set and select Start. You do this by right clicking “Pal System Overview” under your data collector.Īnd then modifying the field you want to modify (in this example, Seconds) This collects at a 1 second interval, to preserve space you can adjust to 5 or 10 seconds if you like. 200 MB rolling logs created in sequence with host name in the file name. Most of the configuration has been done for you though. Step 7: If you want to tweak anything about this collection, now is the time to do it. Step 6: Click through the wizard (next/next) and then select the top radio button “ Open properties for this data collector set“. Step 5: Click Browse and then select this file. Step 4: Give it a name and leave the “Create from a template” selected.

Step 3: Right Click the User Defined folder then select New > Data Collector Set. Step 2: Expand Performance and go to Data Collector Sets then User Defined. Step 1: Open Perfmon (start/perfmon or computer management/performance) The xml file is a template that defines the performance metrics to capture and also sometimes time intervals, file format for the results file, etc. This is so precise, targeted data captures can be made of the impacted system, or sometimes to baseline a system to know what good looks like. There may come a time where you need to import an xml file given to you by a support person into Perfmon. Target audience: People I support primarily. Applies to: Windows 7+, Windows Server 2008 R2+
