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Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter

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NAME Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter



SYNOPSIS

Gathers list of all available counters on local or remote machines.





SYNTAX

Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter [[-ComputerName] <Sqlcollaborative.Dbatools.Parameter.DbaInstanceParameter[]>]

[[-Credential] <Pscredential>] [[-Pattern] <String>] [-EnableException <Switch>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

Gathers list of all available counters on local or remote machines. Note, if you pass a credential object, it will

be included in the output for easy reuse in your next piped command.



Thanks to Daniel Streefkerk for this super fast way of counters



https://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/201 ... d-their-nu

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PARAMETERS

-ComputerName [<Sqlcollaborative.Dbatools.Parameter.DbaInstanceParameter[]>]

The target computer. Defaults to localhost.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Credential [<Pscredential>]

Allows you to login to servers using alternative credentials. To use:



$scred = Get-Credential, then pass $scred object to the -Credential parameter.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-EnableException [<Switch>]

By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.

This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables

advanced scripting.

Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own

try/catch.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Pattern [<String>]

Specify a pattern for filtering.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS



NOTES





Tags: Performance, DataCollector, PerfCounter

Author: Chrissy LeMaire (@cl), netnerds.net



Website: https://dbatools.io

Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT

License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT



-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter



Gets all available counters on the local machine.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter -Pattern *sql*



Gets all counters matching sql on the local machine.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter -ComputerName sql2017 -Pattern *sql*



Gets all counters matching sql on the remote server sql2017.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter -Pattern *sql*



Gets all counters matching sql on the local machine.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 5 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter -Pattern *sql* | Add-DbaPfDataCollectorCounter -CollectorSet 'Test Collector Set'

-Collector DataCollector01



Adds all counters matching "sql" to the DataCollector01 within the 'Test Collector Set' CollectorSet.



RELATED LINKS

https://dbatools.io/Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter