This discussion of Cycle End processing also considers the following subtopics:
Processing multiple files
Using ftp
Summarization utility
Historical files
Using Windows Script Host (WSH) scripts
At the end of each collection cycle, the Collection service closes the current collection file to make it available for processing. The end of a cycle normally is [...]

This procedure is for diagnosing data collection problems where the Counter values you need are not available in the NTSMF data collection file and not visible in System Monitor either. If you are still not able to collect the missing Objects and Counters after you have followed all the steps in this procedure, please contact Customer [...]

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a relatively new feature of both Intel and AMD hardware that is supported beginning with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 2. DEP is a set of related hardware and software features designed to make it more difficult for malicious programs to execute sensitive code [...]

NTSMF version 2.4.6 and higher utilizes a facility that allows you to specifically exclude Performance Library DLLs that cause collection problems. Instructions to exclude specific Performance Library (Perflib) DLLs are contained in an optional configuration file named DmPerfss.cfg that is stored in the NTSMF root directory. The format of theDmPerfss.cfg file, which use a simple XML [...]

Yes, the Performance Sentry User Guide can be downloaded from here.

NTDS is the main source of information on Active Directory traffic to and from Domain Controllers. It contains a ton of interesting looking counters.
Unfortunately, there is not much written that documents AD performance issues and how to use these counters. This TechNet overview article is a good place to start. There are two main objects [...]

There are a number of reasons why Performance Sentry may not be collecting some performance Counter or Counters that you need to look at. Sometimes the reason is fairly trivial and easy to rectify. Sometimes the reason is more difficult to determine. Sometimes, it is a problem with the Performance Sentry collection service itself, which we want you [...]

Yes. Microsoft Corp. defines a server “cluster” as a group of independent servers managed as a single system for higher availability, easier manageability and greater scalability. The minimum requirements for a server cluster, according to Microsoft, are (a) two servers connected by a network, (b) a method for each server to access the other’s disk [...]