Microsoft® Windows® Scripting with WMI: Self-Paced Learning Guide

256 Part IV: Classes

Using Formatted Performance Counter Classes

The performance counter WMI classes enable you to access performance information from

within a script. By using this information, you can assess the health of your server. This infor

mation can also serve to feed into the decision portion of your script, enabling you to take

either corrective or preventive action based on the actual statistical performance of the com

puter. The formatted performance counter classes are also called cooked performance counter

classes and are listed in Appendix F, Table F-1. The big advantage of using the formatted per

formance counters is that many of the calculations are already made for you.

Understanding Performance Counter Classes

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