Name
Performance Log Manager —
\windows\system32\logman.exe
Synopsis
Manage the “Performance Logs and Alerts” service for creating and managing Event Trace Session logs and Performance logs. (Performance Log Manager is included with Windows XP Professional only.)
To Open
Command Prompt →
logman
Usage
logmancommandcollection_name[options]
Description
The Performance Log Manager is a command-line utility used to manage
Performance Logs and Event Trace Session logs. Commands can be any of
the following (type logman
command
/? for help
with each one):
-
create Creates a new collection.
-
start Starts an existing collection and sets the begin time to manual.
-
stop Stops an existing collection and sets the end time to manual.
-
delete Deletes an existing collection.
-
query Queries collection properties. If
collection_nameis omitted, all collections are listed.-
update Updates the properties of an existing collection.
Notes
The Performance Log Manager is largely replaced by the
“Performance Logs and Alerts”
Console (perfmon.msc); see Microsoft Management Console, earlier in this chapter,
for details.
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