Windows XP in a Nutshell

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

logman command 
                     collection_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_name is 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.