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ASP.NET performance data not available after installing .NET 4.5


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Symptoms

After installing .NET 4.5 you are not able to access performance data using WMI. For example, when you try to get the value for the Win32_PerfFormattedData_ASPNET_ASPNETApplications performance counter, the value returned using WMI is always 0.

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Cause

This is by design as a security fix. Only admin and performance log/monitor can access asp.net performance information.

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Resolution

To workaround the issue, you can use C# code executed with admin privilege to query the performance info like this:

namespace PerfCounterQuery
{
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Collections.Generic;

class Program PerfCounterQuery
{

static void Main(string[] args)
{

IntPtr userHandle = new IntPtr(0);
string hostName = ".";
string categoryName = "ASP.NET Applications";
string instanceName = "__Total__";
string [] counterNames = { "Anonymous Requests" };
PerformanceCounterCategory cat = new PerformanceCounterCategory(categoryName, hostName);
List <PerformanceCounter> counters = new List<PerformanceCounter>();
foreach (string counterName in counterNames)
{
if (!PerformanceCounterCategory.CounterExists(counterName, categoryName, hostName))
{
Console.WriteLine("perf counter \"" + counterName + "\" does not exist");return;
}
counters.Add(new PerformanceCounter(categoryName, counterName, instanceName, hostName));}

foreach (PerformanceCounter counter in counters)
Console.WriteLine(counter.CategoryName + " - " + counter.CounterName + " : " + counter.NextValue());

}
}
}

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Article Info
Article ID : 2869514
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 8/15/2013
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