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Information collected by PerfView

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This article describes the information that may be collected from a machine when running the PerfView diagnostic tool.

Original product version:   Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
Original KB number:   3031091

Summary

PerfView is a performance analysis tool. It focuses on Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) information (event trace log (ETL) files) and common language runtime (CLR) memory information (heap dumps).

ETL files along with available symbols and activity log

Description File Name
Event Tracing for Windows (ETL file extension) along with symbol info. {ApplicationName}{TimeStamp}{Mode}.etl
Available symbols for the application and dependent modules *.pdb
PerfView Activity log PerfViewLogFile.txt

Other situations that PerfView can detect

In additional to the files collected and listed above, this troubleshooter can detect one or more of the following situations:

  • Operating system name.
  • Time zone.
  • Last Reboot/Uptime.
  • Anti-Malware installed.
  • User Account Control setting.
  • Username logged on during data gathering.
  • Computer Model.
  • Processor information.
  • Computer domain name.
  • Computer domain role.
  • Physical memory.
  • Process summary.
  • Top memory usage statistics.

References

Information about the Microsoft Automated Troubleshooting Services and Support Diagnostic Platform