Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter

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Synopsis

Gathers list of all available counters on local or remote machines.

Description

Gathers list of all available counters on local or remote machines. Note, if you pass a credential object, it will be included in the output for easy reuse in your next piped command.

Thanks to Daniel Streefkerk for this super fast way of counters
https://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/2016/02/18/use-powershell-to-list-all-windows-performance-counters-and-their-numeric-ids

Syntax

Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter
    [[-ComputerName] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>]
    [[-Credential] <PSCredential>]
    [[-Pattern] <String>]
    [-EnableException]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Examples

Example: 1

PS C:\> Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter

Gets all available counters on the local machine.

Example: 2

PS C:\> Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter -Pattern *sql*

Gets all counters matching sql on the local machine.

Example: 3

PS C:\> Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter -ComputerName sql2017 -Pattern *sql*

Gets all counters matching sql on the remote server sql2017.

Example: 4

PS C:\> Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter -Pattern *sql*

Gets all counters matching sql on the local machine.

Example: 5

PS C:\> Get-DbaPfAvailableCounter -Pattern *sql* | Add-DbaPfDataCollectorCounter -CollectorSet 'Test Collector Set' -Collector DataCollector01

Adds all counters matching "sql" to the DataCollector01 within the 'Test Collector Set' CollectorSet.

Optional Parameters

-ComputerName

The target computer. Defaults to localhost.

-Credential

Allows you to login to servers using alternative credentials. To use:
$scred = Get-Credential, then pass $scred object to the -Credential parameter.

-Pattern

Specify a pattern for filtering.

-EnableException

By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.
This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting.
Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch.