Creating a Baseline - SQL Server Query Performance Tuning - page 59

Once you have added all the performance counters, close the Add Counters dialog box by clicking OK. To save
the list of counters as an . htm file, right-click anywhere in the right frame of Performance Monitor and select the Save
Settings As menu item.
The .htm file lists all the performance counters that can be used as a base set of counters to create a counter
log or to view Performance Monitor graphs interactively for the same SQL Server machine. To use this list of counters
for other SQL Server machines, open the . htm file in an editor such as Notepad and replace all instances of
\\SQLServerMachineName with nothing, just a blank string) .
A shortcut to all this is outlined by Erin Stellato in the article “Customizing the Default Counters for Performance
Monitor” ( http://bit.ly/1brQKeZ ) .
You can also use this counter list file to view Performance Monitor graphs interactively in an Internet browser,
as shown in Figure 5-2 .
Figure 5-2. Performance Monitor in Internet browser