Hibernator Localisation. Help me localise to your region!

[arkay]

International users of the Hibernator have most likely discovered that The Hibernator will not work unless the native language of your PC is English. This is due to Windows Locales and the fact that the metric names are different for non English speaking countries.

I am currently looking for a way of automatically using the correct names based on you locale however I am yet to find anything on MSDN to help with this.

To that end I am asking anyone who would like support added for their country to follow the procedure below and provide me with the information I require. I can then release updates to the locale information making this utility useful for all.

Please read the following and feel free to ask questions in this thread if anything is unclear.

Cheers,
Arkay.

What I need to know for v2 is the Object->Counter->Instance Values for your area that are equivalent to the english values:

Processor->% Processor Time->_Total
LogicalDisk->Disk Bytes/sec->_Total
Network Interface->Bytes Total/sec->""

Note that Network Interface above does not have an instance value as I generate these dependant on the network cards in your system at runtime.

I also need to know your Locale (country is probably enough).

I can then add a dropdown box in the config so you can choose the right locale to run with.

The following procedure can be used to collect the required information:

1. Run perfmon from the command line or Start->Run.
2. Select each metric (currently being graphed), in the list on the right hand bottom and remove them (del key).
3. Right click on the graph and select "Add counters".
4. Use the dropdown "Perfmormance Object" to find the right object. e.g "Processor" and select it.
5. Check "Select Counters from list" and choose the correct counter.
6. Check "Select Instances from list" and choose the correct instance. (For the network instance just choose anything available).
7. Add the counter.
8. Repeat the above for the remaining 2 metrics.
9 When all 3 metrics are added usr Cntrl+C to copy the graph properties to the clipboard.
10. Past the properities lines into a text document, along with your Locale information and post it here, I will then add the information to the locales file and make it available as and update download.

I will also have to update the Hibernator to support this (v2.01).

The lines in particular that I need to see are the Counterxxxxx.Path lines. eg.:

<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.Path" VALUE="\\L4445194500\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.Path" VALUE="\\L4445194500\LogicalDisk(_Total)\% Disk Time">

Thanks!

[arkay]

Update:

I've finished v2.01 in order to support the above. I don't actually have any data other than Australia in the locale file yet so I won't release it just yet. As soon as I have some feedback from our foreign friends I'll release it as a beta in this thread for those people to try out. Once we have it nailed I'll promote to full release.

Cheers,
Arkay.

[maltic]

Hi Arkay,

here the properties for Germany:

Prozessorzeit (%)\_Total
Bytes/s\_Total
Gesamtanzahl Bytes/s\<nic name>

for

processor
disc I/O
network I/O

Cheers,
Malte

[arkay]

Originally Posted by maltic

Hi Arkay,

here the properties for Germany:

Prozessorzeit (%)\_Total
Bytes/s\_Total
Gesamtanzahl Bytes/s\<nic name>

for

processor
disc I/O
network I/O

Cheers,
Malte

Thanks Maltic. Can I get you to clarify those for me a bit. Doesn't make much sense to me as some of the information seems to be missing.

I'll include the format of the Australian locale information here. If you can supply the Germany version for me I'll add it in and make v2.01 available for download for you to test.

Alternately if you can follow the procedure above and cut and paste the metrics to a file I can grab everything I need out of the file.

Australia==Processor::% Processor Time::_Total->Network Interface::Bytes Total/sec::->LogicalDisk:: Disk Bytes/sec::_Total

Are the bits in bold (the object names) the same for Germany?

Thanks.

Cheers,
Arkay.

[maltic]

Sorry, you are right:

Germany==Prozessor::Prozessorzeit (%)::_Total->Netzwerkschnittstelle::Bytes/s::->Logischer Datenträger::Gesamtanzahl Bytes/s::_Total

[arkay]

Maltic,

Thanks for that.

I've added the information you supplied.

I won't release this to the public yet, could you please try it out for me.

You can download version 2.01 from here.

When you run it you should be able to select Germany as your Country and click on profile.

If it doesn't work then please attach the log (c:\windows\hibernator.log) so I can check it out.

Thanks for your help!

Cheers,
Arkay.

[maltic]

Hi,

it was the other way round - sorry again (too much work to do ):

Germany==Prozessor::Prozessorzeit (%)::_Total->Netzwerkschnittstelle::Gesamtanzahl Bytes/s::->Logischer Datenträger::Bytes/s::_Total


When I press the profile button it seems to be working, but the hibernator only
measures for about one second not for 30 seconds ...

Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( PERFMON) Added Metric Prozessor,Prozessorzeit (%),_Total.
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( PERFMON) Added Metric Netzwerkschnittstelle,Gesamtanzahl Bytes/s,Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet.
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( PERFMON) Added Metric Netzwerkschnittstelle,Gesamtanzahl Bytes/s,Intel[R] PRO_Wireless 2200BG Network Connection.
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( PERFMON) Added Metric Logischer Datenträger,Bytes/s,_Total.
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Profiling mode enabled.
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0030 seconds. CPU avg (0.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0029 seconds. CPU avg (10.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0028 seconds. CPU avg (10.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0027 seconds. CPU avg (10.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0026 seconds. CPU avg (20.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0025 seconds. CPU avg (20.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0024 seconds. CPU avg (20.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0023 seconds. CPU avg (20.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0022 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0021 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0020 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0019 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0018 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0017 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0016 seconds. CPU avg (20.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0015 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0014 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0013 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0012 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0011 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0010 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0009 seconds. CPU avg (20.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0008 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0007 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0006 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0005 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0004 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0003 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0002 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0001 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:45 2005 : ( HIBERNATOR) Timeout in 0000 seconds. CPU avg (30.0000%) DISK avg (0.0000 kb/sec) NET avg (0.0000 kb/sec).
Tue Nov 29 16:34:52 2005 : ( COMPLETED) C:\WINDOWS\HIBERN~1.SCR Completed.
Tue Nov 29 16:34:53 2005 : ( STARTUP) C:\WINDOWS\HIBERN~1.SCR Started.
Tue Nov 29 16:34:53 2005 : ( READ INI) Read C:\WINDOWS\Hibernator.ini.
Tue Nov 29 16:34:53 2005 : (READ LOCALE) Read C:\WINDOWS\Hibernator_locale.txt
Tue Nov 29 16:34:53 2005 : ( COMPLETED) C:\WINDOWS\HIBERN~1.SCR Completed.


Cheers,
Malte

[arkay]

Maltic,

Nope. I don't think it is working.

The results you are getting are way to odd. No disk or network activity at all and your CPU only works in multiples of 10!

The metric names may not be right. For some reason it's not connecting to perfmon to collect the data (and perfmon isn't generating any errors!).

it's very hard to fault find unless I install a machine with a Freman locale.

Can you go through the process in the very first post. Run a local copy of perfmon, remove the "normal metrics" and add the ones as per the instructions the use the copy icon to copy it to the clipbard and paste a file with the contents here. I really need to see what Windows thinks it's doing.

Cheers,
Arkay.

[maltic]

Here you go:

<OBJECT ID="DISystemMonitor1" WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="100%"
CLASSID="CLSID:C4D2D8E0-D1DD-11CE-940F-008029004347">
<PARAM NAME="_Version" VALUE="393219">
<PARAM NAME="_ExtentX" VALUE="28549">
<PARAM NAME="_ExtentY" VALUE="17595">
<PARAM NAME="DisplayType" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="ReportValueType" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="MaximumScale" VALUE="100">
<PARAM NAME="MinimumScale" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="ShowLegend" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowToolbar" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowScaleLabels" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowHorizontalGrid" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="ShowVerticalGrid" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="ShowValueBar" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="ManualUpdate" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Highlight" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="ReadOnly" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="MonitorDuplicateInstances" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="UpdateInterval" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="DisplayFilter" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="BackColorCtl" VALUE="-2147483633">
<PARAM NAME="ForeColor" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="BackColor" VALUE="-2147483633">
<PARAM NAME="GridColor" VALUE="8421504">
<PARAM NAME="TimeBarColor" VALUE="255">
<PARAM NAME="Appearance" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="BorderStyle" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="NextCounterColor" VALUE="5">
<PARAM NAME="NextCounterWidth" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="NextCounterLineStyle" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="GraphTitle" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="YAxisLabel" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="DataSourceType" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="SqlDsnName" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="SqlLogSetName" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="LogFileCount" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="AmbientFont" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="LegendColumnWidths" VALUE="0.042654028436019 0.042654028436019 7.67772511848341E-02 5.78199052132701E-02 4.92890995260664E-02 4.92890995260664E-02 7.20379146919431E-02">
<PARAM NAME="LegendSortDirection" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="LegendSortColumn" VALUE="2097272">
<PARAM NAME="CounterCount" VALUE="3">
<PARAM NAME="MaximumSamples" VALUE="100">
<PARAM NAME="SampleCount" VALUE="33">
<PARAM NAME="SampleIndex" VALUE="33">
<PARAM NAME="StepNumber" VALUE="32">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.Path" VALUE="\\PC03434\LogicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Bytes/sec">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.Color" VALUE="65535">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.Width" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.LineStyle" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.ScaleFactor" VALUE="-4">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.Minimum" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.Maximum" VALUE="147456.164776434">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.Average" VALUE="21622.9724315059">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.StatisticStatus" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.Data" VALUE="0 0 0 24479.6078405182 0 0 4079.94485800017 145218.64273376 24842.5640585394 4075.97281501685 4080.08337254756 9316.44298018076 0 24479.8939447317 4096.01373140016 12288.4668837789 4096.0217414261 12288.054925662 28672.1762201277 4096.0125871133 147456.164776434 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.Path" VALUE="\\PC03434\Network Interface(Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet)\Bytes Total/sec">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.Color" VALUE="16711935">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.Width" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.LineStyle" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.ScaleFactor" VALUE="-4">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.Minimum" VALUE="171.15901469309">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.Maximum" VALUE="2085.81127605258">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.Average" VALUE="556.170137828464">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.StatisticStatus" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.Data" VALUE="364.209955247755 484.221600448468 1086.75837118855 294.839026724992 235.090779205925 314.457295401221 235.074947873057 294.577290633176 309.319034908572 171.15901469309 304.810916015516 299.226033217611 1295.66383286304 2085.81127605258 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00003.Path" VALUE="\\PC03434\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00003.Color" VALUE="16711680">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00003.Width" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00003.LineStyle" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00003.ScaleFactor" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00003.Minimum" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00003.Maximum" VALUE="7.8125">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00003.Average" VALUE="2.001953125">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00003.StatisticStatus" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00003.Data" VALUE="1.5625 3.125 3.125 1.5625 0 1.5625 6.25 1.5625 1.5625 0 1.5625 1.5625 7.8125 4.6875 3.125 1.5625 0 3.125 1.5625 1.5625 3.125 1.5625 0 0 0 0 1.5625 3.125 3.125 0 3.125 1.5625 -1">
<PARAM NAME="Selected" VALUE="\\PC03434\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time">
</OBJECT>

[arkay]

Maltic,

Haha.. Wish I had have got you to do this for me first...

Guess what! It's not locale dependant.

Here are the relevant values from your output:

<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.Path" VALUE="\\PC03434\LogicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Bytes/sec">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.Path" VALUE="\\PC03434\Network Interface(Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet)\Bytes Total/sec">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00003.Path" VALUE="\\PC03434\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time">

and here are the same values from my machine:

<PARAM NAME="Counter00001.Path" VALUE="\\BEAST\LogicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Bytes/sec">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00002.Path" VALUE="\\BEAST\Network Interface(Intel[R] PRO_100+ Dual Port Server Adapter _2 - Packet Scheduler Miniport)\Bytes Total/sec">
<PARAM NAME="Counter00003.Path" VALUE="\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time">

So. Whatever error you were having is not at all related to the fact that you're in Germany.

Can you do me a favour and run the Hibernator up and choose Australia as the country. It should work. Delete the log file first though so we can see wht values you get when you profile.

If it does work then I can scrap v2.01 as it doesn't appear that it's location specific at all It probably just shows the German names in the perfmon gui.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Arkay.