Transcript PC50  Ricky Buch Program Manager Microsoft Corporation  Kevin Michael Woley Program Manager Microsoft Corporation.

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 Ricky Buch
Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation
 Kevin Michael Woley
Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation
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Kevin Michael Woley
Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation
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Instrumentation exposes internal OS and application state
in a discoverable, easily consumable, standardized way
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Example
Usages
Performance Counters
• Expose processing rates
• Measure performance
Data Types
Data
Consumption
Strictly Numerical
• Polled in real-time
• Written to a log file
Events
• General notifications
• Errors and warnings
• Trace actions for debugging
No restriction
• Delivered in real-time
• Written to a log file
• Buffered in memory
Applications can make use of both Performance Counters and Events
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Event Audience
Developer
Technology
Event Control
Max Event Rate
WPP
Manual
High (10^4 / sec)
Features
• Easy
Implementation
• Requires symbollike files to decode
Developer; IT
Professional
ETW
Manual
High (10^4 / sec)
System Administrator
• Declaratively
defined in manifests
• Programmatic
Consumption
• Discoverability
• Localizable Strings
• Flexible Data Model
• Higher dev cost
than WPP
Same Features of ETW plus:
• Remote Collection
• Data Query Support
• Inbox Tool Support
• Centralized event logs
• Reduced logging rate
Event Log
Always On
Medium (10^2 - 10^4 / sec)
Common API Set and Development Model
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Design your application’s events and counters with a goal in mind
Win7: Event Logging Code
Generation & Improved
Manifest Validation
5 Steps
3
1 Design
Design
Create
Instrumentation
Manifest
(ECMangen)
XML
Manifest
Generate
Code
CTRPP / MC
preprocessors
2 Instrumentation
Definition
.rc
5 Build
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.h
New
provider
code
Instrument
provider APIs
4 Instrument
Build
New
Provider
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Ricky Buch
Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation
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Troubleshooting is the process of detecting and resolving a problem
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Troubleshooting Packs detect and resolve configuration problems
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GUI
Troubleshooting
Packs
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CMD
Troubleshooting
Platform
PowerShell
Reports
Identification
Metadata
Detection
Scripts
Troubleshooting
Pack
• Name and description
• List of configuration issues
• Security signature
• Checks current configuration
with expected configuration
Resolution
Scripts
• Sets the current configuration
to what is expected
Verification
Scripts
•Verifies that current configuration
is now what is expected
Localized
Resources
• Contains localized display strings
in MUI format
Identification
Metadata
GUI
CMD
Detection
Scripts
Resolution
Scripts
Troubleshooting
Platform
Verification
Scripts
Localized
Resources
Reports
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Detect a problem
Get input from user
Provide progress
Write to the report
PowerShell Runtime
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Troubleshooting Packs offer multiple deployment options.
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