I was wanting to collect some performance information on a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller. One of the things you may not realize is that Windows Server includes some predefined data collector sets for common tasks and generates reports based on the data. Since I was having a performance issue on the DC, I wanted to run the Active Directory Diagnostics data collector set.

Built-in data collector sets

I was wanting to collect some performance information on a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller. One of the things you may not realize is that Windows Server includes some predefined data collector sets for common tasks and generates reports based on the data. Since I was having a performance issue on the DC, I wanted to run the Active Directory Diagnostics data collector set.

Selecting a template for a data collector set