FTP Adapter Performance Counters
Performance counters allow you to monitor specific aspects of work performed on the site or system by service. Performance counters can help you identify and troubleshoot server performance issues.
The following performance counters are accessible for each host instance under the BizTalk:FTP Receive Adapter and the BizTalk:FTP Send Adapter performance object categories:
| Category | Counter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BizTalk:FTP Receive Adapter | Bytes received | Total number of bytes received by the FTP receive adapter. The counter is incremented after a message is completely read by the FTP receive adapter from the FTP server. |
| Bytes received/Sec | Number of bytes received by the FTP receive adapter per second. The counter applies only to messages that have been completely read by the FTP receive adapter from the FTP server. | |
| Messages received | Total number of messages received by the FTP receive adapter. The counter is incremented after a message is completely read by the FTP receive adapter from the FTP server. | |
| Messages received/Sec | Number of messages received by the FTP receive adapter per second. The counter applies only to messages that have been completely read by the FTP receive adapter from the FTP server. | |
| BizTalk:FTP Send Adapter | Bytes sent | Total number of bytes sent by the FTP send adapter. The counter is incremented only for messages that have been written to the destination FTP server. |
| Bytes sent/Sec | Number of bytes sent by the FTP send adapter per second. The counter applies only to messages that have been written to the destination FTP server. | |
| Messages sent | Total number of messages sent by the FTP send adapter. The counter is incremented only for messages that have been written to the destination FTP server. | |
| Messages sent/Sec | Number of messages sent by the FTP send adapter per second. The counter applies only to messages that have been written to destination FTP server. |
To access performance counters
Use the following steps to access the performance counters.
If you are using Windows 2008
Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Performance Monitor.
In the Performance Monitor dialog box, expand Monitoring Tools, select Performance Monitor, and then click Add.
In the Add Counters dialog box, from the Available Counters list, expand the BizTalk:FTP performance counter object and select the counters to be monitored
In the Instances of Selected object list, select the specific instances to be monitored for the selected counters and then click Add. To select all available counter instances, select <All instances>.
After adding the counters, click OK.
The selected performance counters appear on the Performance Monitor screen.
See Also
Monitoring BizTalk Server Considerations for Running Adapter Handlers within a Clustered Host