I have six RDSH servers in a cluster that is controlled by RD Connection Broker all running W2K8 R2. I used to have the relative weight set to the same number on each RDSH server, but recently did some performance tuning and realized it would be better to optimize each depending on the hardware. So each of my six servers has a different relative weight, therefore different session load each day.
So based on that, I like to see how many active sessions are on each RDSH server at random times in the work day. My problem is that I cannot seem to find a good way to setup a template in PerfMon that would allow me to execute a data collector set and just see the total session count on each server in the cluster. I have to always open Perfmon on my workstation (or any server in the domain), and add each performance counter (Terminal Services - Total Sessions) for the six RDSH servers which usually takes a few minutes because of network delays. I then can sit there and watch the total session count. I cannot figure out how to save that selection though for the next day, so that I don't have to go through the process of adding each of the servers again. I tried creating a data collector set, but when I look at the results it just shows me one number that doesn't make any sense. It doesn't show me a list of the six servers branched out with their respective session totals at different time intervals, as shown below. I tried changing the file type from binary to comma-separated, and tab-separated, but the same issue occurs. The data doesn't make any sense. I don't know what's different about creating a data collector set with the same performance counters, as just adding these performance counters in the active Performance Monitor.
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Does anyone know of a better way to accomplish this? Perhaps there's a better tool out there that I can quickly run and see total session on all six RDSH servers all at once. I have heard of a command that can be run but I don't think it was quite what I wanted. Can't remember the name of the command. Why doesn't Remote Desktop Services Manager include this!
