APM Probes

Question

Solarwinds are you interested in a Diag for the following error in the SolarWinds.APM.Probes.log? or is this a non issue / known issue.  We have seen this error 1,717 times in the last 7 days

9/10/12
2:46:21.435 PM 2012-09-10 14:46:21,435 [STP Pool:1073 Thread #0] [A5672] [C0] ERROR SolarWinds.APM.Probes.PerformanceCounters.LocalCounterFetcher - Exception caught.
System.OutOfMemoryException: Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown.
at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.InternalGetValue(String name, Object defaultValue, Boolean doNotExpand, Boolean checkSecurity)
at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.GetValue(String name)
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceMonitor.GetData(String item)
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.GetPerformanceData(String item)
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.get_CategoryTable()
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.CounterExists(String category, String counter, Boolean& categoryExists)
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.CounterExists(String machine, String category, String counter)
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.Initialize()
at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter..ctor(String categoryName, String counterName, String instanceName, String machineName)
at SolarWinds.APM.Probes.PerformanceCounters.ManagedCounterFetcher.Setup(Dictionary`2 settings)

bwicks · Answer

Thanks. I will stanby and open a case if needed after the upgrade.

aLTeReGo · Answer

Brandon, there have been some minor improvements to the way counterfetcher works in SAM 5.2. I recommend upgrading once it's released. In the meantime, you may want to consider opening a case with support so we can get a more detailed look at your diagnostics.