Many performance statistics can be viewed from MSMQ Explorer for both computers and queues. To see the performance counters from MSMQ Explorer, right-click a computer or a queue, click Properties, and then click the Status tab. To view all available performance counters for MSMQ, open the Windows NT Performance Monitor. The default MSMQ performance counters are grouped under the following objects:
For definitions of each counter, open Performance Monitor, click Add counter, select one of the MSMQ objects, and then click Explain. As you select different counters, definitions for each counter appear under Counter Definition.
Additional performance counters can be installed on MSMQ servers by MSMQ connectors. For example, performance counters are grouped under the MSMQ Exchange Connector object when you install the MSMQ Exchange Connector.
You can also use Perf2mib.exe (the Performance Monitor MIB Builder Tool) to enable any simple network management protocol (SNMP) manager to read MSMQ performance counters. For more information, see the Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit or the Windows NT Server Resource Kit.
For more information on Performance Monitor, see Windows NT Server Version 4.0 Concepts and Planning. For more information the MSMQ Exchange connector, see Appendix B "Installing and Configuring the MSMQ Exchange Connector."