Defrag Tools: #41 - WPT - Command Line | Defrag Tools

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In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).
Resources:
Defrag Tools: #23 - Windows 8 SDK
Defrag Tools: #29 - WinDbg - ETW Logging
Windows Performance Analysis Developer Center
Windows Performance Toolkit
Channel 9 Videos
NTDebugging Blog Article
PFE Blog Series
Timeline:
[00:00] - UI vs. Command Line
[02:15] - wpr.exe -profiles
[02:48] - wpr.exe -profiledetails <profile>
[05:30] - wpr.exe -start <profile>
[06:06] - wpr.exe -stop result.etl
[09:25] - xperf.exe -help
[09:30] - xperf.exe -providers kg
[12:18] - xperf.exe -providers kf
[16:47] - xperf.exe -on <FLAG+FLAG+...>
[18:17] - xperf.exe -stop -d result.etl
[21:42] - xperf.exe ... -BufferSize <Size in KB>
[25:55] - xperf.exe ... -MinBuffers <Number> -MaxBuffers <Number>
[27:08] - xperf.exe ... -MaxFile <Size in KB>
[27:44] - xperf.exe ... -FileMode Circular
[30:42] - xperf.exe -merge <in-file1> <in-file2> <out-file>
[32:28] - Andrews Scripts on SkyDrive [link]
[33:15] - xperf.exe -help stackwalk
[35:10] - xperf.exe ... -stackwalk <Stack+Stack+...>
Examples:
wpr.exe -start GeneralProfile
pause
wpr.exe -stop result.etl
xperf.exe -on Base -stackwalk Profile -BufferSize 1024 -MinBuffers 256 -MaxBuffes 256 -MaxFile 256 -FileMode Circular
pause
xperf.exe -stop -d result.etl

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