How to disable standard performance counters in Application Insights via JavaScript SDK?

Question

Standard performance counters in Application Insights generate too much volume. How can I disable them and only report my own counters + some standard ones (if needed)? I am using JavaScript SDK for application insights. Hence, expecting a fix related to same.

Answer 1

In the days of Server 2003 there were support tools including the Performance Counter Listing Tool (exctrlst.exe) that's still downloadable and still works. When you use the tool to disable a specific counter it simply adds a DWord named Disable Performance Counters and sets the value to one. So you can either try the tool or manually add the DWord to the service subkey's Performance subfolder as shown in example below.

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Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management

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