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Authentication Performance Counters

For the latest version of Commerce Server 2007 Help, see the Microsoft Web site.

The following table describes the authentication performance counters that you should monitor for authentication data.

Note

Authentication components are deprecated in Microsoft Commerce Server 2007. For example, the Starter Site uses ASP.NET authentication with the membership provider instead of the Commerce Server authentication components.

You can analyze the results of these performance counters to verify that your site is authenticating as expected or to correct any authentication issues.

You can find these counters in Microsoft Windows Server System Monitor. The System Monitor organizes performance counters by performance object. You should monitor your site by using performance counters and view the results collectively.

Commerce: Authentication

Counter name

Description

AuthChecks Failed/sec

The number of failed authentication checks at a particular site per second.

AuthFilter: AutoCookies/sec

The number of AutoCookies generated per second.

AuthFilter: Failed Windows-AuthChecks/sec

The number of failed Windows Authentication checks per second.

AuthFilter: Successful Windows-AuthChecks/sec

The number of successful Windows Authentication checks per second.

AuthFilter: Token-Cache Entries (Active)

The current number of active Token-Cache entries in Windows Authentication mode.

AuthFilter: Token-Cache-Entries (total)

The total number of Token-Cache entries in Windows Authentication mode.

AuthFilter: Token-Cache-Size (bytes)

The size of Token-Cache in Windows Authentication mode in bytes.

AuthFilter: Total AutoCookies

The total number of AutoCookies generated.

AuthFilter: Total Failed Windows-AuthChecks

The total number of failed Windows Authentication checks.

AuthFilter: Total Requests Failed

The number of failures caused by a full filter-cache, or because an error occurred and a filter redirected to an error page.

AuthFilter: Total Successful Windows-AuthChecks

The total number of successful Windows Authentication checks by the authentication Internet Server API (ISAPI) filter. This is the total number of times the filter passed the credentials to Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 and returned successfully.

AuthFilter: WindowsAuth-Cache-Hits

The total number of password cache hits in Windows Authentication mode.

AuthFilter: WindowsAuth-Cache-Hits/sec

The number of password cache hits in Windows Authentication mode per second.

AuthFilter: WindowsAuth-Cache-Misses

The total number of password cache misses in Windows Authentication mode.

AuthFilter: WindowsAuth-Cache-Misses/sec

The number of password cache misses in Windows Authentication mode per second.

AuthMgr: AnonTickets/sec

The number of tickets, or property/value pairs, set for anonymous users at a particular site per second.

AuthMgr: AuthChecks Succeeded/sec

The number of successful authentication checks at a particular site per second.

AuthMgr: AuthMgr Objects/sec

The number of Authentication Manager objects that were created at a particular site per second.

AuthMgr: AuthTickets/sec

The number of authenticated tickets set at a particular site per second.

AuthMgr: Custom Properties/sec

The number of custom properties set at a particular site per second.

AuthMgr: Get_Custom-Properties/sec

The number of Get_Custom-Properties set at a particular site per second. The GetProperty() counter obtains the custom property values from the user cookie.

AuthMgr: Total AnonTickets

The total number of tickets, or property/value pairs, set for anonymous users at a particular site.

AuthMgr: Total AuthChecks Failed

The total number of failed authentication checks at a particular site.

AuthMgr: Total AuthChecks succeeded

The total number of successful authentication checks at a particular site.

AuthMgr: Total AuthMgr Objects Created

The total number of Authentication Manager objects that were created at a particular site.

AuthMgr: Total AuthTickets

The total number of authenticated tickets at a particular site.

AuthMgr: Total Custom-Properties

The total number of Custom-properties set at a particular site.

AuthMgr: Total Get_Custom-Properties

The total number of GetCustom-properties set at a particular site.

AuthChecks Failed/sec Performance Counter

The AuthChecks Failed/sec counter is the number of failed authorization checks per second. This counter rate is incremented when the IsAuthenticated function fails. It can fail when there is no AuthTicket in the cookie or when the AuthTicket that is in the cookie has expired.

AuthFilter: Token-Cache-Size Performance Counter

The Token-Cache-Size counter is the number of user tokens stored in the filter cache. You can change this number in the SiteConfig object in Microsoft Management Console (MMC). You would change this number if the server has sufficient RAM and many diverse users frequently visit the site in a short period.

See Also

Other Resources

Monitoring Performance Counters

How to View Commerce Server Performance Counters

Commerce Server Performance Counters