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