Option 2<\/strong>: Use an existing AOS Service<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Option 1: New AOS Service<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. \u00a0Create a new Active Directory Login<\/p>\n e.g. CONTOSO\\PerfMonAosSvc<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. \u00a0Add user to \u2018Performance Log Users\u2019 group<\/p>\n 3. \u00a0Install a new AOS specifying the new Service Account login details when prompted, \u00a0 \u00a0 specify not to start service after the installation is completed, this ensures you can install Service Packs and Hotfixes on the new AOS service.<\/p>\n 4. \u00a0Ensure you install any Service Packs or Hotfixes to your current environments level. \u00a0During each install specify not to start service after the installation is complete and ensure you only select to update the AOS.<\/p>\n 5. \u00a0<\/em>You may need to add ‘EXECUTE<\/em>‘ permissions on any additional custom Stored Procedures that you may have in your AX Database for your new account.<\/p>\n 6. \u00a0Start the new AOS Service and check the application event log to ensure no warnings\/errors are reported.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Option 2: Changing an Existing AOS Service<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If you already have an existing AOS Service you want to configure for Performance Monitoring there are different steps to complete:<\/p>\n 1. \u00a0Create a new Active Directory Login<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0e.g. CONTOSO\\PerfMonAosSvc<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. \u00a0Create a SQL Server Login<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. \u00a0Create the Database Login<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4. \u00a0Grant Database Role Permissions<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5. \u00a0Grant Stored Procedure Permissions<\/p>\n Note: \u00a0You may need to add ‘EXECUTE’ permissions on any additional custom Stored Procedures that you may have in your AX Database.<\/em><\/p>\n 6. \u00a0Add user to \u2018Performance Log Users\u2019 group This is required so AOS Tracing can be started via the Tracing tab found within the \u201cMicrosoft Dynamics AX 2009 Server Configuration\u201d application.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 7. \u00a0Ensure the Service Account has Modify, Read & Execute, List folder contents, Read, Write<\/em> permissions on the Application Folder<\/p>\n e.g. C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Dynamics AX\\50\\Application<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8. \u00a0Ensure the Service Account has Read, Write<\/em> permissions on the AOS Log folder<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0e.g. C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Dynamics AX\\50\\Server\\MY_NEW_AOS_02\\Log<\/span><\/p>\n 9. \u00a0Change the AOS service account user in Services to the newly created service account<\/p>\n 10. Restart the AOS Service.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please as always try this setup in your Test \/ Dev environment prior to implementing it in your Production environment to ensure you understand the setup required and that it fits your requirements.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A great 3 part series on AX Tracing from the \u2018Premier Field Engineering\u2019 Team Troubleshooting AX 2009 Performance Issues can be sometimes frustrating when you\u2019ve got a lot of users using the system and you want to trace one particular users session.<\/p>\n One way that can ease this is to log the user onto an AOS where the service account it runs under is different to your other AOS\u2019s and where they are the only user on the AOS. 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This is required so AOS Tracing can be started via the Tracing tab found within the
\n\u201cMicrosoft Dynamics AX 2009 Server Configuration\u201d application.<\/p>\nUSE [master]\r\nCREATE LOGIN [CONTOSO\\PerfMonAosSvc]\u00a0\r\nFROM WINDOWS \r\nWITH DEFAULT_DATABASE=[MY_DAX09_DB]<\/pre>\n
USE [MY_DAX09_DB]\r\nCREATE USER [CONTOSO\\PerfMonAosSvc] \r\nFOR LOGIN [CONTOSO\\PerfMonAosSvc]<\/pre>\n
USE [MY_DAX09_DB]\r\nEXEC sp_addrolemember N'db_ddladmin', N'CONTOSO\\PerfMonAosSvc'\r\nEXEC sp_addrolemember N'db_datawriter', N'CONTOSO\\PerfMonAosSvc'\r\nEXEC sp_addrolemember N'db_datareader', N'CONTOSO\\PerfMonAosSvc'<\/pre>\n
USE [MY_DAX09_DB]\r\nGRANT EXECUTE ON [dbo].[CREATESERVERSESSIONS] \r\nTO [CONTOSO\\PerfMonAosSvc]\r\nGRANT EXECUTE ON [dbo].[CREATEUSERSESSIONS] \r\nTO [CONTOSO\\PerfMonAosSvc]<\/pre>\n
\n<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/axinthefield\/archive\/2010\/12\/28\/dynamics-ax-tracing-part-1.aspx<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/axinthefield\/archive\/2011\/03\/25\/dynamics-ax-tracing-part-2.aspx<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/axinthefield\/archive\/2011\/06\/25\/dynamics-ax-tracing-part-3.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"