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Please download a couple of examples of log parsing automation. You’ll see 2 simple ways of daily Hyper-V traffic usage reports generation. We use Microsoft LogParser software (it is free) in one of the examples, because our customers asked for that.

The file contains scripts and a manual. All is quite straightforward

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or need more examples.

If you want to stop Hyper-V virtual machine in case of bandwidth over usage you can use the following VBS script and Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter settings.

Hyper-V bandwidth meter settings

You can download script source code below. It stops a virtual machine and also sends email notification to server administrator.

Be sure you have CDO installed on your server and working SMTP localhost server.

Download this script, unzip it and change eml_from and eml_to strings in stop.vbs file.

What is new in Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter 2.0:

• The Bandwidth Meter is an active application now, not just a passive observer. It can send email notifications if some bandwidth threshold reached, run scripts and do other things.
• IPv6 support.
• Improved configuration tool.
• New improved reporting (log parsing) tool.
• New reports look.
• New, significantly revised network packets parsing procedure. Works better with 1 Gbit connections now.
• The program saves data to its log files every 5 minutes (you can set any other interval from 5 to 60 minutes with 5 minutes step) now, it was once an hour in versions 1.x.
• Log files can be saved in any folder now.

Please read more and download the new version of Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter.

Here is a bandwidth usage report sample (click to enlarge):

Log Parser for Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter now creates 2 reports.

The first one is a HTML report showing the daily bandwidth usage of Hyper-V virtual machines (incoming and outgoing traffic in separate table columns) as long as the total usage per machine for selected period.

The second one is a simple short list of Hyper-V virtual servers and their traffic usage for the period. This brief report is in CSV format and it is easy to import it to Excel or some database (e.g. your billing system).

Moreover, you can customize the report templates to fit your needs!

By the way, this Log Parser can process log files of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Bandwidth Meter too.

Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter is a tool for Hyper-V bandwidth usage monitoring, counting and reporting.

It provides a bandwidth control on per virtual server basis for different protocols (ARP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, IGMP). With this tool you can see the amount of data used (downloaded and uploaded) by each virtual server. Thus you can bill your customers for the bandwidth usage or just find out which servers cause a high network load.

Installation is straightforward and only takes a couple of minutes.

For more information, please read this document.

System requirements:

• Windows 2008 R2 (64bit only) with Hyper-V
• .NET framework 4.0

Need a GUI to analyze SQL Bandwidth Meter log files? Look at http://sbwlogreader.codeplex.com/ - this tool is made by Nick Olsen (one of our customers). The SQL Bandwidth Meter Log Parser is open-source, free and handy.

To upgrade Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter from 1.0.13 (or any older 1.0.x version) to 1.0.14:

1. Stop BwHyperV Windows service (Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services …)

2. Download BwHyperV1.0.14-upgrade-EXE.zip

3. Extract BwHyperV101.exe from BwHyperV1.0.14-upgrade-EXE.zip and replace C:\Program Files\BwHyperV\BwHyperV101.exe with this new EXE file.

3. Start BwHyperV Windows service (Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services …)

What is new in Hyper-V Bandwidth Meter 1.0.1.14:

• New virtual machines (virtual servers) list updated every 30 seconds.
• Service configurator improved: Now it shows virtual server count per Hyper-V network. It makes the service configuration even easier.

SQL Bandwidth Meter 1.0.2 (for MS SQL 2005/2008) released!

SQL Bandwidth Meter is a unique tool for SQL Server 2008 (and 2005) bandwidth usage monitoring, counting and reporting.

What makes it unique? It provides a bandwidth control on per user basis. With this tool you can see the amount of data used (downloaded and uploaded) by each SQL Server user. Thus you can bill your customers for the SQL bandwidth usage or just find out which customers use your SQL server intensively.

Installation is straightforward and only takes a minute by entering IP address of your SQL server and clicking several buttons.

For more information, please read this document.

Bandwidth Meter for Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 is a unique tool for MS Virtual Server 2005 bandwidth usage monitoring, counting and reporting.

What makes it unique? It provides a bandwidth control on per virtual server basis for different protocols (ARP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, IGMP). With this tool you can see the amount of data used (downloaded and uploaded) by each virtual server. Thus you can bill your customers for the bandwidth usage or just find out which servers cause a high network load.

Installation is straightforward and only takes a minute by entering IP address of your server and clicking several buttons.

For more information, please read this document.