3.  Create a text file named CounterList.txtthat contains the counter set detailed above. 

4.  From a command line, issue the following command on the index server.  You will need to change the drive letters & locationsso that they are appropriate for your environment.  Substitute the domain\userid and CompanyName in the appropriate section of the command below.  Please use the application pool service account credentials that SharePoint Timer Service is running under in order to ensure that we have access to the appropriate counters. 

Note: The asterik * will cause you to be prompted for the Domain\UserID account password. 

Running the Baseline Counters all of the time is a good idea to capture historic performance of your SharePoint servers.  If you have a performance issue you can add Incident Counters to capture more data samples.  The command should resemble the following: Baseline counters.