PRF0025; No data was collected

Question

I'm VS2005 C++ developer exploring the capabilities of VSTS 2008 Profiler.  I create simple VSTS 2008 C++ Console Application with a couple of for loops doing some arithmatic calculations, which take about a minute to run.  My Sampling output is:

 

Profiler started

Successfully attached to process: 3452

Exited from process: 3452

Collection file exited: C:\<dir>\ConsolePerformProfiler080704.vsp

Profiler exited

PRF0025: No data was collected

 

As someone suggested, in Performance Explorer, ConsolePerformProfiler Property Pages > Sampling.  I've tried changing Sample event: Performance counter, highlight Instructions Retired, OK.  Still, I get the PRF0025.

 

My system environment is x86, VMWare Workstation, Vista Virtual Machine runnning VSTS 2008.

 

Please advise, how to troubleshoot my problem.  Thank you.

 

 

Answer 1

Hi,

 

Unfortunately, VS2008 does not support profiling in virtual environments (VMWare, VPC, Hyper-V).  If you'd still like to try out the profiling features, you should be able to download the 90-day VSTS 2008 trial ISO and install it directly on your machine.

 

Regards,

Chris

Answer 2

To clarify this a bit:

- VS2008 only supports instrumentation profiling in virtual environments, but there will be no data for Application Time (Elapsed Time will be there, however)
- The upcoming Dev10 (VS2010) release supports both sampling and instrumentation in virtual environments