Thread Correlation for .NET

By default, the .NET Agent enables multi-threaded correlation for these patterns on the Common Language Runtime (CLR) >= 4.x:

  • Task.Start
  • Task.Run
  • TaskFactory.StartNew

The .NET Agent also supports thread correlation for the following patterns which are disabled by default:

  • Thread.Start on the CLR 2.x and CLR 4.x
  • ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem on the CLR 2.x and CLR 4.x

For Splunk AppDynamics< 4.3, for the .NET Agent, you did not need to configure correlation for ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem for the CLR 4 in the config.xml file. If you explicitly call ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem for the CLR 4, when you upgrade to the .NET Agent 4.5 from an earlier version, you must enable the instrumentor for ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem on the CLR 4 in the config.xml file.

Configure Thread Correlation for .NET

Configure all instrumentation settings for the .NET Agent in the config.xml. See Administer the .NET Agent

  1. Open the config.xml file for editing as an administrator. SeeAdminister the .NET Agent.
  2. Copy the code block below to a child element of the Machine Agent element. See Machine Agent Element.
    CODE 
    <instrumentation>
                    <instrumentor name="ThreadCorrelationThreadPoolCLR2Instrumentor" enabled="true"/>
                    <instrumentor name="ThreadCorrelationThreadPoolCLR4Instrumentor" enabled="true"/>
                    <instrumentor name="ThreadStartCLR2Instrumentor" enabled="true"/>
                    <instrumentor name="ThreadStartCLR4Instrumentor" enabled="true"/>
                    </instrumentation>
    For example:
    XML 
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
                        <appdynamics-agent xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
                        ...
                        <machine-agent>
                        <!--Enable thread correlation-->
                        <instrumentation>
                        <instrumentor name="ThreadCorrelationThreadPoolCLR2Instrumentor" enabled="true"/>
                        <instrumentor name="ThreadCorrelationThreadPoolCLR4Instrumentor" enabled="true"/>
                        <instrumentor name="ThreadStartCLR2Instrumentor" enabled="true"/>
                        <instrumentor name="ThreadStartCLR4Instrumentor" enabled="true"/>
                        </instrumentation>
                        </machine-agent>
                        ...
                        </appdynamics-agent>
    The configuration syntax is enabled="true".
  3. Save the config.xml file.
  4. Restart the AppDynamics.Agent.Coordinator service.
  5. Restart instrumented applications for your changes to take effect.