public static PerformanceCounter CreateCounter(string categoryName, PerformanceCounterType counterType)
{
string counterName = categoryName + "_Counter";
CounterCreationDataCollection ccdc = new CounterCreationDataCollection();
CounterCreationData ccd = new CounterCreationData();
ccd.CounterType = counterType;
ccd.CounterName = counterName;
ccdc.Add(ccd);
Helpers.DeleteCategory(categoryName);
PerformanceCounterCategory.Create(categoryName, "description", PerformanceCounterCategoryType.SingleInstance, ccdc);
Helpers.VerifyPerformanceCounterCategoryCreated(categoryName);
return(new PerformanceCounter(categoryName, counterName, readOnly: false));
}
