How to use Linux Performance files importer with Nexus

1. Once you have downloaded (and extracted if .tar file) your \output from Pssdiag for SQL Server on Linux collection, make sure that the pssdiag_collector.conf and pssdiag_importer.conf files are available in the \output folder
2. To import SQL Server Linux performance data collected via Pssdiag for SQL Server on Linux, use the regular process to point SQL Nexus to the output folder and run the import - see SQL Nexus Importing data
3. As part of the import, to convert of Linux *.perf files into a Windows *.BLG format, you can enable Linux Performance File Importer

1. Once SQL Nexus import completes, you will find several .BLG and .TSV files that represent the performance data collected from the Linux machine. For example:

• Also, you will find a single merged BLG file that includes all the counter files under \output\Single_BLG folder