Dear Philip,

It's posiible - dotTrace 4.0 works on remote computer. You need make some stepes for it:

1. Create folder on remote computer

2. Copy following files (build version <= 4.0.506) to remote folder:

  JetBrains.Profiler.dotTrace.Agent.Remote.exe

  JetBrains.Profiler.dotTrace.Agent.Remote.pdb

  JetBrains.Profiler.dotTrace.Agent.Shared.dll

  JetBrains.Profiler.dotTrace.Agent.Shared.pdb

  JetBrains.Profiler.dotTrace.Util.dll

  JetBrains.Profiler.dotTrace.Util.pdb

  JetBrains.Platform.dotTrace.Util.dll

  JetBrains.Platform.dotTrace.Util.pdb

  JetBrains.Platform.dotTrace.Interop.WinApi.dll

  JetBrains.Platform.dotTrace.Interop.WinApi.pdb

2. Run on remote comnputer "%WinDir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\InstallUtil.exe" /i JetBrains.Profiler.dotTrace.Agent.Remote.exe

3. Go to "Services"on remote comnputer, find "JetBrains Profiler Remote Agent" and assign administrator user right for this service (see Properties | Log On)

4. Go to "Computer Management" on remote comnputer, choose "Local User and Groups | Groups" and add new group with name "JetBrains Profiler Remote Agent".

5. Add set of users who will have the access to this remoting profiling service.

6. Go to "Windows Firewall" on remote comnputer and open port 9000 for incoming connections and allow all outgoing connections.

7. Start "JetBrains Profiler Remote Agent" service. Check that "C:\JetBrains.Profiler.dotTrace.Agent.Remote.log" will be created.

8. Go to "Windows Firewall" on local comnputer, enable all incoming connections for "dotTrace.exe" & "JetBrains.Profiler.dotTrace.ExternalLauncherProcess.exe".

9. Go to local computer and start dotTrace, press "Profile Advanced", choose "Remote Computer", enter parameters and press "Connect".

10. You are success if you see options dialog.

WBR, Mikhail Pilin

Hello Mikhail,

I am trying to profile an IIS application via the remote agent.

I am running it with administrator priviledges on the remote machine using the /console switch.

After adding the connection options I get a "Connection failed: No such host is known" while the agent says: "Authenticated as passphrase match".

Both firewalls are off and I rdp to the remote machine.

Any help?

Dear Mikhail,

Thanks very much for your help, unfortunately my machine is inside our company network and cannot be reached from the outside, so I am sure that is the problem.

I worked around the problem via recording the snapshot on the remote machine and copying it on mine.

I really look forward to the new version, keep up the good job:)

I find that I am unable to connect to a remote machine at all through a VPN. dotTrace 4.0, with firewalls all dissabled. The machine is pingable, remote desktop, and windows shares all work fine.