When you collect data using the System Monitor plugin, the files collected are copied from the System Monitor server and stored locally under the top-level directory structure that is created in the collection process. The plugin stores the files under the Utilities subdirectory. For example, if you are collecting System Monitor session files on July 30, 2012 at 25 seconds past 2:38 PM and the collection is related to technical support call 1234567, then the files are stored in the following directory:

For additional information about this directory structure, see Collected Information Details.

If you request that a current System Monitor session be stored and then copied, the output generated includes one of the following:

The stored sessions that are copied from the System Monitor server have a DTS extension. To view the data in a stored session, import the session into a System Monitor client.