1. Module 15: Performance Monitoring and Optimization

2. Module Overview Describe the features of Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor Implement server resource controls using Windows System Resource Manager Describe improvements to Windows Server 2008 event monitoring tools

3. Lesson 1: Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor Identify differences between Performance Monitor versions Use Windows Server 2008 Performance and Reliability Monitoring Describe the benefits of Performance and Reliability Monitoring Describe the Performance Monitor Evolution

4. Performance Monitor in Previous Versions

5. Performance and Reliability Monitoring

6. Benefits of Performance and Reliability Monitoring Reusable Data Collector Sets Wizard-based Configuration Real-time Resource Usage OverviewReliability Monitor Aids Troubleshooting

7. Performance Monitor Evolution Less configuration needed to obtain performance data The new tool quickly examines metrics most likely to reveal resource over-usage Easier to correlate information to troubleshoot system instability problems Built-in tools provide more and better information

8. Lesson 2: Microsoft Windows System Resource Manager Describe Windows System Resource Manager Configure Windows System Resource Manager Implement Windows System Resource Manager Describe Process Matching Criteria scenarios Describe Resource Allocation scenarios Use Windows System Resource Manager with Terminal Services

9. Windows System Resource Manager Overview WSRM

10. Windows System Resource Manager Configuration Install WSRM Set up Applications to Manage Configure Accounting (optional)

11. Windows System Resource Manager Use Consolidated Server with Multiple Roles Single-purpose Server Terminal Server

12. Process Matching Criteria Scenarios Path Matching Criterion User or Group Matching Criterion

13. Resource Allocation Scenarios CPU Allocation Memory Allocation Set Policy to Managing or ProfilingSet Precedence

14. Windows System Resource Manager with Terminal Services Built-in Policies designed for Terminal Services: Equal_per_User Equal_per_Session

15. Lesson 3: Monitoring Events Describe Windows event logging Configure event subscriptions Configure computers to forward and collect events

16. XML Windows Event Logging XML Windows Vista Workstations Windows Server 2008

17. Event Subscriptions XML WinRM Wecsvc WinRM Wecsvc WinRM Wecsvc WinRM Wecsvc WinRM Wecsvc

18. Configure Computers to Forward and Collect Events 1. Log on to collector and source computers. 2. Source computer: winrm quickconfig 3. Collector computer: wecutil qc 4. Add collector computer account to Administrators group on each source computer. 5. Create a subscription. 1. Log on to collector and source computers. 2. Source computer: winrm quickconfig 3. Collector computer: wecutil qc 4. Add collector computer account to Administrators group on each source computer. 5. Create a subscription. BEST PRACTICE Use domain account with Admin privileges