M ONITORING SERVER PERFORMANCE Unit objectives Use Task Manager to monitor server performance and resource usage Use Event Viewer to identify and troubleshoot problems Use the Performance console with  System Monitor and  Performance Logs and Alerts

T OPIC A Topic A: Introduction to server monitoring Topic B: Troubleshooting with Event Viewer Topic C: Working with the Performance console

M ONITORING SERVER PERFORMANCE Can help alert you to problems before they occur or become more serious Windows Server 2003 comes with several built-in tools  Task Manager  Event Viewer  Performance console

M ONITORING AND MANAGING APPLICATIONS Use Task Manager to view applications running on the server  Applications tab

T HE T ASK M ANAGER A PPLICATIONS TAB

A CTIVITY A-1 P AGE 18-4 Using Task Manager to control applications

M ONITORING AND MANAGING PROCESSES The Task Manager Processes tab  Lists all processes in use by applications and services, including background processes  Configures the priority of a process o Right-click on the process name and choose a priority level from the list, which includes:  Realtime  High  AboveNormal  Normal  BelowNormal  Low

T HE T ASK M ANAGER P ROCESSES TAB

A CTIVITY A-2, L AB P AGE 18-6, 7 Using Task Manager to manage applications and processes

T HE T ASK M ANAGER N ETWORKING TAB

M ONITORING USERS The Task Manager Users tab  Lists users currently logged on  Lists network clients connected to the system  Sends a message to users  Connects to another user’s session

T HE T ASK M ANAGER U SERS TAB

M ONITORING REAL - TIME PERFORMANCE The Task Manager Performance tab  Shows CPU and memory performance information  Displays bar charts, line graphs, and performance statistics

T HE T ASK M ANAGER P ERFORMANCE TAB

A CTIVITY A-3, L AB P AGE Using Task Manager to monitor performance

T OPIC B Topic A: Introduction to server monitoring Topic B: Troubleshooting with Event Viewer Topic C: Working with the Performance console

E VENT V IEWER Most common and effective monitoring and troubleshooting tool Located in “Administrative Tools” Gather information to troubleshoot:  Software  Hardware  System problems

T HE E VENT V IEWER CONSOLE

E VENT V IEWER LOG FILES Events typically written to one of these log files:  Application log  Security log  System log Domain Controller logs:  Directory Service log  File Replication Service log DNS Service log:  DNS Server log

I NTERPRETING EVENTS General information about each event:  Type of event  Date and time the event occurred  Source of the event  Category and event ID  Computer on which the event occurred

D ETAILS OF AN EVENT

A CTIVITY B-1 - P AGE L AB Viewing Event Viewer system and application log events

T OPIC C Topic A: Introduction to server monitoring Topic B: Troubleshooting with Event Viewer Topic C: Working with the Performance console

“P ERFORMANCE ” CONSOLE Allows detailed information to be gathered using various methods Consists of two tools  System Monitor  Performance Logs and Alerts

T HE P ERFORMANCE CONSOLE INTERFACE

S YSTEM M ONITOR Collects data in the following areas  Server performance  Problem diagnosis  Capacity planning  Testing

T HE DEFAULT S YSTEM M ONITOR DISPLAY

V IEWING S YSTEM M ONITOR DATA AS A HISTOGRAM

P ERFORMANCE OBJECTS AND COUNTERS Performance objects  % Processor Time  % Interrupt Time  Pages/Second  Page Faults/Second  % Disk Time  Average Disk Queue Length  Several others

S AVING S YSTEM M ONITOR DATA Can be saved to an HTML file Easily viewed on a Web browser Includes many control functions

S YSTEM M ONITOR DATA IN A W EB BROWSER

P ERFORMANCE L OGS AND A LERTS Allows you to collect data automatically on the local computer or from another computer on the network

A CTIVITY C-1 - P AGE Discussing System Monitor and Performance Logs and Alerts

U NIT SUMMARY Used Task Manager to monitor server performance and resource usage Used Event Viewer to identify and troubleshoot problems Learned how to use the Performance console to monitor the server using System Monitor and Performance Logs and Alerts