MODULE 2: PREPARING TO

MONITOR SERVER PERFORMANCE

OVERVIEW FOR HOLE MODULE 2
Introduction to Monitoring Server Performance
Performing Real-Time and Logged Monitoring
Configuring and Managing Counter Logs
Configuring Alerts

WHY MONITOR PERFORMANCE?
By monitoring performance, you obtain data
that you can use to:
Understand workload and its effect on
system resources
Identify resource-use trends
Test proposed configuration changes
Diagnose and optimize the system

WHAT IS REAL-TIME AND LOGGED
MONITORING?
Real-Time Monitoring
Logged Monitoring


Monitors the system
Processes and updates data from the operating system
Documents the state of memory, processor, storage
and network
Collects and stores data for a span of time
Detects bottlenecks and records system changes
Performed in Performance Logs and Alerts
WHAT IS A COUNTER LOG?
Performance counters measure performance
Counter logs store performance data over time
LESSON: CONFIGURING ALERTS
What Is an Alert?
Limitations of Alerts
What Is Event Viewer?
What Is EventCombMT?
Practice: Configuring and Viewing Alerts

WHAT IS AN ALERT?
A feature that detects out of range values
A counter setting called a threshold
A mechanism that:
Log events
May send a message
May start a counter log
May initiate a program
A measure based on baselines
LIMITATIONS OF ALERTS
Permissions constrain alert creation
Dependent services constrain alert
actions
Example: Messenger service
Faulty remote connections impair the
reliability of alerts
WHAT IS EVENT VIEWER?
A tool for viewing and configuring event
logs
A way to view the application log
A collection of log files with a 16 MB
default size
Filter events based on type, source,
computer, and time
WHAT IS EVENTCOMBMT?
A utility for parsing event logs on multiple
servers
Searching can be based on:
Event ID
Event type
Source
Log
Finds alerts on many servers quickly