Introduction

No matter what role your Windows Server 2003 server has in your network, if it does not perform well, you're not doing your job as a system administrator. A good system administrator can use the monitoring and troubleshooting tools included in the operating system to identify and diagnose problems.

This chapter covers the tools, tasks, and procedures required to monitor, collect, and review operational and performance data on a Windows Server 2003 server. This type of information is not only crucial for a job as a system administrator, it is also important for the exam.