Activity 11.1: Creating a Processor Alert

You’re monitoring performance on your company’s Web site, and you’re concerned because the system is experiencing bottlenecks during peak usage. You think that the problem is due to insufficient processing power, so you decide to monitor processor activity. You’re particularly concerned about the percentage of time that the processor spends executing threads, so you use System Monitor to monitor the Processor\% Processor Time counter, as shown in Figure 11.6.

Figure 11.6 - Monitoring the Processor\% Processor Time counter

Based on the information you see in System Monitor, processor usage seems well below maximum usage. However, you decide to log the event over several days to be certain that you’re collecting accurate information.

  1. How can you log data about processor usage and then view that data?
  2. After you view the log data, you realize the processors reach maximum capacity a couple of times a day. You decide that you want to be notified whenever usage exceeds 80 percent. How can you be notified when usage exceeds the 80 percent threshold?
  3. Which counters, in addition to Processor\% Processor Time, should you consider monitoring in order to collect data about processor activity?



Microsoft Corporation - MCSE Training Kit. Designing Highly Available Web Solutions with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Technologies
MCSE Training Kit (Exam 70-226): Designing Highly Available Web Solutions with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Technologies (MCSE Training Kits)
ISBN: 0735614253
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 103

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