Chapter 14. Monitoring and Optimizing Server Performance


Objectives

This chapter covers the following Microsoft-specified objectives for the "Monitoring and Optimizing Server Performance" section of the Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment exam:

Monitor and analyze events. Tools might include Event Viewer and System Monitor.

  • The purpose of this objective is to teach you how to use the System Monitor to track the performance of your Windows Server 2003 computer.

Monitor file and print servers. Tools might include Task Manager, Event Viewer, and System Monitor.

  • Monitor server hardware for bottlenecks.

  • The purpose of this objective is to teach you how to use the various tools available in Windows Server 2003 to assist in identifying performance bottlenecks.

Monitor system performance.

  • When working in a Windows Server 2003 environment, it is important that you have a thorough understanding of the performance characteristics of your servers. This makes it easier to identify potential problems before they cause outages.

Monitor and optimize a server environment for application performance.

  • Monitor memory performance objects.

  • Monitor network performance objects.

  • Monitor process performance objects.

  • Monitor disk performance objects.

  • The purpose of this objective is to teach you how to monitor and optimize your Windows 2003 server by monitoring the four basic performance objects.

Outline

Introduction

608

Monitoring Performance

608

 

Using Task Manager

608

  

Applications Tab

609

  

Processes Tab

610

  

Understanding Priority

611

  

Performance Tab

618

  

Networking Tab

619

  

Users Tab

619

Monitoring and Optimizing a Server Environment for Application Performance

621

 

Monitoring System Resources

621

 

System Monitor

622

 

The Performance Logs and Alerts Snap-In

626

  

Performance Logs

626

  

Trace Logs

632

  

Performance Alerts

632

Optimizing System Resources

635

 

Monitoring Memory Performance Objects

635

 

Monitoring Disk Performance Objects

636

 

Monitoring Process Performance Objects

637

 

Monitoring Network Performance Objects

638

Monitoring Server Hardware for Bottlenecks

639

 

Remote Monitoring

642

Chapter Summary

643

 

Key Terms

643

Apply Your Knowledge

643


Study Strategies

  • The proper use of the performance-monitoring tools to identify problems with and to optimize server subsystems has always been a major point on Microsoft exams. Expect the Windows Server 2003 exams to continue that tradition. Make sure that you have a complete understanding of the capabilities of both the System Monitor and the Performance Logs and Alerts tool. In addition, you should be very familiar with Task Manager, especially how it is similar to System Monitor and how it is different.

  • To get real-world experience in your lab environment, get a copy of leakyapp.exe and cpustres.exe. These two applications will simulate memory and CPU loads so that you can get more in-depth experience monitoring the performance counters. Both applications are available in either the Windows 2000 or Windows XP Resource kits.




MCSA. MCSE 70-290 Exam Prep. Managing and Maintaining a MicrosoftR Windows ServerT 2003 Environment
MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Prep: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 0789736489
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 219
Authors: Lee Scales

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