Module 14Monitoring Windows

Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Servers

Module Overview• Monitoring Tools• Using Performance Monitor• Monitoring Event Logs

Lesson 1: Monitoring Tools• What Is Performance Monitor?• What Is Resource Monitor?• What Is Reliability Monitor?• What Is Event Viewer?

What Is Performance Monitor?

What Is Resource Monitor?

What Is Reliability Monitor?

What Is Event Viewer?

Lesson 2: Using Performance Monitor• Why Use a Baseline?• What Are Data Collector Sets?• Demonstration: How to Capture Counter Data with a Data

Collector Set• Demonstration: How to Configure an Alert• Demonstration: How to View Performance Monitor Reports• Monitoring Network Infrastructure Services

Why Use a Baseline?

Establishing a baseline for comparative purposes enables you to:

• Interpret performance trends• Perform capacity planning• Identify bottlenecks

Calculating performance baselines for your server environment allows you to more accurately interpret real-time monitoring information

What Are Data Collector Sets?

Data Collector Sets can contain the following types of data collectors:

• Performance counters• Event trace data• System configuration information

Data Collector Sets enable you to gather performance-related and other system statistics for analysis

Demonstration: How to Capture Counter Data with a Data Collector SetThis demonstration shows how to: • Create a data collector set• Create a disk load on the server• Analyze the resulting data in a report

Demonstration: How to Configure an AlertThis demonstration shows how to: • Create a data collector set with an alert counter• Generate a load on the server to exceed configured

threshold• Examine event log for resulting event

Demonstration: How to View Performance Monitor ReportsThis demonstration shows how to: • View a performance report

Monitoring Network Infrastructure Services

IntranetInternet

DHCP Server

DNS Server

Active Directory

Perimeter Network

Lesson 3: Monitoring Event Logs• What Is a Custom View?• Demonstration: How to Create a Custom View• What Are Event Subscriptions?• Demonstration: How to Configure an Event Subscription

What Is a Custom View?

Demonstration: How to Create a Custom ViewThis demonstration shows how to: • View Server Roles custom views• Create a custom view

What Are Event Subscriptions?

Event Subscriptions allow you to collect event logs from multiple computers and store them locally

Demonstration: How to Configure an Event SubscriptionThis demonstration shows how to: • Configure the source computer• Configure the collector computer• Create and view the subscribed log

Lab: Monitoring Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Servers• Exercise 1: Establishing a Performance Baseline• Exercise 2: Identifying the Source of a Performance

Problem• Exercise 3: Centralizing Events Logs

Estimated time: 60 minutes

Logon information

Virtual machines 6421B-NYC-DC16421B-NYC-SVR1

User name Contoso\AdministratorPassword Pa$$w0rd

Lab Scenario

Having recently deployed some new servers, it is important to establish a performance baseline with a typical load for these new servers. You are tasked with undertaking this project. In addition, to make the process of performance monitoring easier, you decide to implement a subscribed log for the new servers so that you can efficiently determine server health.

Lab Review• During the lab, you collected data in a data collector set.

What is the advantage of collecting data in this way?

Module Review and Takeaways• Review Questions• Tools