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Network Implementation & Support

Chapter 11

Server Performance

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Task Manager

• Ctrl + Alt + Del & click Task Manager

• Ctrl + Shift + Esc• Applications Tab

– Programs that are running

– End task– Switch to– New– Status (Running/Not

Responding)

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Processes Tab• Many processes from

applications, the system, and services

• Displays User, CPU usage, Memory usage

• End process / process tree• Set priority (Realtime,

high, abovenormal, normal, belownormal, low)

• Assign a process to a processor

• Click on a category to sort

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Performance Tab

• Snapshot of performance

• Short history for CPU & page file. (cannot be saved)

• Update interval can be changed

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Networking Tab

• Info on each NIC

• % utilization

• Max speed

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Users Tab

• Users logged on

• Send a message

• Disconnect users

• View client connecting from

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Event Viewer

• Application Log – for problems with programs on the system

• Security Log – audited events

• System Log – system components

• Directory Services Log – AD events

• File Replication Service Log

• DNS Server Log

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Event Viewer

• Provided information– Event Type

• Information events (white)• Warning events (yellow)• Error events (red)• Success (key)• Failure (lock)

– Date & Time– Component or Application logging the event– Category & Event ID– Computer– Description (often with a link)

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Performance Console

• System Monitor– Gather remote or local data– Add counters for objects– View as graph, bar chart, or report

• Performance Logs & Alerts– Grab data for use in System Monitor or

Excel/SQL server– Binary, CSV, Tab separated files can be

generated

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Performance Logs & Alerts

• Counter Logs – start and stop logging on a schedule

• Trace Logs – event triggers logging

• Alerts – counters reach a predefined level– Log to app event log– Send a network message– Start counter log– Run a program– Execute commands

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Services

• General Tab– Start/Stop/Pause

services

• Log On Tab– User the service runs as

• Recovery– What to do when it fails

• Dependencies– What it requires and who

requires it