Tools that display a continuous stream of statics about what the system is doing at that moment now.   

Provides more current information.

Most admins do not use this method of monitoring

Produces same as real-time monitoring data.  

Stored on permanent media.

Beneficial because you can monitor trends over long periods of time. 

Control - H highlights monitoring

Processor

Memory

Disk

Network

a collection of performance levels taken when the pc is functioning normally...

Usually taken when first created

Can use this to compare to when problems arise

a component that is not providing an acceptable level of performance.  Perhaps a lag deemed by users. 

Slow system.

You do not want data in the Security log to be overwritten, but you also

do not want your Windows Server 2003 computer to stop serving the

network at any time. What settings should you configure on your server?

In the Event Viewer snap-in, open the Security Properties dialog box and select the

Do Not Overwrite Events (Clear Log Manually) option.

Your goal is to monitor all your Windows Server 2003 servers so that they

can be defragmented on a regular schedule, and as efficiently as possible.

The disk defragmentation program that you use requires at least 20 percent

free disk space on each volume to defragment properly. What

should you do?

Configure Performance Logs And Alerts on one computer to monitor the Logical-

Disk: % Free Space counter for each computer on the network and generate an

alert when the counter on any computer falls below 20 percent. Configure the

alerts to send a message to the network administrator.

The computer that you are using to monitor the other systems on your

network is overburdened with the task, so you must lighten its monitoring

load. What should you do to lighten the monitoring computer’s load

while maintaining as much monitored data as possible?

You are running a database application on a computer with two processors.

You want the database application to run on the second processor.

How can you use Task Manager to do this?

Right-click the database application in the Applications tab, and then select Go

To Process. Right-click the process, and set the processor affinity from the

context menu

Which of the following statements is true if System Monitor shows a value

greater than 2 for the PhysicalDisk: Current Disk Queue Length counter

on a non-RAID system?

a. You need more disk space.

b. You need a faster disk drive.

c. You need additional information to determine whether the disk is the

problem.

d. You have a memory problem, not a disk problem.

c. You need additional information to determine whether the disk is the

problem.

Which of the following logs are available using Event Viewer on a member

server functioning as an application server? (Choose all correct answers.)

a. Application

b. Directory Service

c. System

d. Security

e. File Replication Service

a. Application

c. System

d. Security

What are two possible remedies for a disk subsystem that is the

bottleneck in a server’s performance?

Install faster hard disk drives.

■ Install additional hard disk drives and split your data among them, reducing

the I/O burden on each drive.

■ Replace standalone drives with a RAID (redundant array of independent

disks) array.

■ Add more disk drives to an existing RAID array.

You are a network administrator for Fabrikam, Inc., a high-technology company

that has recently landed a lucrative government contract. As a result of the contract,

the company will be undergoing a dramatic expansion over the next 12 months.

The number of users accessing the company’s client database is expected to double,

and the IT director has instructed you to determine if the database server in

its current configuration can keep up with the increased load, and if not, what

improvements need to be made.

To accomplish this task, your first course of action is to implement a plan to

monitor the server for performance bottlenecks. As the first step in the plan, you

establish a baseline by using the Performance Logs And Alerts snap-in to create a

counter log that tracks the values for critical counters in the Processor, Memory,

PhysicalDisk, and Network Interface performance objects. After establishing the

normal operational values for the counters, what should you do next to configure

the Performance console to detect a bottleneck?

a. Leave the counter log running at all times and check the values of the

counters at regular intervals.

b. Using System Monitor, create a graph of the same counters and configure

the snap-in to sound an alarm when any counter value exceeds the maximum

baseline value.

c. In the Performance Logs And Alerts snap-in, create a series of alerts that

send a message to your workstation when any baseline counter exceeds

a certain value.

d. In the Performance Logs And Alerts snap-in, create a trace log using the

same counters as the baseline.

c. In the Performance Logs And Alerts snap-in, create a series of alerts that

send a message to your workstation when any baseline counter exceeds

a certain value.

You are a network administrator who has been given the task of determining why

the Windows Server 2003 file and print server on a particular LAN is performing

poorly. You must also implement a remedy for the problem. After monitoring

server performance counters using the Performance console, you have determined

that the network itself is the bottleneck preventing peak performance. Which of

the following solutions would enable you to achieve the goal of increasing the performance

level of the file and print server? (Choose all correct answers.)

a. Install a second network interface adapter in the server, and connect it to

the same network.

b. Increase the speed of the network by replacing the 10Base-T network

interface adapters in the computers on the network and the hub to which

the computers are connected with 100Base-TX equipment.

c. Split the network into two separate LANs with an equal number of computers

on each. Then install a second network interface adapter in the file

and print server and connect the server to both LANs.

d. Replace the network interface adapter in the file and print server with a

model that has a larger memory buffer.

b. Increase the speed of the network by replacing the 10Base-T network

interface adapters in the computers on the network and the hub to which

the computers are connected with 100Base-TX equipment.

c. Split the network into two separate LANs with an equal number of computers

on each. Then install a second network interface adapter in the file

and print server and connect the server to both LANs.