WS-011 Windows
Server 2019
Administration
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Module 11: Server and
performance monitoring
in Windows Server
Module Overview
Overview of Windows Server monitoring tools
Using Performance Monitor
Monitoring event logs for troubleshooting
Lesson 1: Overview of
Windows Server
monitoring tools
Lesson 1: Overview
Overview of Task Manager
Overview of Performance Monitor
Overview of Resource Monitor
Overview of Reliability Monitor
Overview of Event Viewer
Monitoring a server with Server Manager
Monitoring a server with Windows Admin Center
Using Sysinternals tools to monitor servers
Overview of Task Manager
Task Manager helps you to identify and resolve performance-related issues
Overview of Performance Monitor (1 of 2)
Performance Monitor enables you to observe current performance statistics or to study
historical data that
Data Collector Sets have gathered
Overview of Performance Monitor (2 of 2)
Primary processor
counters: Primary disk counters:
• Processor > % Processor • Physical Disk > % Disk Time
Time • Physical Disk > Avg. Disk
• System > Processor Queue Queue Length
Length
Primary network counters:
• Network Interface > Output
Primary memory counter:
Queue Length
• The Memory > Pages/sec
• Network Interface > Bytes
Total/sec
Overview of Resource Monitor
Resource Monitor provides an in-depth understanding at the real-time performance of your
server
Overview of Reliability Monitor
Reliability Monitor monitors hardware and software issues that occur during the selected time
interval and assigns a number called the stability index that indicates the server’s reliability
Overview of Event Viewer
Event Viewer provides categorized lists of essential Windows log events and log groupings for
individual installed applications and specific Windows component categories
Monitoring a server with Server Manager
Monitoring a server with Windows Admin Center
Using Windows Sysinternals tools to monitor servers
Lesson 1: Test your knowledge
Refer to the Student Guide for lesson review questions
Lesson 2: Using
Performance Monitor
Lesson 2: Overview
Overview of baselines, trends, and capacity planning
What are data collector sets?
Demonstration: Capture counter data with a data collector set
Demonstration: Configure an alert
Demonstration: View reports in Performance Monitor
Monitoring network infrastructure services
Considerations for monitoring virtual machines
Performance monitoring with Windows Admin Center
Overview of baselines, trends, and capacity planning
By calculating performance baselines for your server environment, you can more accurately
interpret real-time monitoring information
By establishing a baseline, you can:
Interpret performance trends
Perform capacity planning
Identify bottlenecks
Analyze performance trends to predict when existing capacity is likely to be exhausted
Plan the capacity for the key hardware components such as processor, disk, memory, and
network
What are data collector sets?
Data collector sets enable you to gather performance-related and other system statistics for
analysis
Data collector sets can contain the following types of data collectors:
Performance counters
Event trace data
System configuration information
Demonstration:
Capture counter
data with a data
collector set
Create a data collector set
Create a disk load on the server
Analyze the resulting data in a report
Demonstration:
Configure an alert
Create a data collector set with an alert
counter
Generate a server load that exceeds the
configured threshold
Examine the event log for the resulting
event
Demonstration:
View reports in
Performance
Monitor
View a performance report
Monitoring network infrastructure services
Monitoring is essential for:
o Optimizing network infrastructure server performance
o Troubleshooting servers
Common services to monitor:
o DNS
o DHCP
Considerations for monitoring virtual machines
Considerations for monitoring virtual machines:
Virtual machines must be assigned sufficient resources for their workload
If multiple virtual machines run on a host, ensure the host has enough resources
Resources are shared, so performance of one virtual machine can affect the performance
of others
You must remember to monitor the resource utilization on the host as well as the guests
Performance monitoring with Windows Admin Center
Lesson 2: Test your knowledge
Refer to the Student Guide for lesson review questions
Lesson 3: Monitoring
event logs for
troubleshooting
Lesson 3: Overview
Using Server Manager to observe event logs
What is a custom view?
Demonstration: Create a custom view
What are event subscriptions?
Demonstration: Configure an event subscription
Using Server Manager to review event logs
Server Manager provides a centralized location for event logs from remote servers
Event logging
Enabled by default
Categorized by technology: AD DS, DNS, Remote Access
Customized views
Create queries for specific types of events that need to be displayed
Configure event data that needs to be displayed
What is a custom view?
Custom views allow you to query and sort just the events that you want to analyze
Demonstration:
Create a custom
view
Examine Server Roles custom views
Create a custom view
What are event log subscriptions?
Event log subscriptions allow you to collect event logs from multiple servers, and then store
them locally
Demonstration:
Configure an
event
subscription
Configure the source computer
Configure the collector computer
Create and refer to the subscribed log
Lesson 3: Test your knowledge
Refer to the Student Guide for lesson review questions
Instructor-led lab:
Monitoring and
troubleshooting
Windows Server
Establishing a performance baseline
Identifying the source of a performance
problem
Configuring centralized event logs
Lab: Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server
Exercise 1: Establishing a performance baseline
Exercise 2: Identifying the source of a performance problem
Exercise 3: Viewing and configuring centralized event logs
Sign-in information for the exercise(s):
Virtual Machines:
o WS-011T00A-SEA-DC1
o WS-011T00A-SEA-ADM1
o WS-011T00A-SEA-CL1
User Name: Contoso\Administrator
Password: [Link]
Lab scenario
Contoso, Ltd is a global engineering and manufacturing company with its head office in
Seattle, USA. An IT office and data center are in Seattle to support the Seattle location and
other locations. Contoso recently deployed a Windows Server 2019 server and client
infrastructure.
Because the organization has deployed new servers, it is important to establish a
performance baseline with a typical load for these new servers. You have been asked to work
on this project. Additionally, to make the process of monitoring and troubleshooting easier,
you decide to perform centralized monitoring of event logs.
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 questions
1. What significant counters should you monitor in Performance Monitor?
2. Why is it important to monitor server performance periodically?
3. Why should you use performance alerts?
Module review answers
1. What significant counters should you monitor in Performance Monitor?
• Answer: You should monitor the following: Processor > % Processor Time, System >
Processor Queue Length, Memory > Pages/sec, Physical Disk > % Disk Time, and
Physical Disk > Avg. Disk Queue Length
2. Why is it important to monitor server performance periodically?
• Answer: By monitoring server performance, you can perform capacity planning, identify
and remove performance bottlenecks, and assist with server troubleshooting.
3. Why should you use performance alerts?
• Answer: By using alerts, you can react more quickly to emerging performance-related
problems, perhaps before they have a chance to impinge on users’ productivity.
Thank you.
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