Monitor Active Web and FTP Connections

To ensure that service to clients is not interrupted, monitor the Web server for any active Web and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) connections before taking the Web server offline. Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.0, IIS 5.0, and IIS 6.0 include performance monitor counters that can be used to monitor the active Web and FTP connections. Monitor the active Web and FTP connections to ensure one of the following is true:

  • The number of active Web and FTP connections is zero.

  • All active Web or FTP sessions can be accounted for and can be terminated.

Requirements

  • Credentials: Membership in the Administrators group on the local computer.

  • Tools: Perfmon.msc, Perfmon.exe.

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