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11.3.2 Monitoring tools for Windows

For the Windows operating system, you can use Windows Task Manager and

other tools to monitor system activities. We introduce the following tools here:

 Windows Task Manager

 Windows Performance Monitor

Windows Task Manager

The Windows Task Manager provides basic system performance monitoring

functionality.

To start the Task Manager, right-click an empty space on the taskbar and click

Task Manager.

 Click the Performance tab.

As shown in Figure 11-3), the Performance tab displays:

– Graphical representation of CPU and memory

– The number of handles, threads, and processes running information

– The physical, kernel, and commit memory information

– The processes that are currently running on your computer

Figure 11-3 Windows Task Manager: Performance tab

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If you have more than one CPU in the system and would like to see a

graphical representation for each CPU:

a. Select View → CPU History.

b. Select One Graph Per CPU.

 Click the Processes tab (Figure 11-4) to see information about the processes

that are currently running on your computer:

– CPU usage and CPU time

– Memory usage and peak memory usage

– Numbers of handles and threads count

– I/O reads and writes

– Virtual memory size

– Paged and non-paged pool

Figure 11-4 Windows Task Manager: Processes tab

 To configure the system to display different column information on the

Processes tab:

a. Select View → Select Columns.

b. In the opened Select Columns dialog box, select the columns of interest

for performance tuning. Click OK.

For more information, refer to the Windows 2000 Professional Resource Guide,

which is part of the Windows 2000 Professional Resource Kit.

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Windows Performance Monitor

The Windows Performance Monitor is the best tool for keeping track of system

resource utilization on Win2000/XP servers.

Windows Performance Monitor is part of the Administrative tools in the Windows

Control Panel. It enables you to log counter and event trace data. Counters are

specific data items associated with a performance object. A performance object

is an individual resource or service that can be measured. Examples of

performance objects include processor, memory, paging file, and physical disk.

Examples of counters for the processor performance objects include % of

processor time and interrupts per second. Performance objects that are critical to

monitor on Content Manager servers are:

 Processor

 Memory

 Network interface

 Paging file

 Physical disk

 Process

Creating counter logs to monitor Content Manager servers

You need to create a counter log for each of your Content Manager servers

before you can use the counter log to view and monitor system activities.

To create a counter log for a server, follow these steps:

1. Make sure all Content Manager related services, such as programs, are

started prior to starting the Performance tool. The tool will allow you only to

monitor processes running at the time to define your counter log.

2. Open the Performance tool by clicking Start → Settings → Control Panel →

Administrative Tools → Performance.

3. Click the Tree tab and expand Performance Logs and Alerts.

4. Right-click Counter Logs and select New Log Settings. Enter a name for

this counter log, such as CM Server Counter Log. You will see that the current

counter log is stored in a location such as C:\PerfLogs\.

5. Click Add to add a counter. This opens the Select Counters window. You can

select counters from the local computer or from other computers on your

network. This enables you to monitor all Content Manager servers on your

network from one central location.

Note: The white paper Content Manager V8.3 Performance Monitoring Guide

provides a good description of this tool. For your convenience, we extracted its

content in this section.