Microsoft® Jump Start

M2: Monitoring and Maintaining Windows Server 2012

Rick Claus | Technical Evangelist | Microsoft

Ed Liberman | Technical Trainer | Train Signal

Jump Start Target Agenda | Day One

Day 1 Day 2

Module 1: Installing and Configuring

Servers Based on Windows Server

2012

Module 7: Implementing Failover

Clustering

Module 2: Monitoring and

Maintaining Windows Server 2012

Module 8: Implementing Hyper-V

Module 3: Managing Windows Server

2012 by Using PowerShell 3.0

Module 9: Implementing Failover

Clustering with Hyper-V

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Module 4: Managing Storage for

Windows Server 2012

Module 10: Implementing Dynamic

Access Control

Module 5: Implementing Network

Services

Module 11: Implementing Active

Directory Domain Services

Module 6: Implementing Direct Access Module 12: Implementing Active

Directory Federation Services

Module Overview

•Monitoring Windows Server 2012

• Implementing Windows Server Backup

• Implementing Server and Data Recovery

Reasons for Monitoring Servers

•Health of the IT infrastructure:

– Normal activity

– Abnormal activity

• SLA monitoring: – Monitor SLA areas to prevent issues

• Planning for future requirements: – Capacity

– Reallocation

• Identifying issues:

– Reactive

– Proactive

Typical Performance Bottlenecks

The performance

bottlenecks include:

• The resources are

insufficient and additional

components are required

• The resources are not

sharing workloads evenly

• A resource is

malfunctioning

• A program is

monopolizing a particular

resource

• A resource is incorrectly

configured

Processor

Disk

Memory

Network

Tools for Monitoring in Windows Server 2012

Tools:

• Event Viewer. Collects information that relates to server operations

• Task Manager. Provides information related to hardware performance and applications that are currently running on the server

• Resource Monitor. Provides real-time performance-related information of the server

• Performance Monitor. Provides both real-time and historical monitoring of the server’s performance

• Reliability Monitor. Provides a historical view of the server’s reliability- related information

DEMO: Creating Data Collector Sets

• In this demonstration, you will see how to create data

collector sets

Most Common Performance Counters

•Cache

•Memory

•Objects

• Paging file

• Physical disk

• Process

• Processor

• Server

• System

• Thread

What Are Alerts?

Alert is a functionality that notifies the administrator of any

events that have occurred or performance thresholds that

have been reached

What Are Event Subscriptions?

Use event subscriptions to collect event logs from multiple computers and store them locally

DEMO: Restoring with Windows Server Backup

• In this demonstration, you will see how to use the

Recovery Wizard in Windows Server Backup to restore a

folder

Quick Review

• Users are complaining of slow performance when they connect

to files that are located on file server on the network. What

should you do?

• You are concerned about business-critical data that is located

on your company's servers. You want to perform backups every

day, but not during the business hours. What should you do?

• Users are reporting that they can no longer access data that is

located on the server. You connect to the server, and realize that

the shared folder where users were accessing data is missing.

What should you do?

• The servers storing financial data in the company are backed up

by using the Microsoft Online Backup Service. One of the

servers has failed and has to be replaced, which could take one

business day. Users have to access financial data as soon as

possible. What should you do?