CN2140 Server II
Kemtis Kunanuraksapong
MSIS with Distinction
MCT, MCITP, MCTS, MCDST,
MCP, A+
Agenda
• Chapter 8: Maintaining and Updating Windows
Server 2008
• Exercise
• Lab
• Quiz
Monitoring a Windows Server 2008
• Reactive approach
▫ Wait and see
• Proactive approach
▫ Tools
 Performance and Reliability Monitor
 The Event Viewer
 Network Monitor utilities
Reliability and Performance Monitor
• Under Administrative Tools folder
• Collect real-time information on local computer
or from a specific computer to which you have
permissions
• Shows information in various format
▫ Line charts
▫ histograms
Reliability and Performance Monitor
• Performance counters
▫ Various units. You can add these counters.
• Event trace data
▫ Collect the data over time
• Configuration information
▫ Can check the specific period of time to see if the
setting affect any performance
• Resource View
▫ Similar to Task Manager but provides more detail
Reliability and Performance Monitor
• Performance Monitor
▫ Perfmon.exe
▫ Provides detailed information based on
performance counter
• Reliability Monitor
▫ Provide system events
 Software installation / uninstallation
 Crash report
Data Collector Sets
• A set of performance counters that grouped as one object
• You can reuse it again on another machine
• Three built-in Data Collector Sets within Windows
Server 2008
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LAN Diagnostics
System Diagnostics
System Performance
Custom sets
 Data Collector Set templates (XML based file format)
Securing Access to Performance Data
• Users group
▫ Can view log files of historical data within the
Performance Monitor console
▫ Can use the Reliability Monitor
▫ Cannot create or modify Data Collector Sets
▫ Cannot use the Resource View
• Performance Monitor Users group
▫ Can view both real-time and historical data within the
Performance Monitor console
▫ Can use the Reliability Monitor
▫ Cannot create or modify Data Collector Sets or use the
Resource View
Securing Access to Performance Data
• Performance Log Users group
▫ Have the same right as Performance Monitor
Users
▫ Can create and modify Data Collector Sets
 Only after an administrator has assigned this group
the Log on as a batch user on the server
Windows Event Viewer
• Windows Server 2008 uses the Windows Event
Viewer to record system events that take place,
such as security, application, and role-specific
events
Network Monitor
• You can download and install the latest version
of Network Monitor from the Microsoft Web site
• Allow you to view network traffic
• For advance options, you can download
▫ Microsoft Systems Management Server
▫ System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Windows Server Update Services
(WSUS)
• A Web-based tool for managing and distributing
software updates (Windows update)
▫ For Microsoft Windows XP and newer
• You can use WSUS as a centralized updated
center to store all the update locally
• Three main components
▫ Windows Update Synchronization Service
▫ Web site hosted on a IIS server
▫ WSUS MMC Administration console
WSUS Installation
• Add Web Server (IIS) Roles
• Download and install
▫ MS Report Viewer 2005 Redistributable
Installation file
▫ WSUS package
• You can set it to synchronize with Windows
Update servers OR your local server as shown in
Figure 8-13 on Page 195
Managing WSUS Client
• You can deployed the update
▫ Automatically
▫ Using Group Policy
 Comp. conf.\Settings\Admin Templates\Wins
Component\Wins update
▫ Configuring registry entries
• Administrator have 3 options
▫ To notify before download and again before
installation
▫ Automatically download and notify before
installation
▫ Automatically download and install based on the
schedule
Assignment
• Summarize the chapter in your own word
▫ At least 75 words
▫ Due BEFORE class start on Thursday
• Lab 8
▫ Due BEFORE class start on Monday