Monitoring can alert
you to potential performance issues with SharePoint, so you should upgrade hardware
resources or performance-tune the application before a minor issue becomes a serious
problem. Monitoring can also alert you to potential security issues with SharePoint, or
allow you to investigate concerns with the judicious use of auditing.
Finally, monitoring can be an effective way to judge the value SharePoint is providing
your users. While your job as an administrator is to keep SharePoint running smoothly,
you owe it to your users to ensure SharePoint provides value to them.
INTRODUCTION TO MONITORING TOOLS
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 contains a good group of monitoring tools. For the purpose
of this book, we??™ll assume you are limited to native Windows Server 2003 monitoring
tools. These monitoring tools include Task Manager, Performance Console, Event
Viewer, and application logs.
The Task Manager
The Task Manager, shown in Figure 13-1, provides a quick overview of the general health
of your SharePoint server. Use it to initially monitor CPU usage and memory statistics to
quickly identify major problems. Launch the Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar
and choosing Task Manager from the shortcut menu.
The Performance Console
The Performance Console is a collection of Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snapins
??”the System Monitor snap-in and the Performance Logs and Counters snap-in.
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