Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
An important part of managing and maintaining servers is to monitor of faults, alerts, and
events; and performance and bottlenecks.
This objective covers how to:
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Configure Data Collector Sets (DCSs)
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Configure alerts
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Schedule performance monitoring
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Monitor real-time performance
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Monitor virtual machines (VMs)
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Monitor events
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Configure event subscriptions
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Configure network monitoring
A Data Collector Set (DCS) is the foundation of building performance monitoring and re-
porting that fits your environment and needs. A DCS organizes multiple data points from
Windows Performance Monitor into a single collection.
You can create a DCS from an active Windows Performance Monitor view, from a tem-
plate, manually by adding a custom combination of data logs, or by configuring performance
counter alerts to monitor performance counters.
Creating DCS from performance Monitor
To create a DCS from a Windows Performance Monitor view, first create the view by adding
the counters to the Performance Monitor that you want to include in the DCS. Right-click
Performance Monitor; then select New, Data Collection Set (see Figure 1-11).
New DCS are displayed in the User Defined section of the Performance Monitor console.
You can modify the properties of the DCS to add a schedule, change storage details, con-
figure start and restart conditions, and add tasks to run when the DCS stops.
