Monitor the processes and performance of your Windows network systems

An important part of every Windows system administrator's job is to monitor network systems and ensure that everything is running smoothly. Watching the event logs closely helps detect and track problems with applications, security, and essential services. Then, when you detect a problem, digging deeper to search out the cause can often help you to prevent it from happening again. In this sample chapter from Microsoft Windows Command-Line Administrator's Pocket Consultant, investigate the tools at your disposal for monitoring the processes and performance of Windows systems. Chapter coverage includes:

• Managing applications, processes, and performance
• Understanding system and user processes
• Examining running processes
• Monitoring processes and system resource usage
• Stopping processes
• Detecting and resolving performance issues through monitoring
• Monitoring memory paging for individual processes
• Monitoring memtory usage and the working memory set for individual processes
• Performing detailed memory usage analysis and determining the source of memory leaks

Title: Microsoft Windows Command-Line Administrator's Pocket Consultant
ISBN: 0-7356-2038-5
Published: March 2004
Authors: William R. Stanek
Chapter: Chapter 7: Monitoring Processes and Performance
Published by Microsoft Press