How can solutions providers monitor specific system activity using the Performance and Reliability Monitor?
• To monitor specific activity on your 2008 system, log on as either an administrator or a user that is a member of the Performance Log Users Group and has the “Log on as a batch job” user right assigned. • Start the Windows Performance Monitor by clicking on Start, Administrator Tools, Performance Monitor. • Once the Performance and Reliability Monitor starts, expand Monitoring Tools and click on Performance Monitor. • Now add the performance counters that you want to look at. For this example, let’s add a couple of counters about memory. To add a counter, right click anywhere inside the graph area and choose Add counters. • Make sure the Select Counter from Computer is set to Local Computer. • Scroll to find the memory section and click on the + to expand memory. • Select % Committed Bytes in Use and Page Faults/sec. You can hold the CTRL key on your keyboard while clicking on monitors to select more than one object at a time. • Click Add and OK. You should now be at the graph screen
