Network Monitor

Lab 11.5.5: Network Monitor Estimated Time: 25 minutes Objective Upon completion of this lab, the student will be able to set up monitoring agents to run tests and alerts for the syste

Lab 11.5.5: Network Monitor

Estimated Time: 25 minutes

Objective

Upon completion of this lab, the student will be able to set up monitoring agents to run tests and alerts for the system

Equipment

• A PC with Windows 2000 Professional or Server installed

• A PC with the Network Monitor Agent service installed

Scenario

A manager’s PC is running slowly due to congestion on the network Some of the

network processes are being monitored to identify the problem For the purpose of this lab, use one PC to run the tests that would normally be done over an entire network

Procedures

Use the monitoring agent in the Windows 2000 administrator tools Begin by setting up review performances of the processor Then set up a counter log Finally, set up an alert for the processor

Step 1

Click Start> Programs> Administrative Tools> Performance

If the PC does not show the administrative tools, right-click the Taskbar Click

Properties and select the Advanced tab At the bottom, put a check in the box next to Display Administrator Tools Click Apply and then OK

.Step 2

In the right windowpane, click the + button in the middle of the toolbar options

What window opens? _

Step 3

In the Add Counters window click Use local computer counters

From the Performance object list, use the drop down arrow and select Processor In the box below, select % Processor Time and click Add

Repeat the step above to add the % User Time, % Privileged Time, and % Interrupt Time counters Then click Close

Step 4

Start several applications, such as Excel, Word, Paint, and Solitaire

Click on the counter % Processor Time In the tool bar above the chart, click on the

button that looks like a light bulb Write down what happens with the processor in the space below

Click on each of the selected counters to see the utilization

Right-click the desktop and watch the % Processor Time Does this command utilize a

lot of processor time? _

Step 5

Create a counter log First, delete all the counters previously used Click on them and

press the Delete key

Click on Performance Logs and Alerts In the right window pane, right-click on Counter Logs and click New Log Settings

In the name box type TEST and click OK The TEST dialog box opens

Step 6

Click Add The counters box will open Click Use local computer counters

From the Performance object list, use the drop down arrow and select Processor In the box below, select % Processor Time and click Add

From the drop down list, select Memory and then % Committed Bytes In Use Click Add Select Physical Disk from the drop down list and % Disk Time from the counters list Click Add, and then Close

Step 7

Click Apply, and click the tab Log Files Change the End file names with option to

yyyydd

Click the Schedule tab In the Start log box, click Manually In the Stop log box, click Manually In the After option enter 5 minutes Click on Apply and then OK

Step 8

Click on Counters Logs In the right windowpane right-click TEST, and then click Start Step 9

Start several applications, such as Excel, Word, Paint, and Solitaire

While waiting for the five minutes to expire, use the open applications Using the

applications will display more results when the logging process is finished

Step 10

When the TEST icon turns from green to red, the process is finished It may be

necessary to refresh the screen Click Refresh or push F5

Step 11

Click the System Monitor in the left windowpane Next, click the fourth button from the left above the chart called View Log File Data

Step 12

Select TEST and click Open Click the + button again to open the Add Counters dialog

box Add all counters and objects available Only the counters selected for logging are available

Click Close The data will appear in the chart Was a lot of Processor Time or Memory

used? Is it helpful to see the information presented in a chart?

Step 13

Create an alert In the left windowpane, click Performance Logs and Alerts In the right windowpane right-click Alerts and click New Alert Settings

Name this alert Processor Test, and click Add The “Select Counters” window will appear Select the Processor object Then click the % Processor Time counter Click Add and Close In the “Alert when the value is:” list box, choose Over Put 5 in the

“Limit” box Where it says “Sample data every”, set the “interval” to every 30 seconds Step 14

Click the Action tab Leave the “Log an entry in the application event log” box checked

Put a check in the “Send a network message to” box and then enter the computer name

To find the computer name, right-click My Computer and click Properties Click

Network Identification and the full computer name will be shown Click the Schedule tab Click Start Scan Manually Under “Stop scan” choose After 2 minutes and click

OK

Step 15

Right-click the Processor alert and select Start Open a few applications This will increase the processor time System messages will now be received Click OK to

acknowledge the messages

After 2 minutes, click Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer Click the Application Log How many messages reported that the processor exceeded the

limit?