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I'm looking for two tools to help make my life easier :-)
1) Something that will enable me to monitor CPU utilization / MEM usage on my web servers so that I can study when and why my resources are running low. Presently I use Windows Task Manager on Windows 2000 but this does not keep a detailed performance history or inform me when resources are running low (or does it??!)
2) I need a good error log viewer tool to help monitor error logs. We run ColdFusion web server and I'm looking for a tool to help with the daily task of tracking all the various errors and log files on Windows2000 server and ColdFusion. I've heard about www.logviewer.com and am planning to try it out. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
I'd love to hear from other webmasters about any "invaluable" tools or utilites which you use to help make your life easier!!
Thank you all for your time.
It should......it does for me.
2) What about WebTrends or Timbuktu?
We are usually pretty quick to answer posts, so I think you may have us stumped. We don't have many mods who run IIs servers: most of us use some type of Unix.
My point: we are not ignoring you. :)
Task Manager is just a high-level interface that uses Perfmon.
Once Perfmon is up, select the + button from the tool bar to add things you want to measure. Under the Performance Object drop down list box there is a long list of objects that you can gather information on.
For example, select Processor from the Performance object list. Then select %Privileged Time and %User Time from the Counters list and hit the Add button. That will measure the amount of time your cpu spends servicing requests from low-level interrupts and device drivers, etc, compared to time spent working on high level applications.
Use the Explain button to get a pretty good description of what the terms mean, and pay attention to scale, because not all counters use the same scale.
You can measure lots of stuff relating to overall system performance. For example, select Memory from the Performance object list. Then select Page Faults/sec. If the value is consistently high, you may be able to persuade your boss to buy more memory for your machine.
You can also measure things relating to individual processes. When you select Process from the Performance object list, a list of all currently active processes will be displayed. Select your process, then from the counters list, select what you want to measure. You can watch how your process uses memory and how many threads it allocates, etc.
Not all processes have intuitive names. If you don't see yours, go to the Task Manager and from the Applications tab, select your app. Then right click on it and select Go To Process. That will pop you into the Processes tab with your app's process hilighted. For example, Outlook Express runs under the process name msimn.
Perfmon will create a running graph with a different color for each thing that you're watching. You can also set it up to create reports.
Good day to you sir!
