windows server 2012 internal monitoring tools
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The document provides an overview of internal monitoring tools available for Windows 2012, categorizing them into built-in Windows tools, open source alternatives, and network monitoring tools. It lists various internal tools such as Task Manager, Resource Monitor, and Performance Monitor, as well as open source solutions like Zabbix and Munin. The guide serves as a resource for users seeking effective performance monitoring of their systems.
windows server 2012 internal monitoring tools
- 1. Windows 2012 Internal Monitoring Tools by 24x7servermonitoring.com
- 2. Windows 2012 has numerous internal monitoring tools. If you are in need of good performance monitoring tools, then the guide below will help you. These tools are categorized as those that are included with Windows, open source alternatives, and network monitoring tools.
- 3. Those included with Windows Internal Windows monitoring tools included with windows include the following. ●Task Manager ●Resource Monitoring Tools ●Performance Monitor ●Reliability Monitor ●Microsoft SysInternals ●System Center Operations Manager
- 4. 1. The Task Manager This is a pre-installed application on any Windows server. It helps you monitor your CPU resources, memory and any other Windows performance counter.
- 5. 2. Resource Monitoring Tools The resource monitor is an application that helps in monitoring disk, network, memory and CPU usage. It is particularly useful for those who need higher level I/O monitoring.
- 6. 3. Performance Monitor It’s also called perfmon.msc or perfmon.exe, and it’s meant for stand-alone servers to monitor performance counter that have good historical data.
- 7. 4. Reliability Monitor It’s used to track changes in the system and report any problem. It communicates whenever you update or install an app.
- 8. 5. Microsoft SysInternals This set of tools is meant for Windows administrators. You can get it for free from the official Microsoft website. it checks your registry and files system activity.
- 9. 6. System Center Operations Manager It has a set of tools that will facilitate the control, monitoring, deployment and turning off all your Microsoft software.
- 10. Those Meant for Open Source Alternatives Windows 12 monitoring tools meant for open source alternatives include the following.
- 11. 1. Zabbix It’s an application that offers storage, graphing, collection and alerting services.
- 12. 2. Munin It’s the best if you have very basic monitoring needs. It doesn’t easily scale to over a hundred servers. It’s built on the top of your RRDTool.
- 13. 3. Observium This a platform that offers a network-focused monitoring in Windows servers.
- 14. 4. Zenoss It’s built by the Python Zope, and it’s meant for network monitoring. It has OpenTSDB that’s mainly used for storage backend.
- 15. 5. Ganglia It’s a distributed and scalable monitoring system that is meant for high and complex performance computing systems. It has a hierarchical design so as to meet the needs of grids and clusters.
- 16. 6. Centreon This is a very comprehensive monitoring platform that was upgraded from the RRDTool and MySQL, to InfluxDB and ElasticSearch.
- 17. 7. Pandora FMS It’s developed to manage the IT infrastructure. It consists of Windows servers, virtual infrastructure, and network equipment among other apps.
- 18. 8. NetXMS This is a Java app that has desktop UI and it monitors your network devices.
- 19. 9. OpenNMS This is a wide- ranging monitoring platform that supports JMX, WMI and SNMP.
- 20. 10. HypericHQ It’s a program that monitors your middleware, operating systems, any other apps that are running on your cloud, virtual, and physical environments.
- 21. 11. Bosun It evaluates alerts and develops very detailed notifications for you.
- 22. Network Monitoring Tools The most common network monitoring tools include the following.
- 23. 1. Ntop This program analyzes records and captures all your network traffic at your system’s application layer. With it, you can know the protocols and apps that are consuming much of your bandwidth.
- 24. 2. NeDi It does auto- discovery of a whole network topology together with all the devices connected to it. It helps you locate all your existing network assets.
- 25. 3. BandwidthD It helps in the measurement of bandwidth in all sub- networks and displays graphs showing this.
- 26. Conclusion This is a good guide if you want to ensure that you are monitoring your systems in the most effective manner.