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Windows 2012 Internal Monitoring Tools
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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.
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
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.
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.
3. Performance Monitor
Its also called perfmon.msc or perfmon.exe, and its meant for
stand-alone servers to monitor performance counter that have good
historical data.
4. Reliability Monitor
Its used to track changes in the system and report any problem.
It communicates whenever you update or install an app.
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.
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.
Those Meant for Open Source Alternatives
Windows 12 monitoring tools meant for open source alternatives
include the following.
1. Zabbix
Its an application that offers storage, graphing, collection and
alerting services.
2. Munin
Its the best if you have very basic monitoring needs. It doesnt
easily scale to over a hundred servers. Its built on the top of
your RRDTool.
3. Observium
This a platform that offers a network-focused monitoring in
Windows servers.
4. Zenoss
Its built by the Python Zope, and its meant for network
monitoring. It has OpenTSDB thats mainly used for storage
backend.
5. Ganglia
Its 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.
6. Centreon
This is a very comprehensive monitoring platform that was
upgraded from the RRDTool and MySQL, to InfluxDB and
ElasticSearch.
7. Pandora FMS
Its developed to manage the IT infrastructure. It consists of
Windows servers, virtual infrastructure, and network equipment
among other apps.
8. NetXMS
This is a Java app that has desktop UI and it monitors your
network devices.
9. OpenNMS
This is a wide-ranging monitoring platform that supports JMX,
WMI and SNMP.
10. HypericHQ
Its a program that monitors your middleware, operating systems,
any other apps that are running on your cloud, virtual, and
physical environments.
11. Bosun
It evaluates alerts and develops very detailed notifications for
you.
Network Monitoring Tools
The most common network monitoring tools include the
following.
1. Ntop
This program analyzes records and captures all your network
traffic at your systems application layer. With it, you can know
the protocols and apps that are consuming much of your
bandwidth.
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.
3. BandwidthD
It helps in the measurement of bandwidth in all sub-networks and
displays graphs showing this.
Conclusion
This is a good guide if you want to ensure that you are
monitoring your systems in the most effective manner.
