Windows Server 2012 R2

Centralize Monitoring
Hi all, Yesterday I posted a Step by Step on how Server Admin can configure Windows Server 2012 R2
Core in Domain environment.

Today I going to show you all a very simple step on how to Centralized Monitor member server in your
Domain Infrastructure using Performance Monitor that available in Windows Server 2012 R2.

For those who’r not sure what is Performance Monitor all about, Windows Performance Monitor is a
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that provides tools for analysing system
performance. From a single console, you can monitor application and hardware performance in
real time, customize what data you want to collect in logs, define thresholds for alerts and
automatic actions, generate reports, and view past performance data in a variety of ways.

Please refer here for more info : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749249.aspx

For this Demo, I’m using my ComSys.local domain consist of 4 Servers which is 3 Servers running GUI
and 1 Server core, all 4 Servers running on Windows Server 2012 R2. But for this Monitoring purposes, I
will use ComSys SVR01 Server..

So.. lets get started…

1 – On the domain Server, in my case ComSys DC01 Server, open Server Managerand then Right
Click All Servers and choose Add Servers..

** I wanted to make sure all my Server in my domain is on-line and to make sure the performance counter
is started.
2 – On the Add Server box, Click Find Now button to detect all on-line server available… then Choose
all the server you want to start the performance counter and click the Arrow button next to Operating
System to add the Server..
3 – Verify the Server in the Selected box and click OK…

4 – Verify again that all the Server in your Infra is in the on-line Status..
5 – Next, Log in to your Server that you want to perform the monitoring, in my case I will use ComSys
SVR01… On the Server Manager, Click Tools and then clickPerformance Monitor..
6 – On the Performance Monitor MMC, open Data Collector Sets, and then clickUser Defined… right
click User Defined, click New, and then click Data Collector Set…

7 – Next, on the Create new Data Collector Set box, enter name that you prefer, for this demo I
use ComSys SVR01 Server Monitoring and select Create manually (Advanced)… then click Next to
proceed…
8 – Next, on the What type of data do you want to include? box, click Create data logs and
then select the Performance Counter then click Finish…
9 – Next again, click Data Collector Sets, double click User Defined, right clickComSys SVR01 Server
Monitoring and then click New and choose Data Collector…

10 – On the Create New Data Collector box… in the Name box, type Base ComSys Server01
Monitoring and select Performance counter data collector, then click next….
11 – On the Create New Data Collector box, click Add button…
12 – Next, In the Available counters object list, you can choose any counter that you prefer to monitor
your Server, for this Demo I select Available Mbyes, Current Bandwidth and %Processor Time… then
click OK…

13 – Next on the Create New Data Collector box, verify your selected Performance counter and click
Finish.. You also can modify the Interval for Performance Counters (for this demo I remain the default 15
second)
14 – Now lets start the monitoring.. Right click ComSys SVR01 Server Monitoring and
choose Start….
15 – Now you just wait for few minutes to let any activity running in your Server… then you can stop the
monitoring…

16 – Lastly, double click Reports, expand the User Defined, then expand ComSys SVR01 Server
Monitoring and click SVR01_ date to review your Monitoring Result/Report…