Monitor system reliability with Win2008's own tools

Every time Microsoft introduces a new version of the operating system, many friends will subconsciously focus on the features and functions of the new version of the system, in addition to new features and new features, we need to pay more attention to the system The reliability and performance of the operation is especially important for the server system. After all, if there is no efficient and stable system platform, then other features and functions will not work properly. So in Microsoft's new Windows Server 2008 system, what should we focus on regarding the operational reliability of the system?

Checking the reliability of the system

I believe many of my friends have this experience. Compared with the previous Windows 9x system, the reliability of the current Windows XP/Vista system is getting higher and higher. As long as we can properly handle software and hardware driver compatibility issues, we can effectively reduce the probability of Windows system failure; even if a system failure occurs, as long as it is not very serious, the system's operational reliability will not be significantly affected. For the new Windows Server 2008 system, how can we fully understand its operational reliability? Once we have encountered problems affecting the reliability of the system, how can we solve it?

In fact, Windows Server 2008 system has built-in system operation reliability monitoring function, through which we can easily understand the reliability of the server system. Right-click the "Computer" icon in the server system desktop, select the "Manage" command from the shortcut menu that pops up, open the server manager window of the system, display the area on the left side of the window, and expand the "Diagnosis" with the mouse. The "/Reliability and Performance" /"Monitor Tool" /"Reliability Monitor" branch option, in the middle of the corresponding display area is the Reliability Monitor interface, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1

We found that the interface contains two display areas, the upper area is the system Stability chart, which is generated by the system automatically calling statistics drawing. The area below shows the details of the data automatically calculated by the system. From the moment the Windows Server 2008 system is successfully installed, the system will automatically update the statistical data content every day and night, and automatically generate a system stability coefficient. Usually, the coefficient value is 0 to 10. Between, the higher the value, the higher the reliability of the system, and the coefficient value is automatically displayed on the reliability chart of the upper area. From the interface shown in Figure 1, we see that the server system automatically performs reliability statistics on Windows failures, hardware failures, application failures, and software installations.

When we select the reliability factor of a certain day in the interface of Figure 1, we will see the detailed statistics of the day in the system reliability report area, for example, whether there has been a Windows failure on this day. Whether there is a hardware failure, whether the application has been accidentally used during use, whether there have been software installation operations or uninstall operations, etc. According to these statistics, the network administrator can take measures to protect the server system in the first time. The security, for example, can upgrade the hardware driver in time, update the Windows system patch in time, or uninstall the software with potential stability problems from the system in time.

With the reliability monitor tool of Windows Server 2008 system, we can very intuitively see what happened to the server system during the daily operation, but to check the system reliability in the current state, How to proceed? Is very simple, we can follow the following steps:

in the desktop with the right mouse button server system Click the "Computer" icon, select the "Manage" command from the pop-up shortcut menu, open the server manager window of the system, display the area on the left side of the window, and expand the "Diagnostics" /"Reliability and Performance" with the mouse. Option, in the middle of the corresponding display area we can clearly see the reliability status of the server system at the moment (as shown in Figure 2). From the interface of Figure 2, we can see that the system reliability content in the current state includes not only the CPU and network load, but also the working status of the hard disk and memory. Each type of report information is automatically centralized into a sub-project by the system. In the meantime, you can expand them by clicking each project name with the mouse, so that you can view the details under the respective project.

Figure 2

Tip: In addition to the operational reliability of the local server system, we can Use the Reliability Monitor tool to view the operational reliability status of remote servers. In the remote viewing, we only need to open the "Start" menu of the local server system, select the "Run" command from it, enter the string command "perfmon" in the pop-up system run dialog box, click the Enter key, then open System Reliability and Performance Monitor Tool window, click the "Operation" option in the menu bar of the window, select the "Connect to another computer" command from the pop-up drop-down menu, and select "In the pop-up window" "Remote computer" option, and enter the host name or IP address of the remote server system, and then click the "OK" button, so that we can open the reliability and performance monitor tool window of the remote server system, in this window we will You can check the operational reliability of the remote server system as described above.

Using the results of the review to troubleshoot

When we report from the Reliability Monitor In the results, when some faults in the server system occur frequently, we can first use the various data analysis provided by the tool to decide to take appropriate measures for troubleshooting, so as to improve the operational reliability of the server system. However, many times, although we know that there are fault factors in the server system that cause the system to run unstable, but we don't know how to eliminate the fault factor, we may try to use the problem report and solution function provided by the server system. Function We can send the faults we encounter to Microsoft by anonymous means. After receiving the report information, Microsoft will analyze it in time and will feedback the results to our regular users.

For example, if we don't have a hardware server driver on hand and can't install the hardware into the server system, we can use the problem reporting and solution features to record the problem. It is then sent anonymously to Microsoft. If Microsoft can provide an effective solution, we will soon receive a solution to the problem. From the results that Microsoft has feedback to us, we may be able to find the server version of the target hardware. If an application running on the server system frequently has compatibility conflicts with the system, after reporting this issue to Microsoft in a timely manner, we may get a solution from Microsoft in the future, for example, Microsoft. Or download or install a specific patch from the software developer, or modify some of the server system's parameter settings, so that the system can continue to avoid compatibility issues in the future.

To take advantage of the problem reporting and solution features, we can click the "Start" /"Settings" /"Control Panel" command in the Windows Server 2008 system desktop, in the pop-up system control panel window In the middle, use the mouse to double-click the "problem report and solution" icon, open the window shown in Figure 3; if there is a new fault in the server system has not been reported to Microsoft, then we can click on the interface of Figure 3. On the left side of the display area, the "View problems to check" option, if there is a suitable solution for the previously reported failure, then the "Solution to be installed" and "Other issues" are displayed on the right side of the interface in Figure 3. "Information" below may display the corresponding information, at this time we only need to follow the information prompts to troubleshoot the problem.

Figure 3

Just need to remind everyone that the problem report and resolution in Windows Server 2008 system Although the program function is completely anonymous, if we do not report the failure of the server system to Microsoft, the server system will not automatically submit the fault information to Microsoft, and we will not get Microsoft to give us the initiative. The questions sent are answered, and Microsoft claims that the entire failure information reporting process does not involve any personal privacy information or other core settings in the local server system. We recommend that you consider the problem reporting and solution features of the system when you are experiencing a server failure that you cannot solve, because in many cases this feature can really solve some troublesome problems, especially by the server system itself. Software caused failure.