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Performance Sentry

• 1. General Questions
  • 1.1. What is Performance Sentry and how does it relate to NTSMF?
  • 1.2. Is Performance Sentry easy to install?
  • 1.3. What do I need to do to get started with Performance Sentry?
• 2. Performance Sentry Collection Service
  • 2.1. How is running Performance Sentry different from Microsoft's Perfmon or the Windows System Monitor?
  • 2.2. What is the right version of Performance Sentry to use with Windows Server 2003?
  • 2.3. What is the right version of Performance Sentry to use with Windows Server 2000?
  • 2.4. What is the right version of Performance Sentry to use with Windows XP?
  • 2.5. Is Performance Sentry compatible with the Microsoft Cluster Server?
  • 2.6. What is the overhead of running Performance Sentry?
  • 2.7. How big are the nightly Performance Sentry data files?
  • 2.8. What is the format of the Performance Sentry data files?
  • 2.9. Why is Performance Sentry not collecting a specific performance counter (or counters) that I need to look at?
  • 2.10. How does Performance Sentry handle the Disable Performance Counters flag that is used in Windows 2000, XP and Windows Server 2003?
  • 2.11. Can I run the Performance Sentry Collection Service under a User Account, instead of LocalSystem (or SYSTEM)?
  • 2.12. Can the Performance Sentry Collection Service impersonate a User Account to gain access to secure network resources?
  • 2.13. What User Rights and Permissions does the User Account that I will run the Performance Sentry Collection Service under require?
  • 2.14. What is the meaning of the message "insufficient data in the performance name table"?
• 3. Performance Sentry Administration
• 4. Performance Sentry Web Portal
• 5. Performance Sentry Performance Data Base
• 6. Performance Sentry Windows Performance Metrics
  • 6.1. What key metrics in Windows I should collect and report on?
  • 6.2. What do I need to do to monitor my servers running MS Exchange, SQL Server, or IIS?
  • 6.3. What does the Module collection function do?
  • 6.4. How does the Module filter work?
• 7. Performance Sentry Terminology
• 8. Performance Sentry in the 64-Bit World
  • 8.1. Data Collection Set assignment on a 64-Bit Windows machine

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