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Name: ___________________________________Lab#24 Performance Monitoring and TuningCIT271 This lab covers Windows Server 2012 Inside Out Chapter 10 pages 369 to 395.Log into Windows Server 2012 using the Administrator account.What is performance monitoring and tuning? (See page 369.)Answer #A:In Control Panel, click on System and Security, System, and Advanced System Settings.Under Performance, click on Settings. (See pages 370 and the Figure 10-1 on page 370.)A) Which custom visual styles are checked? B) Why might you uncheck visual styles on Windows Server 2012? (See pages 369-70.)Answer #B:Click the Advanced tab. (See the Figure 10-2 on page 371.) A) Is the processor scheduling adjusted for the best performance of Programs or Background services? B) What does it mean for the processor scheduling to be adjusted for Background services? (See page 371.) C) Which of these options should you generally choose for production servers? (See page 371.) Answer #C:There may not be enough RAM (physical memory) for all of the processes you are running. A) What is virtual memory? B) What is the name of the page file? (See pages 371-2. See also the Wikipedia article “Virtual Memory”.) Answer #C:A) What is the definition of current commit charge for memory? B) What is the definition of commit limit? C) The current commit charge cannot do what? (See page 373.)Answer #D:As operating systems approach the maximum commit limit, what can happen? (See page 373.)Answer #E:A) If you want to optimize the paging file size, what should you focus on? B) With computers with 8GB or less of RAM, what does the author recommend for the page file size? (See page 373.)Answer #F:Open the Task Manager from the Start page. You may have to click on “More Details”.Click on the Performance tab and Click on Memory. (See Figure 10-3 on page 375.)A) What are the values of the two numbers under Committed heading in the Task Manager? B) What do these two numbers represent? (See page 375.)Answer #G:In the Control Panel, where we were in Step 6, click on Change in the Virtual Memory panel. What is the current setting? (See pages 375-6 and Figure 10-4)Answer #H:You could uncheck this box, and select “No paging file”. A) Will this effect system performance on Enterprise servers? Explain. B) Why is setting the paging file to 0 MB not recommend? (See Caution on page 377.)Answer #I:Open the Task Manager. Choose the Process tab and make sure “More Details” is selected. (See Figure 10-5 on page 379.)A) What applications are running? B) What is the difference between an application and a process? (See page 378.) Answer #J:A) What is the percentage of CPU and Memory Usage? B) What is the percentage of CPU usage and how much memory is used by Task Manager?Answer #K: Click on the Performance tab in Task Manager and choose CPU. (See Figure 10-8 on page 382.)Open PowerShell and notice the effect on CPU utilization.A) How can you change the view of the performance monitor to Summary View? B) Why might you want to change to Summary View? (See page 382.) Clear Summary View. Answer #L:Figure 10-9 on page 385 shows performance data for a system with high CPU usage. If CPU usage is consistently at this level, what might you suspect? (See page 385.) Answer #M:Click on Memory. (See Figure 10-10 on page 386.)A) What is cached memory? B) What is the size of cached memory shown in your Task Manager? (See page 385.) Answer #N:A) What is the definition of available memory? B) What is the size of available memory shown in your Task Manager? (See page 385.)Answer #O:Figure 10-9 show high CPU usage. Figure 10-10 on page 386 show memory is not the problem. You can read page 387 for a complete discussion. So if the applications, roles, or role services that you are running a causing continual strain on your server’s processors, what can done? (See page 387.) Answer #P:Right click on Task Manager under Apps and choose “Go To Details”. (See pages 389 and 391 and Figure 10-12 on page 392.) Right click on of any column header and choose select columns. Check Page Faults.What is a A) hard page fault? B) What happens when processes are experiencing a large number of hard page faults? C) If processes are experiencing a large number of hard page faults, what can be done to address this problem? (See page 394.)Answer #Q: ................
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