This topic outlines how to use the Windows NT tools, Performance Monitor and Event Viewer, to monitor the current activity of your Web and FTP sites and Active Server Pages applications. You can use Performance Monitor to investigate ongoing Web site problems or to immediately determine how changes to your Web site content affect load and performance on your server. You can use Event Viewer to view error messages generated from Web or FTP site activity. For an overview of Performance Monitor, Event Viewer, and other performance monitoring tools, see About Performance Monitoring. For detailed information about using Performance Monitor and Event Viewer, see the Windows NT documentation.
To view current performance with Performance Monitor
- Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Performance Monitor.
- On the View menu, make sure Chart is selected.
- On the Edit menu, click Add to Chart.
The Add to Chart dialog box appears.
- In the Object list, select FTP Service, Web Service, Active Server Pages , or Internet Information Services Global.
- In the Counter list, select one or more counters. For information about counters, click the Explain button or see the related topics listed below.
- In the Instance list, if applicable, select the Web or FTP site for which you want to monitor performance. Select _Total if you want to monitor all Web sites or FTP sites together.
- Click Add.
- Repeat steps 4 through 7 until you are monitoring all the counters you are interested in.
- Click Done.
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To view current performance with Event Viewer
- Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools (Common), and then click Event Viewer.
- On the Log menu, select the log you want to view: System, Security, or Application.
Events related to IIS are recorded in the Application log. The Source column shows which service generated a given event.
- To view detail about an event, double-click it.
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