Troubleshooting Windows Vista Performance and Reliability


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
Microsoft Windows Vista includes the Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor, a tool that provides multiple data monitoring and collection utilities for evaluating a system's performance and reliability. It can also be used to monitor the performance and reliability of remote systems. The information that is gathered in Reliability and Performance Monitor can assist in troubleshooting stability issues on Windows Vista systems. This course demonstrates how to use the various features of the Performance Monitor and the Reliability Monitor, including collecting data sets and viewing reports.

Target Audience
Support personnel supporting Windows Vista; technical professionals.

Prerequisites
3 to 5 years experience as tier 2 or team-lead/technical desktop support technician; passed an entry level desktop support exam, such as 70-620 TS: Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuring; hands on experience with Windows Vista deployment, managing security, troubleshooting network-related issues

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Troubleshooting Windows Vista Performance and Reliability

  • identify the features of the Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor mmc console
  • recognize how to monitor and optimize memory using Performance Monitor
  • recognize how to add counters to Performance Monitor
  • recognize how to monitor and optimize the processor using Performance Monitor
  • recognize how to monitor and optimize the disk subsystem using Performance Monitor
  • recognize how to monitor and optimize the network using Performance Monitor
  • monitor performance using Performance Monitor.
  • recognize how to use Reliability Monitor results
  • recognize how to create a Data Collector Set
  • recognize how to schedule data collection start and stop conditions
  • recognize how to view reports in the Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor
  • troubleshoot reliability using the Reliability Monitor in Windows Vista
  • interpret data using the Reliability Monitor
  • Course Number:
    mv_mvet_a06_it_enus