A system administrator is investigating intermittent application crashes and performance degradation on a Windows 11 Pro workstation hosting a local database service. The administrator needs to collect detailed system performance metrics continuously over a 48-hour period in the background, even when no user accounts are logged into the system. Furthermore, if available system memory falls below 500 MB for more than two consecutive minutes, an alert must automatically execute a remediation script. Which administrative tool and configuration method should the administrator use to achieve this?
- Create a User Defined Data Collector Set in Performance Monitor (perfmon.msc) containing a Performance Counter Data Collector and a Performance Counter Alert.Answer
- BOpen Resource Monitor (resmon.exe), enable the Memory and Disk logging tabs, and set a custom trigger threshold under the Monitor properties menu.
- CNavigate to the Performance tab in Task Manager (taskmgr.exe), select Memory, and configure a background logging schedule with an automated script task.
- DLaunch System Information (msinfo32.exe), configure a continuous trace log export job, and set an automated notification threshold on the system summary file.
Answer
The administrator should create a User Defined Data Collector Set in Performance Monitor (perfmon.msc) containing a Performance Counter Data Collector and a Performance Counter Alert.
Performance Monitor (perfmon.msc) is the primary Windows administrative tool designed for long-term quantitative performance tracking and automated performance management. Through User Defined Data Collector Sets, administrators can collect performance counter data independently of user sessions over extended periods (such as 48 hours) and create Performance Counter Alerts that execute custom scripts when metric limits (such as low available memory) are violated.
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Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon.msc) Data Collector Sets and Alerts