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Difficulty: MediumWindows Administrative and System Management Tools

A systems administrator needs to monitor system performance on a Windows 11 Pro workstation over a 48-hour period to establish a performance baseline. The collected metrics, including CPU usage, available memory, and disk transfer rates, must be continuously written to a counter log file for offline analysis without requiring an active user session or keeping a graphical monitoring utility open on the screen. Which Windows Administrative Tool should the administrator use to configure this automated performance logging?

  1. Performance MonitorAnswer
  2. B
    Resource Monitor
  3. C
    Task Manager
  4. D
    Event Viewer

Answer

Performance Monitor is the correct utility to configure automated counter logging over an extended period.
Performance Monitor (perfmon.msc) is the built-in Windows utility designed for detailed performance baselining. Using Data Collector Sets, administrators can record specific performance counters (such as Processor Time, Available MBytes, and Disk Bytes/sec) continuously into log files for long-term analysis without keeping a user session logged in.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the core requirement of the scenario
The scenario requires automated, long-term (48-hour) performance data logging to a counter log file without needing an active GUI session open.
Establishing a system baseline requires collecting numerical counter data over time for offline analysis.
2
Evaluate the capabilities of Windows administrative utilities
Performance Monitor (perfmon.msc) contains the Data Collector Sets feature, which allows administrators to define specific counters (CPU, RAM, Disk) and schedule automated logging to binary or CSV log files in the background.
Other tools like Resource Monitor and Task Manager offer real-time monitoring but lack automated background log collection functionality.
3
Select the appropriate administrative tool
Performance Monitor is the only tool listed that natively supports Data Collector Sets for baseline log file generation.
It fulfills all requirements for unattended, long-term metric gathering.

Key Concept

Using Performance Monitor Data Collector Sets for long-term performance baselining and log collection.
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Windows Administrative and System Management Tools

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