Server Performance Advisor V1.0

Brief Description

Performance diagnostic tool for Windows Server 2003

Overview

The latest version of Server Performance Advisor is available at here

Service Performance Advisor is a server performance diagnostic tool developed to diagnose root causes of performance problems in a Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 operating system, particularly performance problems for Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 and the Active Directory® directory service. Server Performance Advisor measures the performance and use of resources by your computer to report on the parts that are stressed under workload.

Other server roles include system overview (hot files, hot TCP clients, top CPU consumed), print spooler, context switch data and preliminary File Server trace data.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003

Do not install on Windows 2000 or Windows XP as neither are supported.

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Instructions

1. Click the Download link to start the download.
2. In the File Download dialog box, select Save this program to disk.
3. Select a location on your computer to save the file, and then click Save.
4. In Windows Explorer, go to the location where you saved the downloaded file, double-click the file to start the installation process, and then follow the instructions.

This tool enforces administrator only data setup and reporting. The final data may be displayed on a website, but the administrator should be familar with the report contents before displaying the data for the first time. Machine names, login names (not passwords), image names and other server details may be found in the reports depending on the role of your server. See readme file if you wish to relax the need for the Administrator account.

The downloaded file is a Microsoft Software Installer (.msi) file. By running the file, you install the tool and documentation on your computer.

When you install a tool, you are prompted to choose an install directory. You will also be asked to choose a temporary area (local disk preferred) and a final reporting area (local or remote share).

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