Target Skills:
Ability to describe how to monitor your server.
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Monitoring Your Server and Viewing Server Logs
Monitoring the messaging server involves several daily monitoring tasks,
including regularly viewing the log files.
In the following pages, we will discuss system monitoring and log analysis.
In the exercise, you'll use the Console to view and interpret several log
files.
System Monitoring
In most cases, a well-planned, well-configured server will perform from
day to day and from month to month without requiring intervention from
an administrator. As an administrator, however, it is your job to monitor
the server for exception conditions that require action on your part to
keep the server running smoothly. Tasks you should perform include:
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monitoring disk usage
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monitoring server performance and response times
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managing exception conditions when and if they occur
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reconfiguring, when necessary, to accommodate new users or new conditions
Tools to help you with these tasks can be found by following the link in
the left column.
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