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| Built-in custom view in the Windows Server 2008 Event Viewer that collects Critical, Error, and Warning events from all logs on the server. |
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| Enables you to obtain critical software updates by automatically interacting with the Windows Update Web site. |
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| Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) |
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| Windows service that optimizes network downloads by using idle network bandwidth. |
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| Feature of Network Monitor that will capture only the specific network traffic that you specify. |
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| Subscription in which the destination computer polls the source computers to pull the relevant information. |
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| configuration information |
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| Specific configuration data used to determine how a server is configured and whether changes to that configuration are affecting its performance. |
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| Content Synchronization Service |
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| Server-side component on your organization’s intranet that retrieves the latest critical updates from the Windows Update Web site. |
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| Configuration item that allows you to organize a set of performance counters, event traces, and system configuration data into a single “object” that you can reuse on one or more Windows Server 2008 servers. |
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| Feature of Network Monitor that will display only the specific network traffic that you specify. |
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| Data is collected over time to provide a real-time view into the behavior and performance of the server operating systems and any applications that it is running. |
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| CLI command used to launch the Performance Monitor MMC snap-in. |
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| Specific processes or events that you want to track within the Reliability and Performance Monitor. |
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| Security group that has all the rights of the Performance Monitor Users group, plus the ability to create and modify data collector sets. |
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| View that provides a visual display of performance counters within Reliability and Performance data. |
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| Performance Monitor Users |
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| Security group that allows users to view real-time and historical performance and reliability data. |
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| Version of Network Monitor that can capture 100 percent of the network traffic available to the network interface. |
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| Reliability and Performance Monitor |
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| Tool located within the Administrative Tools folder that combines features that had previously been spread across a number of tools: Performance Logs and Alerts, Server Performance Advisor, and System Monitor. |
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| View within Reliability and Performance Monitor that provides information about system events that can affect a server’s stability. |
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| Default view within Reliability and Performance Monitor. |
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| source computer initiated |
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| Subscription in which each source computer must be configured to push the relevant information to the server that has been configured as the repository. |
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| Windows Event Collector Service |
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| Allows you to configure a single server as a repository of Event Viewer information for multiple computers. |
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| Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) |
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| Windows service that allows you to centralize the management of critical software updates on a Windows network. |
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| Protocol used by the Windows Event Collector Service to manage subscriptions and forwarded events. |
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