How to monitor CPU and memory usage in Windows Server 2008

Question

I am new to Windows servers and I'm using Windows Server 2008.

I have to monitor CPU usage and memory usage in percentage.

I am using performance monitor for that but there are lop many options under CPU and Memory section I am confused which option I need to select to get CPU and memory usage.

You need to give us more information: How are you going to use the data? Do you need to dump the data to a file for later analysis? Are you writing your own program to monitor it? Or do you just want a convenient too to look at the usage? — Taylor Kidd, Mar 20 '15 at 16:03

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 01 '15 at 13:15

I've being using windows server along many years using the task manager and the resource monitor (under the performance tab) to check, detect or fix any matter related with network, CPU, memory or disk input/output.

For historical reports regarding usage you've to record into a third party application configuring the SNMP service.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 01 '15 at 10:56

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I found the solution. No need for external software.

In "Start -> Administrative tools-> Performance monitor" we need to set %CPU and committed bytes and it starts displaying a graphical report.

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answered Apr 02 '15 at 13:16

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Can you be more specific? Ideally with a couple of screenshots. – the Oct 01 '15 at 10:58

How to monitor CPU and memory usage in Windows Server 2008

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