Managing the Migration Process

Monitor the System

It’s important to monitor the performance of the new IIS 5.0 server, especially in the first few days after deployment, to ensure your users are not encountering problems when visiting your Web sites. During this time, you’ll also want to fine-tune server performance. To track server performance, use either the System Monitor in Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server, or the HTTP Monitoring Tool, the latter of which is included on the Resource Kit companion CD. Performance degradation can alert you to a serious problem. Some suggested items to monitor are processor use, memory use, disk use, and network availability. For more information about monitoring, see Monitoring and Tuning Your Server in this book.

No matter how carefully you’ve planned and carried out the migration, you’re bound to run into a glitch or two following system deployment. There are a number of resources to help you troubleshoot problems that occur with the new IIS 5.0 server. For example, by participating in a related newsgroup, such as the newsgroup sponsored by 15seconds.com, you can get troubleshooting information from other IIS 5.0 users. In addition, Microsoft provides searchable reference information that may be of help at http://support.microsoft.com/support/.

For finding information about debugging applications, try using the search string “application debugging.”