Spotlight is a powerful diagnostic and problem-resolution tool for Windows operating systems. Its unique user interface provides you with an intuitive, visual representation of the activity on the host machine.
For information on Spotlight on Windows, see these sections
| Section |
Description |
|---|---|
| Background Information |
Introductory material to Spotlight on Windows. |
| Connect to a Windows System | Create / Modify / Delete connections to Windows systems. |
| Home Page | The Spotlight home page shows the flow of information and commands between various sub-components and the size and status of internal resources such as processes, disk files and memory structures. |
| Alarms |
Spotlight alerts you to problems with your system by issuing an alarm. You can configure Spotlight in the level of severity that constitutes an alarm, to disable an alarm, and the actions Spotlight takes on raising the alarm. |
| Drilldowns | When you have isolated a problem, you can display a drilldown page, whose charts and tables provide a detailed breakdown of the underlying statistics. |
| View | Options | Customize Spotlight. |
| Troubleshooting | Solve problems using Spotlight. |
For information on using Spotlight applications See
Spotlight on Windows allows you to single out individual processes (or a group of processes) on a Windows system for particular analysis. The details of that analysis are displayed in the Single Application drilldown.
Use Windows Applications Metrics to choose one or more running processes for analysis.
To configure Windows Applications Metrics
Configure the following options:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
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Processes |
Select the processes on the Windows system that you want to analyze. |
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CPU |
Select the CPUs on the Windows system whose processes you want to analyze. |
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Disks |
Select the disks on the Windows system whose processes you want to analyze. |
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NICs |
Select the NICs on the Windows system whose processes you want to analyze. |
The Windows Event Log Metrics dialog allows you to define and edit the logical rules that govern which Windows events are displayed in the Event Log drilldown, and allows you to configure a number of Event Log settings.
To configure Windows Event Log Metrics
Global Rules
Enable the keeping of event logs and specify the rules that govern the recording of event log data.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
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Enable Event Logs |
Select to permit the display of event log data in the Event Log drilldown. No event log data is displayed while this is deselected. |
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List of rules to apply to event log items |
The list of event log rules defined for the current connection.
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Add |
Click to create an event log rule. Event Log Rule Editor |
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Edit |
Highlight a rule. Click to modify the highlighted rule. Event Log Rule Editor |
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Delete |
Highlight a rule. Click to remove the highlighted rule from the list. |
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Rename |
Highlight a rule. Click to change the display name of the highlighted rule. |
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Copy |
Highlight a rule. Click to create a copy of the highlighted rule. Usually this is done as the basis for creating a rule that is similar to the copied rule. |
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Enable All |
Click to enable (select) all the rules in the list. |
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Disable All |
Click to disable (deselect) all the rules in the list. |
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Move Up |
Rules are applied in the order in which they appear in the list. Click to move the highlighted rule higher in the list, and so be applied earlier. |
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Move Down |
Rules are applied in the order in which they appear in the list. Click to move the highlighted rule lower down the list, and so be applied later. |
Connection
Specify the details of what events are recorded for the current Spotlight connection and how long they are kept.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
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Display events from the... |
Select the logs to show in the Event Log drilldown. The options may include:
The Directory Service and File Replication Service event logs are available only for Windows 2000 domain controllers. The DNS Server event log is available only for DNS servers. Under Windows 2000, the only logs available for view are the Application log, Security log, and System log. |
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Limit each event log to a maximum of... |
Limit how long events are displayed in the Event Log drilldown before being deleted. |
Track the growth of specified files (usually log files) in your Windows system. Spotlight reports an alarm when a page approaches the maximum file size you have set.
To open the Windows Files Metrics dialog
About the dialog
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
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File list |
The list of files whose size is monitored for the current connection. There are two columns in this table: the File name and the Maximum size you have specified for the file. Note: The maximum file size listed on this page does NOT prevent the specified file from growing beyond that size. However, if the file exceeds that maximum size, Spotlight raises a critical alarm. |
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Add |
Click to add a file to the list of those tracked by Spotlight. Define Files to Monitor in Windows Files Metrics |
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Edit |
Highlight a file. Click to change the settings for the highlighted file. Define Files to Monitor in Windows Files Metrics |
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Delete |
Highlight a file. Click to remove the highlighted file from the list. |
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