As part of managing a SharePoint Server environment, you'll need to review data about its performance and statistics. Configuring the various logging options and reviewing the output periodically will help you understand how the environment is being used, as well as help you anticipate the needs for growth and detect potential issues.
In this section, we'll look at the SharePoint Health Analyzer, usage data, and diagnostic logging.
Monitoring farm Health Analyzer reports and resolving issues
The SharePoint Health Analyzer is a tool that is used to check for potential issues, including general configuration, performance, and usage. Using predefined rules that target security, performance, configuration, or availability, you can get a detailed report on the overall status of a farm.
When one or more servers, applications, or other entities exceeds thresholds defined by the rules, an alert may be displayed on the Central Administration dashboard, as shown in the following...