Perform CPU Monitoring and Configuration

Introduction

Welcome to the Perform CPU Monitoring and Configuration Practice Lab. In this module you will be provided with the instructions and devices needed to develop your hands-on skills.

Learning Outcomes

In this module, you will complete the following exercises:

• Exercise 1 - Perform CPU Monitoring

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• Log into a Linux System
• Use various commands to monitor a CPU
• Install and use perf

Exam Objectives

The following exam objectives are covered in this lab:

• LPI: 108.2 System logging
• CompTIA: 3.4 Given a scenario, implement logging services.

Lab Duration

It will take approximately 1 hour to complete this lab.

Exercise 1 - Perform CPU Monitoring

Monitoring CPU utilization is one of the key system administration tasks. Each server can have various applications installed. The administrator must run various commands to monitor the CPU utilization and then fine-tune the system performance if required.

In this exercise, you will learn to perform CPU monitoring.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Log into a Linux System
• Use various commands to monitor a CPU
• Install and use perf