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performance issues. This dashboard is disabled by default and can be enabled for each
Web application independently through the use of Windows PowerShell.
Reliability and Monitoring
A new addition includes the SharePoint Maintenance Engine (SPME). The SPME is a new
and improved version of the Best Practices Analyzer. It periodically, or on an on-demand
basis, checks the administrative configuration, performance, best practices, and security
issues, and makes recommendations to resolve potential issues.
Available only to users who have farm administrator credentials, the results are
accessible through Central Administration via the Review Problems and Solutions link in
the Monitoring section and the Health Status section, and they are also available in
SCOM. The SPME maintains a list of rules called Health Rule Definitions. This list is
created by the system to help ensure that the SharePoint environment is properly
configured and healthy. An example of a rule definition is shown below.
Figure 15: Health Rule
SharePoint Server 2010 will ship a management pack for SCOM. It provides real-time
alerts and troubleshooting in the context of larger infrastructure. It watches events,
monitors performance counters, and takes corrective action where necessary. The
management pack for SharePoint Server 2010 understands and discovers topology;