Server Health Check Skill Skill

Server Health Check Skill

When to Activate

User mentions: health check, performance, slow server, disk space, memory, CPU
User asks "is the server OK?" or "check the server"
User reports application slowness

Quick Health Summary (One-Liner)

# Fast health snapshot
$cpu = (Get-CimInstance Win32_Processor).LoadPercentage
$mem = Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem
$memPct = [math]::Round((($mem.TotalVisibleMemorySize - $mem.FreePhysicalMemory) / $mem.TotalVisibleMemorySize) * 100)
$disk = Get-CimInstance Win32_LogicalDisk -Filter "DriveType=3" | Select-Object DeviceID, @{N='FreeGB';E={[math]::Round($_.FreeSpace/1GB)}}, @{N='UsedPct';E={[math]::Round((($_.Size - $_.FreeSpace) / $_.Size) * 100)}}
$uptime = (Get-Date) - (Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUpTime

Write-Host "CPU: $cpu% | Memory: $memPct% | Uptime: $($uptime.Days)d $($uptime.Hours)h"
$disk | Format-Table -AutoSize

Detailed Health Checks

CPU Analysis

# Current CPU with top processes
Get-Process | Sort-Object CPU -Descending | Select-Object -First 10 Name, CPU, WorkingSet64

# CPU over time (5 samples, 2 sec apart)
Get-Counter '\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time' -SampleInterval 2 -MaxSamples 5

Memory Analysis

# Memory breakdown
$os = Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem
[PSCustomObject]@{
    'Total GB' = [math]::Round($os.TotalVisibleMemorySize / 1MB, 2)
    'Free GB' = [math]::Round($os.FreePhysicalMemory / 1MB, 2)
    'Used %' = [math]::Round((($os.TotalVisibleMemorySize - $os.FreePhysicalMemory) / $os.TotalVisibleMemorySize) * 100)
}

# Top memory consumers
Get-Process | Sort-Object WorkingSet64 -Descending | Select-Object -First 10 Name, @{N='MemMB';E={[math]::Round($_.WorkingSet64/1MB)}}

Disk Analysis

# All fixed disks
Get-CimInstance Win32_LogicalDisk -Filter "DriveType=3" | ForEach-Object {
    [PSCustomObject]@{
        Drive = $_.DeviceID
        'Size GB' = [math]::Round($_.Size / 1GB)
        'Free GB' = [math]::Round($_.FreeSpace / 1GB)
        'Used %' = [math]::Round((($_.Size - $_.FreeSpace) / $_.Size) * 100)
        Status = if (($_.FreeSpace / $_.Size) -lt 0.1) { '⚠️ LOW' } else { '✅ OK' }
    }
}

Critical Services

# Check essential services
$criticalServices = @('wuauserv', 'W32Time', 'EventLog', 'Netlogon', 'DNS', 'DFSR')
$criticalServices | ForEach-Object {
    $svc = Get-Service -Name $_ -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($svc) {
        [PSCustomObject]@{
            Name = $svc.DisplayName
            Status = $svc.Status
            StartType = $svc.StartType
        }
    }
}

Recent Errors (Event Log)

# Last 24h errors
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{
    LogName = 'System', 'Application'
    Level = 1, 2  # Critical, Error
    StartTime = (Get-Date).AddHours(-24)
} -MaxEvents 20 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object TimeCreated, LogName, LevelDisplayName, Message

Thresholds & Alerts

| Metric | Warning | Critical | |--------|---------|----------| | CPU | > 80% sustained | > 95% sustained | | Memory | > 85% used | > 95% used | | Disk | < 15% free | < 5% free | | Uptime | > 90 days (patch!) | > 180 days |

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