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About the Monitor tab for a publishing point

Use the Monitor tab to monitor activity on your server. The Monitor tab displays the following information about your publishing point.

Item Description
General
Now playing Displays the source of the content currently being streamed. This item is shown for broadcast publishing points only.
Last counter reset Displays the date and time that the counter was last reset. If the counter has not been reset, this item displays the date and time when the publishing point was started.
System CPU Displays the current percentage of processor capacity used on the server.
Clients
Limit Displays the player connection limit for the publishing point.
Percentage of limit Displays the number of players connected to the server as a percentage relative to the limit.
Peak (since last counter reset) Displays the highest number of players that have connected to the publishing point since the Windows Media Services service was started or the Reset button was clicked.
Players Displays the current number of players that have unicast connections to the publishing point.
Bandwidth
Current limit setting Displays the bandwidth limits for the publishing point.
Percentage of limit Displays the amount of bandwidth used by the server as a percentage relative to the bandwidth limit.
Peak (since last counter reset) Displays the largest amount of bandwidth used by the publishing point since the Windows Media Services service was started or the Reset button was clicked.
Current allocated bandwidth Displays the total amount of bandwidth used by the publishing point to provide streams to all of the players receiving a unicast stream.
Advertising
Advertisements served by this publishing point Displays the total number of advertising impressions delivered by the publishing point.
Refresh rate
Current refresh rate Displays the rate at which the statistics on this tab are updated. To change the refresh rate, click the up or down arrows.

On this tab, you can use the following buttons to perform publishing point tasks:

Web administration feature  For Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web

Use the following setting to configure additional options:

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