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CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 · Domain 4: Troubleshooting

Using logs, baselines and performance counters to find root cause

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Fixing a symptom gets a service back, but finding the root cause stops the problem returning. Root cause analysis relies on evidence: logs show what happened and when, performance counters show how resources behaved, and baselines tell you what normal looks like so you can see what changed.

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