Active Administrator 8.7 - User Guide

Setting up performance monitoring

Setting up performance monitoring

To set up agent performance monitoring

1	Select Active Directory Health | Agents.

2	Open the Analyzer Agents tab.

3	Select More | Agent Performance Settings.

4	By default, monitoring is enabled. To disable monitoring, clear the check box.

5	Set the limit for average memory usage. The default setting is 800 MB. The lowest value is 200 MB.

6	Set the limit for average CPU usages. The default is 80 percent. The lowest value is 20%.

7	By default, the agent is restarted automatically if a performance issue is detected. To disable automatic restart, clear the check box.

8	By default, performance history is saved to a file in C:\ActiveAdministrator\DACache\AgentPerformance. To disable performance history, clear the check box. You also can change the number of days performance history is kept.

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By default, a daily performance report is sent to the Active Administrator owner. The report contains the average values for CPU usage, memory usage, data points, errors, warnings, restarts, and work load; and indicates if an update is required. To disable the report, clear the check box. You can add more email addresses and set the start time for data collection.

 

NOTE: To manage the DA Agent Daily Performance email address list, see Managing email addresses.

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Click OK.

Viewing agent performance

Viewing agent performance

To view agent performance

1	Select Active Directory Health | Agents.

2	Open the Analyzer Agents tab.

3	Select More | Agent Performance.

The newest 100 performance history records displays.

▪	To load another 100 records, click More.

▪	To refresh the display, click Refresh.

▪	To clear the log, click Clear Log.

▪	To view the log, click Agent Log.

The trending graph shows minute-by-minute usage. Drag the cursor across the graph to view details of occurrence.

Use the performance details to help you monitor the agent.

Table 58. Active Directory Health Analyzer agent performance details

Detail	Description
Date & Time	Date and time of the log entry.
Agent health	Overall state of the agent.
Computer name	Name of the computer where the agent is installed.
Agent memory usage	Average amount of memory the agent is using.
Average CPU usage	Average amount of CPU usages the agent is using.
Average working set	Size of the average memory working set.
Peak working set	Size of the peak memory working set.
Average data points sent	Average number of data points sent to the Active Administrator server.
Managed active alerts	Number of collectors that are above the alert threshold.
Active collectors	Number of collectors running on the selected agent.
Workload	Number of domain controllers being monitored by the selected agent.
Recovered data points	Number of data points recovered because the agent could not connect to the Active Administrator server.
Forest	Forest where the domain controllers that the agent is monitoring reside.
Status	Status of the agent. Indicates if the agent is Running or Stopped.
Monitoring mode	Indicates if the agent is monitoring a site only or is available for all domain controllers.
Agent type	Indicates if the agent monitors all domain controllers or a single domain controller.
Agent ID	ID of the selected agent.
Agent version	Version of the agent.
Update required	Indicates if the agent needs to be upgraded.
Failed load evaluation	Indicates if the agent failed during load evaluation, which means the domain controllers were not deployed to the agent.
Last heard from	Last time the agent was heard from.
Last error count	Last error count observed.
OS version	Version of the operating system that is running on the agent.
Connection pool size	Size of the server connection pool.
Active connections	Number of connections in use in the connection pool.
Disconnected connections	Number of connections that are disconnected in the connection pool.
Description	Current agent health state.
Domain controllers	List of domain controllers the agent is monitoring.

Using the Troubleshooter

Using the Troubleshooter

Use the Troubleshooter to run jobs on managed forests and domains.

Topics 

•	Managing the DFSR service

•	Running the Directory Service Replication Troubleshooter

•	Enabling or disabling domain controller replication

•	Setting directory service log levels

•	Setting Netlogon parameters

•	Setting startup and recovery options

•	Cleaning up metadata

•	Running online defrag

•	Replicating Active Directory

Managing the DFSR service

Managing the DFSR service

You can start or stop the Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) service, start replication, poll Active Directory® for configuration updates, and enable/disable SYSVOL subscription.

To run the DFSR jobs

1	Select Active Directory Health | Troubleshooter.

2	Open the Jobs tab.

3	Expand the DFSR jobs folder.

4	Select a DFSR job.

 

Table 59.  

DFSR job	Description
DFSR Poll AD	Forces Distributed File System (DFS) to poll Active Directory for configuration updates.
Start Replication	Starts replication from all replication partners for the specified domain controllers.
Start/Stop DFSR service	Start or stop the DFSR service on the specified domain controllers.
SYSVOL Subscription	Enable or disable SYSVOL Subscription on the specified domain controllers.

5	Double-click the target to add it to the lower pane.

▪	Select a forest to run the job on all domain controllers in the forest.

▪	Select a domain to run the job on all domain controllers in the domain.

6	Click Next.

7	Select the options for the test.

8	Click Next.

9	Click Finish.