Active Administrator 8.6.2 - User Guide

Analyzing health of all sites

Analyzing health of all sites

You can view information on all sites or a selected site. To view information on a selected site, see Analyzing health of a selected site.

NOTE: There must be at least one monitored domain controller in a site for the site to appear in the tree.

To analyze health on all sites

1	Select Active Directory Health | Analyzer.

2	Expand the tree, and select Sites.

3	Use the tool bar, the page heading, and the tabs to view and manage site health. See Using the analyzer pages.

The page heading displays general information about the selected site. Table 39 lists the fields that display.

 

Table 39. Site general information

Field	Description
Forest	Name of the forest.
Domains	Number of domains.
Domain controllers	Number of domain controllers.
Sites	Number of sites.
Empty sites	Number of empty sites.
GC servers	Number of global catalog (GC) servers.
RODC servers	Number of read-only domain controllers (RODCs).
Application partitions	Number of application partitions.
Bridgehead servers	Number of bridgehead servers.
Functional level	Functional level of the site.
Domain naming master	Name of the domain controller with the domain naming master role.
Schema master	Name of the domain controller with the schema master role.
Operations master consistent	Indicates if all the domain controllers report the same operation masters.
Schema master consistent	Indicates if all the domain controllers report the same operation masters.
Functional level consistent	Indicates if all the domain controllers report the same functional level.

The Summary tab lists all the sites and indicates the number of critical alerts and warnings for each site. A vertical bar next to each site indicates its status. A red bar indicates the site has alerts.\

▪	To filter the list of sites, type in the Filter sites box. The list filters as you type.

▪	To refresh the list, click Refresh.

The Current Alerts tab lists the alerts for all the sites. See Using the analyzer pages.

Analyzing health of a selected site

Analyzing health of a selected site

You can view information on all sites or a selected site. To view information on all sites, see Analyzing health of all sites.

To analyze health on a selected site

1	Select Active Directory Health | Analyzer.

2	Expand the tree, and expand Sites.

3	Select a site.

4	Use the tool bar, the page heading, and the tabs to view and manage site health. See Using the analyzer pages.

The page heading displays general information about the selected site. Table 39 lists the fields that display.

 

Table 40. Site general information

Field	Description
Group caching enabled	Indicates if group caching is enabled or disabled.
Intersite topology generation	Indicates if intersite topology generation is enabled or disabled.
Intrasite topology generation	Indicates if intrasite topology generation is enabled or disabled.
Intersite topology generator	Name of the intersite topology generator.

The bottom pane changes depending on the tab you select. The following table lists the tabs and the information displayed.

 

Table 41. Site tabs

Tab	Description
Summary	Lists all the domain controllers in the selected domain and indicates if the domain controller is: • a global catalog (GC} • a read-only domain controller (RODC) • a bridgehead server • a primary domain controller (PDC) • an infrastructure master • a relative identifier (RID) master • Schema master • Naming master
Site Links	Lists the site link name, the site to which the selected site is linked, the relative cost of using the link, as defined by the administrator. The Schedule column indicates how the inter-site link is connected. • Permanent indicates the link is connected all of the time as a schedule is not assigned. • Scheduled indicates the link is connected occasionally on a schedule. • Disabled indicates the link is never connected. A schedule is assigned to the connection, but there is no scheduled time when the link is connected.
Current Alerts	Displays the current alerts for the selected item in the tree. See Using the analyzer pages.

Analyzing the health of a forest

Analyzing the health of a forest

To analyze health of the forest

1	Select Active Directory Health | Analyzer.

2	Select the forest.

3	Use the tool bar, the page heading, and the tabs to view and manage site health. See Using the analyzer pages.

The page heading displays general information about the forest. Table 42 lists the fields that display.

 

Table 42. Forest general information

Field	Description
Forest	Name of the forest.
Domains	Number of domains.
Domain controllers	Number of domain controllers.
Sites	Number of sites.
Empty sites	Number of empty sites.
GC servers	Number of global catalog (GC) servers.
RODC servers	Number of read-only domain controllers (RODCs).
Application partitions	Number of application partitions.
Bridgehead servers	Number of bridgehead servers.
Functional level	Functional level of the site.
Domain naming master	Name of the domain controller with the domain naming master role.
Schema master	Name of the domain controller with the schema master role.
Operations master consistent	Indicates if all the domain controllers report the same operation masters.
Schema master consistent	Indicates if all the domain controllers report the same operation masters.
Functional level consistent	Indicates if all the domain controllers report the same functional level.

The Summary tab lists all the monitored domains and indicates the number of critical alerts and warnings for each domain. A vertical bar next to each domain indicates its status. A red bar indicates the domain has alerts.

▪	To filter the list of domains, type in the Filter domains box. The list filters as you type.

▪	To refresh the list, click Refresh.

The Current Alerts tab lists the alerts for the forest. See Using the analyzer pages.

Analyzing Azure Active Directory

Analyzing Azure Active Directory

Once you install the Active Administrator® Azure® Active Directory® Connect Health Monitoring Agent on a computer where Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect is installed, you can view a summary of the output of the Synchronization Service Manager and manage the Azure Active Directory Connect Scheduler; view the output of the Synchronization Service Manager; view warnings, errors, and events that occurred over the last 24 hours; and view a list of the installed connectors, and properties, partitions, and run profiles of selected connectors.

 

NOTE: Users must have the Azure Active Directory Connect enabled to use the Active Directory Connect submodule. See Defining role-based access.

Topics 

•	Installing the Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent

•	Setting up the Azure Active Directory Connect application

•	Viewing Azure Active Directory Connect status

•	Viewing Azure Active Directory Connect alerts

•	Monitoring Azure Active Directory Connect operations

•	Viewing Azure Active Directory Connect events

•	Monitoring Azure Active Directory Connect operations

•	Viewing Azure Active Directory Connect events

•	Searching the Metaverse

•	Viewing Azure Active Directory Connect connectors

•	Managing the Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent