Active Administrator 8.6 - User Guide

Analyzing health of all domain controllers

Analyzing health of all domain controllers

You can view information on all monitored domain controllers or a selected monitored domain controller. To view information on a selected domain controller, see Analyzing health of a selected domain controller.

To analyze the health of all monitored domain controllers

1	Select Active Directory Health | Analyzer.

2	Expand the tree, and select Monitored Domain Controllers.

3	Use the tool bar and the tabs to view and manage domain controller health. See Using the analyzer pages.

 

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

▪	To group the list by domain, select Group by domain.

▪	To filter the list of monitored domain controllers, type in the Filter domain controller box. The list filters as you type.

▪	To display the analyzer window for a selected domain controller, double-click a domain controller. See Analyzing health of a selected domain controller.

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

Analyzing health of a selected domain controller

Analyzing health of a selected domain controller

You can view information on all monitored domain controllers or a selected monitored domain controller. To view information on all domain controllers, see Analyzing health of all domain controllers.

To analyze health on a selected domain controller

1	Select Active Directory Health | Analyzer.

2	Expand the tree, and expand Monitored domain controllers.

3	Select a domain controller.

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

 

The page heading displays general information about the selected site.

Table 35. Domain controller general information

Field	Description
Domain	Name of the domain in which the domain controller resides
Site	Name of the site in which the domain controller resides
Forest	Name of the forest in which the domain resides
OS version	Version of the operating system
System up time	Duration of time the domain controller has been running
Read only DC	Indicates if the domain controller is a read-only domain controller (RODC)
Global catalog	Indicates if the domain controller is a global catalog server
Monitored by	Name of the domain controller on which the agent is installed that is monitoring the selected domain controller
Last updated	Date and time the domain controller was last updated

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

NOTE: A message displays if there is no data to display. There may be a pending workload evaluation or the system is waiting on data from the Active Directory Health Analyzer agent. Check to see if the Active Directory Health Analyzer agent is running. If there is no data because the domain controller is not being monitored, you need to install the agent. See Installing Active Directory Health Analyzer agents. Data collectors provide the input to the various tabs. Some data collectors can be enabled or disabled. See Managing data collectors. If you do not see the corresponding data, make sure the data collector is enabled and the necessary permissions are set. To check the required minimum permissions, see the dialog box for the individual data collector or the Alerts Appendix. The remaining data collectors used to provide information to the tabs are not available for management and are provided to Active Administrator® through Windows® Management Instrumentation (WMI).

 

Table 36. Domain controller tabs

Tab	Description	Data Collectors
Summary	Displays the data collected in the indicated time frame for the enabled Performance Counters for the selected forest, domain, site, or monitored domain controller. • To view more detail, select View Trends. • To view the full chart for a selected Performance Counter, click View Details.	Performance Counters data collectors
Services	Displays the status of Windows services. If a service is running, but has stopped at a point in time, that stoppage is indicated with red.	Windows Services data collectors
Server	Displays information about the server, the server time, memory details, disk details, and network adapters.	General data collectors: Domain controller time synchronization Logic disk details
Active Directory	Displays Active Directory® database and SYSVOL disk usage and LDAP response time.	Validation data collectors General data collectors: Active Directory database details Domain controller relative identifier (RID) LDAP response time SysVol details
Current Alerts	Displays the current alerts for the selected item in the tree. See Using the analyzer pages.	Alerts are enabled by default and correspond to data controllers. Both alerts and data collectors can be enabled and disabled. See Setting alerts and Setting data collectors.
Applications	Displays installed applications on the selected monitored domain controller. Applications installed or removed in the last 24 hours are listed in a separate pane. • Use the Filter Installed Applications by Name option to search for specific applications.	Not available for management
Updates	Displays installed updates on the selected monitored domain controller. Updates installed or removed in the last 24 hours are listed in a separate pane. To view information about the update in the default web browser, double-click the update. • Use the Filter Installed Windows Updates by Name option to search for specific updates.	Not available for management

Analyzing health of all domains

Analyzing health of all domains

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

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

To analyze health of all domains

1	Select Active Directory Health | Analyzer.

2	Expand the tree, and select Domains.

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

 

▪	The Summary tab lists all the 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 site has alerts.

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

Analyzing health of a selected domain

Analyzing health of a selected domain

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

To view information on a selected domain

1	Select Active Directory Health | Analyzer.

2	Expand the tree, and expand Domains.

3	Select a domain.

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

 

The page heading displays general information about the selected domain. Table 37 lists the fields that display.

 

Table 37. Domain general information

Field	Description
Domain	Name of the selected domain.
Domain controllers	Number of domain controllers.
GC servers	Number of global catalog (GC) servers
RODC servers	Number of read-only domain controllers (RODCs)
Functional level	Functional level of the forest, domain, or site
PDC owner	Owner of the primary domain controller (PDC) Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) role
RID master	Owner of the relative identifier (RID) FSMO role
Infrastructure master	Owner of the infrastructure FSMO role
Operations 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 bottom pane changes depending on the tab you select. Table 38 lists the tabs and the information displayed.

 

Table 38. Domain tabs

Tab	Description
Summary	Lists all the domain controllers in the selected domain, the domain and site in which the domain controller resides, and the number of alerts for each domain controller. • To filter the list of domain controllers, type in the Filter domain controllers box. The list filters as you type. • To group the list of domain controllers by site, select Group by site.
Replication Latency	Lists the replication latency times for a domain controller and its replication partners. NOTE: The Replication latency data collector is disabled by default. If you want to monitor replication latency, enable this data collector. See Setting data collectors and Replication latency.
GC Replication Latency	Lists the replication latency times for the domain controller and servers hosting the global catalog. NOTE: The Global catalog server replication latency data collector is disabled by default. If you want to monitor global catalog replication latency, enable this data collector. See Setting data collectors and Global catalog server replication latency.
Current Alerts	Displays the current alerts for the selected item in the tree. See Using the analyzer pages.