Analyzing the health of a forest
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Select Monitor | Active Directory Health. |
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Open the Analyzer tab. |
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Select the forest from the Monitored Object list. |
The Forest summary area displays the name of the forest, the number of active alerts for the forest, and general information about the forest.
The Monitored Domains 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.
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To filter the list of domains, type in the Filter domains box. The list filters as you type. |
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To refresh the list, click Refresh. |
The Forest Alerts tab lists the active alerts for the forest. A count of the current alerts, critical and warnings, displays. For each active alert, the severity, alert name, time the alert triggered, the object name, and the description display.
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To refresh the list, click Refresh. |
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To add an alert to notifications, click the Add to Notification button beside the alert. See Adding an alert to notifications. |
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To create a new notification for an alert, click the Create Notification button beside the alert. See Creating a notification for an alert. |
Alerts
Viewing alerts
Active Directory Health Analyzer alerts have two levels of severity: warning and critical. As a situation escalates, a warning alert is generated, indicating that a lower priority threshold has been violated. As the severity of the error increases, a critical alert is generated, indicating that the higher priority threshold has been exceeded. A number of attributes can be customized for each of these levels, including the threshold value, duration before an alert occurs and duration before an alert clears. See the Active Directory Health chapter in the Quest® Active Administrator® User Guide.
Current alerts display in grid view by default. Critical alerts are indicated in red and appear at the top of the list. Warning alerts are indicated in yellow and appear after the critical alerts. As alerts are cleared, they disappear from the list. You can view the cleared alert on the Alert History tab. See Viewing alert history.
For alerts you want to monitor more closely, you can pin them to the top of the list. You also can see which alerts are causing the most issues in the Linked Alerts area.
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Select Monitor | Active Directory Health. |
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To filter the list of alerts, start typing in the Filter alert names box. The list of alerts changes as you type. |
. To sort the alerts in table view, click the column heading.
. To sort the alerts in grid view, click the icon to sort the alert names in ascending or descending alphabetical order.|
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If there are alerts you want to pull to the top of the list to monitor more closely, you can add them to the Pinned Alerts area. If the alert clears, it will disappear from the list.
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The Linked Alerts to Active Directory Objects list displays a summary of the alerts for each of the types of Active Directory® objects. The number next to the alert indicates the number of occurrences of the alert for all objects. The percentage indicates the percentage of the total number of alerts for all objects. |
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The Linked Domain Controllers to Alerts, Linked Domains to Alerts, Linked Forests to Alerts, and Linked Sites to Alerts display each Active Directory object with the alerts. The number next to the object indicates the number of alerts for that object. The percentage indicates the percentage of the total number of alerts for the object. |
Viewing alert details
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The General tab displays much of the same information that you see in grid view. The list of Observed Values shows the number of times the alert was triggered. |
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The Details tab provides more information to help you troubleshoot the problem. |
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The Notifications tab displays the notifications sent for the alert. |