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Foglight for Active Directory 5.8.3 - User Guide

Navigation basics Exploring Foglight for Active Directory dashboards Managing Active Directory agents Reporting on your Active Directory enterprise Foglight for Active Directory views
Forest views Domain views Site views Domain Controller views Description of embedded views
Address Book view Agent State view Asynchronous Thread Queue view Core Services view Database Access view Database Cache view Database Log Access view Database Performance Health view Defragmentation Tasks view DFS Namespace Service API Queue view DFS Namespace Service API Requests view DFS Namespace Service Referrals view DFS Replicated Folders view DFS Replication Connections view DFS Replication Service Volumes view DFS-R Performance Health view Directory Replication Inbound view Directory Replication Outbound view Directory Replication Sync view Directory Replication USN view Directory Services General view Directory Services Performance Health view Directory Services Reads view Directory Services Searches view Directory Services Writes view Domain Controller Details view Domain Controllers view FileReplicaConn Authentications/Bindings view FileReplicaConn Change Orders view FileReplicaConn Fetch view FileReplicaSet Authentications/Bindings view FileReplicaSet Change Orders view FileReplicaSet DS Communications view FileReplicaSet Files view FileReplicaSet Local Change Orders view FileReplicaSet Packets view FileReplicaSet Remote Change Orders view FRS Performance Health view FRS Replica Sets view FRS Staging Files view FSMO Roles view (Domain) FSMO Roles view (Forest) Host Monitor view Inter-Site Transports view Inventory By Category view IP Subnets view Key Distribution Center view LDAP view Memory view Network view Processor view Replication Performance Health view Resource Utilization view Security Accounts Manager view Server Health view Statistics view Storage view Summary and Resource Information view Top AD Metrics view Top 3 Consumers view Top 3 CPU Consumers view Top 3 DS Directory Reads/sec view Top 3 LDAP Bind Times view Top 3 Memory Consumers view Top 3 Network Consumers view Top 3 Replication Queue Length view Top 3 Storage Consumers view Trusts view USN Records view
Foglight for Active Directory rules Running diagnostic tests Managing Active Directory metrics

Monitor

The selection made in the Monitor panel of the properties page defines the services that are to be monitored by the selected agent(s).

 
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NOTE: The setting in this section is global and applies to all agents with the type of ActiveDirectory.

The services monitored by default are:

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DFSR
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NtFrs
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W32Time
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Netlogon
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SamSs
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kdc
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Dnscache
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IsmServ
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RpcSs
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DNS
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Winmgmt
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LanmanServer
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LanmanWorkstation

Unavailable WMI Classes

The Unavailable WMI Classes panel allows users to disable invalid WMI queries, caused by WMI classes unavailable for an environment issue.

Data Collection Scheduler

The selection made in the Data Collection Scheduler panel defines the data collection schedule to be used.

 
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NOTE: The settings in this section are global and apply to all agents with the type of ActiveDirectory.

The following table lists the collectors being used by the cartridge and the default collection interval for each (as defined in the defaultSchedule).

The collections marked with an asterisk indicate collections with corresponding sections on the Active Directory Metrics Management dashboard. When using the defaultSchedule, you can use either this setting on the agent properties page or the Metrics Management dashboard to modify these connection intervals. For those collectors not marked with an asterisk or if you are using a user-defined data collection schedule, you must use this setting to manage the data collection intervals. For more information on the Active Directory Metrics Management dashboard, see Managing Active Directory metrics.

 
Table 11. Default collection interval
Collector Name
Default Collection Interval

domain

1 day

adobjects

1 day

time

30 minutes

replication*

4 minutes

site

1 hour

database

4 minutes

role

15 minutes

dns*

6 minutes

frs*

5 minutes

dfsr*

6 minutes

directoryService*

4 minutes

daily

1 day

hostDetail

5 minutes

dotNetFramework

7 minutes

ping

2 minutes

 

Reporting on your Active Directory enterprise

Foglight for Active Directory comes with a set of pre-defined reports that can be run from the Reports dashboard. Using this dashboard, operators can run reports, build custom reports, and view generated reports. Advanced Operators can also schedule and manage reports.

To access the Reports dashboard, from the Foglight navigation pane, select Dashboards > Reports. From the Reports dashboard, click the links provided as described below:

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Click Build a Custom Report to choose the building blocks for your custom report using the Create a Report wizard.
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Click Run a Report to quickly generate a one-time report based on a template, using the Run a Report wizard.
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Click Manage Reports to access the Manage Reports dashboard, where you can download, delete and view details about generated reports.
 
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NOTE: You can also create a new report using the General tab on the Action panel to the right of any dashboard. Select the Create report option under the Other Actions list to launch the Create Report wizard to define the components to be used to build a new report.

For more information on using the Foglight reporting features, see the Foglight User Guide or online help.

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