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Foglight for Active Directory 6.1.0 - 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
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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
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Lists

The lists displayed throughout Foglight for Active Directory allow you to define the sort criteria and order, hide columns, and filter content based on user-defined search criteria:

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Sorting content
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Hiding columns
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Filtering content

Sorting content

Some views in Foglight for Active Directory dashboards contain sortable lists. An example of a sortable list is the Domain Controllers view on the Active Directory Explorer dashboard.

Figure 4. Domain Controllers view

An arrow in the column heading identifies the sort criteria and order, ascending or descending, being used to display information.

To change the sort criteria in a list:
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Click on the column heading to be used to sort the list.
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The sort order is in ascending order, but can be changed to descending order by clicking on the heading a second time.
The list is redrawn according to your specification.

Hiding columns

Foglight for Active Directory lists display a default set of columns; however, you can customize the content of the lists by hiding columns.

To hide columns in the list:
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Select the button in the upper right corner of the list to display the Show Columns dialog.
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On the Show Columns dialog, click a column heading from the list to clear the corresponding check box.
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Select Apply to display the list displaying only the columns that are currently selected in the Show Columns dialog.

Filtering content

Many of the lists displayed in Foglight for Active Directory dashboards and views allow you to filter the information displayed using the search controls at the top of the list. You can either conduct a search on all of the columns in the list or specify the columns to be searched.

Figure 5. Filtering content

To filter a list based on content in any of the fields:
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Enter a text string into the text field.
 
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NOTE: Select the Use Regular Expression option that appears when you select the arrow control to the right of the Search field to specify a regular expression which allows you to enter a search pattern using wildcard characters instead of a literal text string.
The list now displays the entries found as a result of your search.
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To clear the search string and display the original list, select .
To specify individual fields to be searched:
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Click the arrow control and select Advanced Search.
A dialog appears allowing you to enter the search criteria to be used to filter your list and sort the results.
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To define the number of items to be included in the list and the sort criteria and order of the results, select the Limit to nn items from top check box.
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By default, the top 10 items are displayed. To change this value, enter a different number in the value field.
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The Order by field contains the column heading currently selected as the sort criteria. To change the sort criteria, click in the Order by field and select the column heading to be used. Use the arrow control to define the sort order: ascending or descending.
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To define the search criteria, select the Match the following rule check box and specify the following information:
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Click in the first field to specify the column to be searched.
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Use the arrow control to define the comparison operator to be used (for example, does not contain, starts with, ends with.)
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Enter the text string to be matched.
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The Case Insensitive check box is selected by default and will find matches regardless of case. For a case-sensitive search, clear this check box.
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To add an additional search rule, select and repeat the previous step to specify the additional search criteria.
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NOTE: When multiple rules are specified, the ‘and’ operator is used and all rules must be met in order for an entry to be included in the search results.
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Once you have entered your search criteria, select Search to close the dialog and conduct the search.
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The results of your search is displayed in the list.
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To clear the search string and display the original list, select .
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