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Foglight for Active Directory 5.7.2 - User and Reference Guide

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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
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Inventory By Category view

This embedded view is part of the Forest Environment Summary, Domain Environment Summary and Site Environment Summary, which is displayed when an individual forest, domain or site is selected in the Object Tree view (Quick View) on the Active Directory Environment dashboard.

 
Table 57. Inventory By Category view
Description

This view displays the number of servers performing different tasks for the selected forest, domain or site and the number of those servers in each alarm state.

Data displayed

For a forest object, the following is displayed:

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FSMO Holders. Indicates how many servers in this forest are operation masters and the alarm state for each of these servers.
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DNS Servers. Indicates how many DNS servers reside in this forest and the alarm state for each of these servers.
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Global Catalogs. Indicates how many servers in this forest are hosting a Global Catalog and the alarm state for each of these servers.
 

For a domain object, the following is displayed:

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Sub Domains. Indicates how many subordinate domains are in this domain and the alarm state for each of these sub domains.
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DNS Servers. Indicates how many DNS servers reside in this domain and the alarm state for each of these servers.
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FSMO Holders. Indicates how many servers in this domain are operations masters and the alarm state for each of these servers.
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Global Catalogs. Indicates how many servers in this domain are hosting a Global Catalog and the alarm state for each of these servers.
 

For a site object, the following is displayed:

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Domains. Indicates how many domains reside in this site and the alarm state for each domain.
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DNS Servers. Indicates how many DNS servers reside in this site and the alarm state for each of these servers.
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FSMO Holders. Indicates how many servers in this site are operation masters and the alarm state for each of these servers.
Where to go next

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Category Heading. Displays an Inventory popup that displays the names of the servers performing the selected task.
 
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Domain Controller Inventory Popup - Domain Controller. Displays the Domain Controller Explorer Summary view for the selected DC.
 
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Alarm Icon or Number. Displays an Alarms popup that displays the current alarms for the DCs performing the selected task.
 
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Alarms Popup - Domain Controller. Allows you to display the metrics for the selected DC in either the Active Directory Explorer or Quick View.
 
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Alarms Popup - AD object icon, Severity icon, Time, or Alarm Message. Displays an Alarm Details popup containing details about the selected alarm.
 
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Alarms Popup - Info icon. Displays a metrics popup containing a trend graph, metric description and troubleshooting tips for the selected alarm.
NOTE: The popup trend graph is scoped to the time when the alarm was triggered.

IP Subnets view

This embedded view is part of the Site Environment Summary for an individual site in the Active Directory Environment dashboard.

 
Table 58. IP Subnets view
Description

This view lists the IP subnets associated with the selected site.

Where to go next

N/A

Key Distribution Center view

To display this view, enable the Key Distribution Center Group in the Directory Services section of the Metrics Management dashboard. When this collection group is enabled, this view is added to the Directory Services navigation tab in the Active Directory Explorer dashboard.

 
Table 59. Key Distribution Center view
Description

This view displays additional Key Distribution Center (KDC) metrics for the selected DC which are gathered when the Key Distribution Center collection group is enabled.

Data displayed

Requests. This graph charts the following metrics:

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KDC AS Requests. Shows the number of Authentication Server (AS) requests serviced by the KDC per second.
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KDC TGS Requests. Shows the number of Ticket Granting Service (TGS) requests serviced by the KDC per second.
 

NTLM Authentications. This graph charts the number of NTLM authentications serviced by the selected DC per second.

Where to go next

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Clicking a graph in this view displays a metrics popup that describes the counters, provides more detailed data points, and lists current alarms for the selected metric.

LDAP view

To display this view, enable the LDAP Group in the Directory Services section of the Metrics Management dashboard. When this collection group is enabled, this view is added to the Directory Services navigation tab in the Active Directory Explorer dashboard.

 
Table 60. LDAP view
Description

This view displays additional LDAP metrics for the selected DC which are gathered when the LDAP collection group is enabled.

Data displayed

LDAP Active Threads. This graph charts the current number of threads in used by the LDAP subsystem of the local directory service. It provides a comparison against the computed average for the specified time interval.

 

LDAP Connections/sec. This graph charts the following metrics:

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LDAP Closed Connections/sec. Shows the number of LDAP connections that have been closed in the last second.
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LDAP New Connections/sec. Shows the number of new LDAP connections that have arrived in the last second.
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LDAP New SSL Connections/sec. Shows the number of new SSL or TLS connections that arrived in the last second.
 

LDAP Successful Binds/sec. This graph charts the number of LDAP binds being performed per second. It provides a comparison against the computed average for the specified time interval.

 

LDAP UDP Operations/sec. This graph charts the number of UDP operations the LDAP service is processing per second. It provides a comparison against the computed average for the specified time interval.

 

LDAP Writes/sec. This graph charts the rate at which LDAP clients perform write operations per second. It provides a comparison against the computed average for the specified time interval.

Where to go next

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Clicking a graph in this view displays a metrics popup that describes the counters, provides more detailed data points, and lists current alarms for the selected metric.
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