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Foglight for Active Directory 5.7.2.5 - User and Reference 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

Domain Controller views

A Domain Controller (DC) is a server that is running a version of the Windows Server® operating system and has Active Directory® (Windows Server 2003) or Active Directory® Domain Services (Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008) installed. The DC is tasked with managing a replica of an Active Directory domain.

The following views are available to monitor the health of your Active Directory domain controllers:

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Domain Controllers Environment Summary (All DCs) view
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Domain Controller Environment Summary view
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Domain Controllers Explorer Summary (All DCs) view
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Domain Controller Explorer Summary view
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Resource Utilization Details view
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Domain Controller Database view
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Domain Controller Directory Services view
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Domain Controller DFS-R view
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Domain Controller FRS view
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Domain Controller Replication view

Domain Controllers Environment Summary (All DCs) view

By default, the Domain Controllers Environment Summary (All DCs) view displays a domain controller tile for each DC in your Active Directory® environment and provides summary data about the different roles performed by each DC. It also includes an alarm indicator for each of these roles.

Figure 31. Domain Controllers Environment Summary (All DCs) view

A domain controller tile displays the following information:

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name of the DC and its current alarm state
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list of roles performed by the DC and their current alarm state
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Windows® operating system running on the server
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the icon in the lower left corner indicates that the DC is a virtual machine that is being monitored by Foglight for VMWare or Foglight for Hyper-V. In addition, the domain controller tile is outlined in blue when it is a virtual machine that is being monitored by one of these cartridges.
 
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NOTE: If you would prefer to view a list of DCs, instead of tiles for each DC, select Toggle View. You can then use the search controls to the right to filter your list of DCs.
How to get here
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From the Foglight navigation panel, select Dashboards > Active Directory > Active Directory Environment.
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From the Monitoring tab, select the Domain Controllers tile.
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From the Object Tree view, select Summary.
The Domain Controllers Environment Summary (All DCs) view appears in the Object Summary view of the Quick View on the Active Directory Environment dashboard.

Domain Controller Environment Summary view

The Domain Controller Environment Summary view displays a domain controller tile for the selected DC and shows data relevant to that DC, the current alarm state for the DC, and the roles being performed by the DC.

 
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NOTE: If the Server Health metrics are not appearing on this view, check the Host Collector setting on the agent’s properties page. The VMWare option is selected by default. If Foglight for Active Directory, Foglight for Hyper-V, or Foglight for Infrastructure is being used to collect the host metrics, this setting must be set to the appropriate option.
Figure 32. Domain Controller Environment Summary view

How to get here
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From the Foglight navigation panel, select Dashboards > Active Directory > Active Directory Environment.
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From the Monitoring tab, select the Domain Controllers tile.
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From the Object Tree view, select an individual DC object.
The Domain Controller Environment Summary view appears in the Object Summary view of the Quick View on the Active Directory Environment dashboard.
 
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NOTE: You can also click a domain controller tile in the Domain Controllers Environment Summary (All DCs) view to display this view.
Embedded views

In addition to the domain controller tile, the following embedded views are displayed on the Domain Controller Summary:

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Host Monitor view
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NOTE: When the host machine is a virtual machine that is being monitored by Foglight for VMWare or Foglight for Hyper-V, this view is replaced with two views: one that displays the name of the virtual machine and one that displays the name of the host server.
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Agent State view
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Server Health view
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Top AD Metrics view

Domain Controllers Explorer Summary (All DCs) view

The Domain Controllers Explorer Summary (All DCs) view displays more detailed resource metrics and information about all of the monitored DCs in your Active Directory® environment.

Figure 33. Domain Controllers Explorer Summary (All DCs) view

How to get here
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From the Foglight navigation panel, select Dashboards > Active Directory > Active Directory Explorer.
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From the Active Directory Enterprise view (under Dashboards in the navigation panel), select the Domain Controllers object container.
The Domain Controllers Explorer Summary (All DCs) view appears in the Primary view on the Active Directory Explorer dashboard.
 
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NOTE: You can also click the view in Explorer link on the Domain Controllers Environment Summary (All DCs) view.
Embedded views

In addition to the current domain controller alarms, this view is made up of the following embedded views:

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Top 3 CPU Consumers view
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Top 3 Memory Consumers view
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Top 3 Network Consumers view
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Top 3 Storage Consumers view
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Domain Controllers view
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