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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

Foglight for Active Directory reports

Several different report templates are available with Foglight for Active Directory, and together they provide a detailed analysis of the performance and health of your Active Directory® environment over time.

Each report template uses report parameters to define the content of the report. Use a template’s default report parameters to quickly generate or schedule a report or optionally change the report parameters to customize the report to better meet your requirements.

The following table contains an alphabetical list of Foglight for Active Directory reports. It also provides a brief description of the report and the report parameters used to define the content. Report parameters marked with an asterisk (*) are required and you must specify this parameter before the report can be generated.

 
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NOTE: If you are using the Templates by Module tab on the Generate Report dialog, click the expansion box to the left of the Active Directory entry to view the Active Directory reports.
 
Table 12. Foglight for Active Directory report templates
Report
Description
Report Parameters: Default

Active Directory Alarms

Displays the outstanding Active Directory alarms.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours

Diagnostic Test - History

Displays the result for all runs of an Active Directory Diagnostic Test.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Test
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Target Server Filter: Null

Diagnostic Test Result Detail Report

Displays the Diagnostic Test result details.
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*Test
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*Target Server
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*Test Run

Diagnostic Test Result Report

Displays the Diagnostic Test results.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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*Test
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Target Server Filter

Domain Controller FAQTs

Shows all FAQts for the selected DCs.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Domain Controllers

Domain Controller FAQTS for Domain

Shows domain controller FAQts for the selected domain.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Domain

Domain Controller FAQTS for Forest

Shows domain controller FAQts for the selected forest.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Forest

Domain Controller FAQTS for Site

Shows domain controller FAQts for the selected site.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Site

Domain Controller Inventory for Domain

Shows the DCs in the selected domain.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Domain

Domain Controller Utilization - Detail

Shows the top and bottom DCs based on CPU Used Hz, CPU percent privileged time, memory consumed, disk utilization, disk transfer rate and network transfer rate for the specified time range. It also displays additional details.

NOTE: The CPU Used Hz metric can be used to compare relative CPU utilization across different systems.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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DC Count: 25

Domain Controller Utilization - Summary

Shows the top and bottom five DCs based on CPU Used Hz, CPU percent privileged time, memory consumed, disk utilization, disk transfer rate and network transfer rate for the specified time range.

NOTE: The CPU Used Hz metric can be used to compare relative CPU utilization across different systems.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours

Domain Controllers Available CPU and Memory - Detail

Shows the top and bottom DCs based on available CPU and memory.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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DC Count: 25

Domain Controllers Available CPU and Memory - Summary

Shows the top and bottom five DCs based on available CPU and memory.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours

Domain Controllers Storage

Shows the capacity and usage of logical and physical disks on the selected DCs.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours

Domains FAQTS

Shows the domain FAQts for the selected domains.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Domains

Forest Domain Inventory

Shows the DCs in each domain in the selected forest.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Forest

Forest FAQTS

Shows the forest FAQts for the selected forests.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Forest

Logical Disks With X% Or Less Free Storage - Detail

Displays the DC count, logical disk count, total disk space available, and total disk space used for all DCs with x% or less free storage. It also displays additional details.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Percent

Logical Disks With X% Or Less Free Storage - Summary

Displays the DC count, logical disk count, total disk space available, and total disk space used for all DCs with x% or less free storage.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Percent

Logical Disks With X% Or More Free Storage - Detail

Displays the DC count, logical disk count, total disk space available, and total disk space used for all DCs with x% or more free storage. It also displays additional details.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Percent

Logical Disks With X% Or More Free Storage - Summary

Displays the DC count, logical disk count, total disk space available, and total disk space used for all DCs with x% or more free storage.

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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Percent

Site FAQTS

Shows the site FAQts for the selected sites.
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Time Range: Last 4 hours
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* Site

 

Foglight for Active Directory views

Foglight displays monitoring data in views that group, format, and display data. The main types are described below.

Dashboards are top-level views that contain lower-level views. The dashboards supplied with Foglight, as well as those created by users, are accessible from the navigation panel.

Lower-level views can be added to dashboards or can be accessed by drilling down from a dashboard. They receive and display data directly from the Foglight Management Server or from other views. Some views filter or select data that appears in other views in the same dashboard. Some are tree views with expandable nodes for selecting servers, applications or data.

This section provides a description of the lower-level views on Foglight for Active Directory dashboards. The beginning of the section explains which views are available to find specific information for each of the Active Directory® objects:

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Forest views
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Domain views
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Site views
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Domain Controller views

The latter part of the section provides a detailed description of the information and metrics displayed in embedded views:

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Description of embedded views

Forest views

A forest is the top-level object within the Active Directory® infrastructure and consists of a group of Active Directory domains. The following views are available to monitor the health of your Active Directory forests:

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Forests Environment Summary (All Forests) view
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Forest Environment Summary view
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Forests Explorer Summary (All Forests) view
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Forest Explorer Summary view

Forests Environment Summary (All Forests) view

The Forests Environment Summary (All Forests) view displays a forest tile for each forest in your Active Directory® environment that provides summary data about the different object types (domains, sites and DCs) within each forest and the number of objects in each of the alarm states (fatal, critical and warning).

Figure 19. Forests Environment Summary (All Forests) view

A forest tile displays the following information:

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name of the forest
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number of users in the forest
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number of alarms in each state in the forest
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number of domains in the forest and number of domains in each alarm state
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number of sites in the forest and number of sites in each alarm state
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number of DCs in the forest and number of DCs in each alarm state
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Forest Functional Level
How to get here
1
From the Foglight navigation panel, select Dashboards > Active Directory > Active Directory Environment.
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From the Monitoring tab, select the Forests tile.
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From the Object Tree view, select Summary.
The Forests Environment Summary (All Forests) view appears in the Object Summary view of the Quick View on the Active Directory Environment dashboard.
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