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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

Active Directory Environment > CA Health Check tab

The CA Health Check tab provides you with an overview of your Certificate Authority (CA) environment being monitored, and includes the following metrics:

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Server Name: Displays the name of the monitored CA sever.
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Issued Common Name: Displays the “Issued Common Name”.
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Expiration Date: Indicates the date when the “Issued Common Name” will be expired.
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Effective Date: Indicates the date upon which the “Issued Common Name” is considered to take effect.
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Days in Expire: Indicates the period from now to the “Issued Common Name” expiration date. A minus indicates the “Issued Common Name” has been expired.

For more information about how to create a CA agent to be monitored, refer to Add and configure a new Certificate Authority agent .

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NOTE: Foglight for Active Directory only supports the monitoring of the environment installed with the Certificate Authority Enterprise Edition. Before creating a CA agent, click the Script for configuring the Active Directory settings link on the Administration > Tasks list to download and run a script that automatically configures the DCOM and WinRM. For more information, see the readme.txt file included in the script ZIP file.

Active Directory Environment > Administration tab

The Administration tab includes the following components, and allows you to perform administrative tasks, as follows:

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Tasks list:
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Rule Management: View and manage rules that exist in your environment. For more information, see Foglight for Active Directory rules.
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Diagnostic Tests: View a list of diagnostic tests that are available, as well as run a test immediately or define a schedule for when a test is to be run. For more information, see Running diagnostic tests.
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Metrics Management: View, edit, and enable/ disable the optional metric collections that are configurable for Active Directory agents. For more information, see Managing Active Directory metrics.
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Script for configuring the Active Directory settings: Download and run a script that automatically configures the Domain Controllers.
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Agents view:
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Certificate Authority: Add and configure Certificate Authority agents on one or more servers. Once added, the Agent Management view displays all of the Certificate Authority agents configured to monitor CA metrics. For more information on using the Agent Setup wizard, see Add and configure a new Certificate Authority agent.
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Active Directory: Add and configure Active Directory agents on one or more DCs. Once added, the Agent Management view displays all of the Active Directory agents configured to monitor Active Directory metrics. For more information on using the Agent Setup wizard and the Agent Management view to manage your Active Directory agents, see Managing Active Directory agents.
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NOTE: In a federated environment, the administrative tasks and Agents view are available only on the Federated Children and not on the Foglight Federation Master.
Figure 10. Active Directory Environment > Administration tab

Active Directory Environment > Reports tab

The Reports tab allows you to manage custom Exchange reports. It consists of the following components:

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Tasks list
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Recent Report History view
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About Reports view
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Reports view
Figure 11. Active Directory Environment > Reports tab

Tasks list

From the Tasks list, you can create a report, copy an existing report, or edit an existing report for your Active Directory environment:

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Click Create a Report to select and generate a report using the Create a Report wizard.
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Click Copy Existing Report to duplicate an existing report using the Copy Existing Report wizard.
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Click Edit Existing Report to modify an existing report using the Edit Existing Report wizard.
Create a Report wizard
To create a report:
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Start the Create a Report wizard.
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On the Basic Configuration page, define the following settings, then click Next:
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Scheduled Report Name: Type a valid name for the report.
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Report Templates: Select the template on which you want to base your report. The Report Inputs section is populated with the template’s report parameters. Use the default parameters to quickly create a report, or optionally change the report parameters to customize the report to better meet your requirements. For more details about Active Directory template reports, see Foglight for Active Directory reports.
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On the Advanced Configuration page, define the following settings, then click Finish:
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Schedule: Select the report schedule from the list of available options.
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Retained Results: Type the number of results retained for the report.
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Enabled: Select the check box if you want to enable the report. Clear the check box if you want to disable the report.
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Report Format: Select the report format from the list of available options.
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Email Recipients: Type the email addresses of the recipients to be notified when the report is generated.
The scheduled report is created and appears in the Reports view.
Copy Existing Report wizard
To copy an existing report:
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Start the Copy Existing Report wizard.
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On the Select Report page, select the report to be copied, then click Next.
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On the Edit Report Configuration page, define the following settings, then click Finish:
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Scheduled Report Name: Type a valid name for the new report.
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Report Templates: The report template can not be modified, only the report parameters in the Report Inputs section at the bottom of the page.
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Schedule: Select the report schedule from the list of available options.
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Retained Results: Type the number of results retained for the report.
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Enabled: Select the check box if you want to enable the report. Clear the check box if you want to disable the report.
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Report Format: Select the report format from the list of available options.
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Email Recipients: Type the email addresses of the recipients to be notified when the report is generated.
The scheduled report is created and appears in the Reports view.
Edit Existing Report wizard
To edit an existing report:
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Start the Edit Existing Report wizard.
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On the Select Report page, select the report to be edited, then click Next.
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On the Edit Current Configurations page, define the following settings, then click Finish:
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Scheduled Report Name: Change the report name, as necessary.
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Report Templates: The report template and its parameters can not be modified.
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Schedule: Select the report schedule from the list of available options.
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Retained Results: Type the number of results retained for the report.
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Enabled: Select the check box if you want to enable the report. Clear the check box if you want to disable the report.
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Report Format: Select the report format from the list of available options.
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Email Recipients: Type the email addresses of the recipients to be notified when the report is generated.
The new report settings are saved and the updated scheduled report appears in the Reports view.
Recent Report History view

The Recent Report History view provides information about the most recent report instances run in your environment.

About Reports view

The About Reports view enables you to get answers to common questions about Active Directory reports.

Clicking a question from the list displays a dialog box that provides information about the selected topic.

Reports view

The Reports view displays all of the report instances configured in your Active Directory environment.

The view contains the following information for each configured report instance.

 
Table 4. Reports view - information
Column
Description

Use the selection check boxes to select report instances for running or removal.

Name

Displays the name of the report.

Date

Indicates the date and time when the report was last run.

Last Run

Indicates the report type.

History

Click the icon in this column to open the Report History dialog box, and review the history of the selected report. To view the report content, click one item in the list.

Schedule

Displays the time when the report is scheduled to run.

Run Now

Click the icon in this column to manually run a selected report. The Run Now dialog box opens, displaying the status of the report generation. When the report is complete, you can view the report content by clicking the Download.

Template

Displays the template used for a scheduled report.

To delete one or several reports from the list, select the report(s) and click the Delete button at the top left corner of the view.

To search for a particular report, type the report name on the Search box at the top right corner of the view, then click Enter.

Active Directory Environment > FAQts tab

In addition to the FAQts embedded view in the Quick View, a FAQts view appears as a navigation tab at the top of the dashboard. The FAQts navigation tab provides a list of all the questions available for all Active Directory® object types.

 
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NOTE: The FAQts navigation tab is also available in the Active Directory Explorer dashboard when you are viewing an object in the Active Directory Explorer Primary view.
Purpose

The FAQts view enables you to get answers to common questions about your Active Directory® environment.

Figure 12. FAQts view - navigation tab

Description of embedded views

The FAQts navigation tab is made up of the following embedded views:

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Categories view
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Questions view
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Answer view
Categories view

The Categories view lists the categories (that is, forests, domains, sites or domain controllers) for which questions can be answered by Foglight. It also contains a Favorites and My Questions category which allows you to customize the list of questions displayed.

By default, All Questions is selected. Click a category to view a list of questions relating to a type of Active Directory® object or click Favorites or My Questions to view your customized list of questions.

Questions view

The Questions view lists the questions available for the category selected in the Categories view.

Click a question from the list to have Foglight gather and report an answer.

Use the buttons at the top of the Questions view as follows.

 
Table 5. Questions view

Mark the selected question as a ‘favorite’. Questions marked as a ‘favorite’ will be displayed when the Favorites category is selected.

NOTE: The star icon will appear yellow when you select a question that is already marked as a favorite.

Create a report based on selected questions.

If the list of questions is long, you can narrow it down by entering a text string in the Search field. Enter a word or text string and select the search button to display only those questions that contain the word or string entered.

To clear the filter and return to the original list of questions, click .

Answer view

The Answer view provides an answer to the question selected in the Questions view. The answer is provided in the following form:

Top x <objects of category> ...

where x is the number of objects of the category selected in the Categories view.

It also lists related questions from which you can select. Selecting a related question will refresh the Answer view displaying the answer to the selected question.

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