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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
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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Site Explorer Summary view

The Site Explorer Summary view displays more detailed resource metrics and information about the DCs in the selected site.

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From the Foglight navigation panel, select Dashboards > Active Directory > Active Directory Explorer.
From the Sites tile (at the top of the Summary view), select the Sites icon, title or count. On the Sites Inventory dialog, select an individual Site object.

In addition to the site tile and current alarms, this view is made up of the following embedded views:

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:

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.

A domain controller tile displays the following information:

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.
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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.

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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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.

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

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