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Active Directory Operational Monitoring. Matt Abramson Premier Field Engineer. Agenda. Why is monitoring important? What should I be monitoring? Active Directory Replication DNS Domain Controller Health SYSVOL Replication Time Synchronization. Why is monitoring important?.
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Active Directory Operational Monitoring Matt Abramson Premier Field Engineer
Agenda • Why is monitoring important? • What should I be monitoring? • Active Directory Replication • DNS • Domain Controller Health • SYSVOL Replication • Time Synchronization
Why is monitoring important? • To stay ahead of and avoid potentially critical outages or service interruptions • To be aware of changes in the operational state of your environment • To provide peace of mind and assurance knowing that services and applications are functioning properly • Having a good understanding of monitoring tasks and current operational states can ease administration and troubleshooting
What should I be monitoring?- AD Replication • Replication Health • Replication Link Health • AD Directory Service • Health Repadmin /Replsum Repadmin /Showrepl Directory Services Event log AD is the foundation of your house, make sure its solid!
What should I be monitoring?DNS • DNS Health • DNS Service Health Dcdiag /test:DNS DNS Event log Most AD related failures are due to DNS issues
What should I be monitoring?Domain Controller Health Dcdiag System Event log • Domain Controller Health
What should I be monitoring?SYSVOL Replication NTFRSUTIL Sonar Ultrasound – for FRS DFSRDiag – for DFS-R DFS Management UI FRS or DFS-R Event log • SYSVOL replication Failing SYSVOL Replication can result in Group Policy irregularities
What should I be monitoring?Time Services Health W32tm.exe /monitor System Event log • Monitor Forest Time
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