Managing Active Directory Performance Chapter Fourteen

Exam Objectives In this Chapter:  Troubleshoot Active Directory directory service  Monitor File Replication Service replication

In This Chapter:  Monitoring Performance with the Directory and File Replication Service Logs and System Monitor  Monitoring Performance with Performance Logs And Alerts  Optimizing and Troubleshooting Active Directory Performance

To Complete this Chapter: Prepare your test environment according to the descriptions given in the “Getting Started” section of “About This Book” Complete the practices for installing and configuring Active Directory as discussed in Chapter 2, “Installing and Configuring Active Directory” Learn to use Active Directory administration tools as discussed in Chapter 3, “Administering Active Directory”

Monitoring Performance with Service Logs and System Monitor

Exam Tip  Know the purpose of the directory service log and the file replication service log.

System Monitor  System Monitor is a tool that supports detailed monitoring of the use of operating system resources.  System Monitor is hosted in the Performance console.

Important AD System Monitor Counters  Table 14-1 pages 5 – 8.

Exam Tip  Know which performance objects are used to monitor Active Directory and FRS

Best Practices  Page 14-14

Directory Service Log and System Monitor Troubleshooting  Table 14-3 on pages 15 – 16.

Practice:  Using System Monitor Exercise 1: Verifying Performance Counters in System Monitor  Page 14-17

Monitoring Performance with Performance Logs And Alerts  Counter Logs  Trace Logs  Logging Options

Managing Active Directory Performance from the Command Line  The following command-line utilities: Logman Perfmon Relog Tracerpt Typeperf Lodctr Unlodctr

Best Practices  Pages 31 – 32.

Performance Logs And Alerts Troubleshooting  Pages 32 – 33.

Practice:  Using Performance Logs And Alerts Exercise 1: Creating a Counter Log Exercise 2: Creating an Alert  Pages 33 – 35.

Optimizing and Troubleshooting Active Directory Performance

Troubleshooting Active Directory Performance with the Directory Service Log  Page 14-38

Summary  Case Scenario Exercise Pages 44 – 45.  Troubleshooting Lab Pages  Exam Highlights Key points Key terms  Page 14-49