1. Matt Abramson Premier Field Engineer Active Directory Operational Monitoring

2. Why is monitoring important? What should I be monitoring? Active Directory Replication DNS Domain Controller Health SYSVOL Replication Time Synchronization

3. 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 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

4. Replication Health Replication Link Health AD Directory Service Health Replication Health Replication Link Health AD Directory Service Health Repadmin /Replsum Repadmin /Showrepl Directory Services Event log Repadmin /Replsum Repadmin /Showrepl Directory Services Event log AD is the foundation of your house, make sure its solid!

7. DNS Health DNS Service Health DNS Health DNS Service Health Dcdiag /test:DNS DNS Event log Dcdiag /test:DNS DNS Event log Most AD related failures are due to DNS issues

9. Domain Controller Health Dcdiag System Event log Dcdiag System Event log

11. SYSVOL replication NTFRSUTIL Sonar Ultrasound – for FRS DFSRDiag – for DFS-R DFS Management UI FRS or DFS-R Event log NTFRSUTIL Sonar Ultrasound – for FRS DFSRDiag – for DFS-R DFS Management UI FRS or DFS-R Event log Failing SYSVOL Replication can result in Group Policy irregularities

14. Monitor Forest Time W32tm.exe /monitor System Event log W32tm.exe /monitor System Event log

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