Key Monitoring Scenarios

Applies To: Operations Manager 2007

Service Instance Monitoring

The Dependent Services monitor tracks the running status of all services on which Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) depends. This includes the following service:

• AD LDS Service

To view the Service State

1. In the Operations Console, click Monitoring, double-click Active Directory Lightweight Services, and then double-click Service Instance Monitoring.

2. Select Service State. You can see the services that are listed in the right pane.

   To personalize this view, right-click Service State, and then click Personalize View. In the Personalize View window, select the columns that you want to appear in the Service State view.

   Important

   If you want to know the computer name where the AD LDS instance is hosted, select the Path check box in the Columns to Display list in the Personalize View window.

Application Partition Monitoring

The Replication monitor verifies that each partition is being replicated regularly. All partitions are monitored, including the schema partition, the configuration partition, and all application partitions. This will not be configurable by the user.

For more information about Application Partition Monitoring, see Enabling Replication Performance Data Collection

Client Perspective Monitoring

Client Perspective Monitoring in AD LDS is currently performed by the following:

• LDAP Bind Monitoring

For more information about enabling Client Perspective Monitoring, see Enabling Client Perspective Monitoring.

Active Directory Web Services

Active Directory Web Services (ADWS) is a new service beginning in Windows Server 2008 R2. The Active Directory Management Gateway Service is an equivalent service that you can add to Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003. These services provide support for commands in the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell, as well as for the Active Directory Administrative Center. If ADWS or the Active Directory Management Gateway Service is not functioning properly on their respective operating systems, Windows PowerShell commands and the Active Directory Administrative Center will not function properly. The Active Directory Management Pack monitors the ADWS to ensure that it is running and available.