Key Monitoring Scenarios

Applies To: Operations Manager 2007, Windows Server 2012

The Active Directory Management Pack (ADMP) is designed to provide valuable monitoring information about the health of your directory service. The following nine scenarios describe the most common ADMP monitoring scenarios.

All of the configuration options described in this document are optional and not required for a typical operating environment. Administrators can choose to set some options to more accurately monitor specific areas of their environment.

The following monitoring scenarios are discussed in this section of the guide:

• Multi-Forest Monitoring

• Replication

• Essential Services

• Trust Monitoring

• Directory Service Availability

• Active Directory Database Monitoring

• Time Skew Monitoring

• Operations Master Monitoring

• Active Directory Web Service Monitoring

• Domain Controller Performance