The IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Active Directory Agent workspaces contain the table views you use to obtain information about the various aspects of Windows Active Directory. The table views and graphs within each workspace report attribute information you are monitoring. You can use them to
investigate attribute information relating to a change in state
monitor your system performance to identify bottlenecks and to evaluate tuning decisions
In addition to table views and graphs, a workspace may contain other views, such as a notepad pane, a browser session, an event console, or a take action pane that gives you the ability to send commands to the operator console.
Note that the descriptions of each workspace apply to the default settings (the components of the workspace in its original configuration). Any changes/updates that you make to a workspace will not necessarily be reflected in the description of the workspace. For additional information about Active Directory support workspaces, as well as information about sorting and filtering table view data, refer to the IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Active Directory Agent User's Guide.
The IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Active Directory Agent default workspaces contain a variety of charts that reflect the "health" of your monitored systems. For example...
The Active Directory workspace provides a view of the servers and their availability and a summary of the replication topology.
The Address Book workspace provides access to collection of addressing information from all of the address book providers in the profile.
The DHCP workspace monitors the performance and general functioning of the DHCP server.
The Directory System Agent workspace monitors the process that provides access to the physical storage for Active Directory.
The DNS workspace monitors the activity and performance of the DNS server in general and of the DNS service in particular.
The DNS ADIntegrated workspace monitors the server under investigation and sends an alert if any service is inaccurate or missing.
The Domain Controller Availability workspace monitors the availability and stability of key domain controller services.
The Domain Controller Performance workspace retrieves statistical information about Active Directory.
The Exchange Directory Service workspace provides a unified and structured view of all users and resources within the Microsoft Exchange Server environment.
The Group Policy Objects workspace monitors Active Directory Group Policy Objects.
The File Replication Service workspace monitors the performance of the File Replication Service (FRS).
The Historical workspace provides an historical view of replication activity between the domain controllers.
The Kerberos Key Distribution Center workspace monitors the network service that supplies session tickets and temporary session keys used in the Kerberos V5 authentication protocol.
The Knowledge Consistency Checker workspace monitors the component responsible for generating the replication topology between domain controllers.
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol workspace monitors the service that provides access to data and objects in a directory or network environment.
The Local Security Authority workspace provides built-in logon authentication and user authorization for local system.
The LostAndFound Objects workspace monitors Active Directory Lost and Found Objects.
The Name Service Provider workspace facilitates communication between the Active Directory and Exchange Directory Service (XDS).
The Replication workspace monitors the synchronization of Active Directory partition replicas between domain controllers.
The Replication Latency workspace monitors replication latency for each replication partner.
The Replication Partner workspace monitors the intra-site replication process, the inter-site replication process, and the efficiency of the Active Directory replication process.
The Security Accounts Manager workspace maintains user account information, including groups to which a user belongs.
The Trusts workspace monitors Active Directory trusts.
These default workspaces provide a comprehensive means for gathering exactly the information you need to detect problems early and to prevent them.
See also:
Attribute Groups Used by Predefined
Workspaces
Organization of the Predefined Workspaces