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Measures reported by GrpPolyUpdateTest
Computers in a domain should be frequently updated with changes made to group policy settings. If a computer is not updated with changes made to Computer Configuration Settings and current User Configuration Settings in group policy, it can cause serious security lapses. To avoid this, administrators should manually update the computer and user policy settings on a target host at regular intervals. This is exactly what the GrpPolyUpdateTest test does.
At configured intervals, this test runs the Gpudate command to force a group policy update on the target host. By default, this command attempts to refresh both the Computer Configuration Settings and current User Configuration Settings on the local computer. Based on the output returned by the command, the test then reports whether/not the command succeeded in updating the target host's policy settings, and if so, whether both computer and user policy settings were updated in the process. This way, the test periodically alerts administrators to the use of obsolete policy settings. You can also use the detailed diagnosis of the test to determine why the update failed. This greatly aids troubleshooting efforts.
Output of the test : One set of results for every Active Directory that is being monitored
The measures made by this test are as follows:
| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement Unit |
Interpretation |
| User_Status |
Indicates whether/not events with ID 1202 occurred. |
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This measure reports the value Bad if the application log captures an 1202 event. On the other hand, the value Good is reported if the 1202 error event is not captured but the application log.
The numeric values that correspond to these measure values are as follows:
| Measure Value |
Numeric Value |
| Bad |
0 |
| Good |
1 |
Note:
By default, the test reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the status of group policy application. In the graph of this measure however, the same is indicated using the numeric equivalents only.
The detailed diagnosis of this measure reports the complete details of the 1202 error events (if any) captured by the application log.
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| Computer_status |
Indicates whether/not events with ID 1202 occurred. |
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This measure reports the value Bad if the application log captures an 1202 event. On the other hand, the value Good is reported if the 1202 error event is not captured but the application log.
The numeric values that correspond to these measure values are as follows:
| Measure Value |
Numeric Value |
| Bad |
0 |
| Good |
1 |
Note:
By default, the test reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the status of group policy application. In the graph of this measure however, the same is indicated using the numeric equivalents only.
The detailed diagnosis of this measure reports the complete details of the 1202 error events (if any) captured by the application log.
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