eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by DNSEvtTest

The DNSEvtTest reports statistical information about the DNS Service events recorded in the DNS Service event log.

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Error_count This refers to the number of DNS Service events that were generated.  Number A very low value (zero) indicates that the DNS Service is in a healthy state without any potential problems.

An increasing trend or high value indicates the existence of problems like loss of functionality or  data.  

The detailed diagnosis capability, if enabled, lists the description of specific events.

Please check the Application Logs in the Event Log Viewer for more details.

Information_count This refers to the number of DNS Service information events generated when the test was last executed. Number A change in the value of this measure may indicate infrequent but successful operations performed by the DNS Service.

The detailed diagnosis capability, if enabled, lists the description of specific events.

Warning_count This refers to the number of warnings that were generated when the test was last executed. Number A high value of this measure indicates problems that may not have an immediate impact, but may cause future problems in the DNS Service. <

The detailed diagnosis capability, if enabled, lists the description of specific events.

Critical_count Indicates the number of critical events that were generated when the test was last executed. Number A critical event is one that the DNS service cannot automatically recover from.

This measure is applicable only for Windows 2008/Windows Vista/Windows 7 systems.

A very low value (zero) indicates that the service is in a healthy state and is running smoothly without any potential problems.

An increasing trend or high value indicates the existence of fatal/irrepairable problems.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure describes all the critical events captured by the log during the last measurement period.

Verbose_count Indicates the number of verbose events that were generated when the test was last executed. Number Verbose logging provides more details in the log entry, which will enable you to troubleshoot issues better.

This measure is applicable only for Windows 2008/Windows Vista/Windows 7 systems.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure describes all the verbose events that were captured by the log during the last measurement period.