Using this test, the eG Enterprise Suite leverages the DCDIAG utility's ability to report on a wide variety of health parameters related to the domain controller. This ensures that even the smallest of aberrations in the performance of the domain controller is captured and promptly brought to the attention of the administrators. The ADChecksTest test executes the DCDIAG command at configured intervals, and based on the output of the command, reports the count of DCDIAG health checks (i.e., tests) that succeeded and failed in the last measurement period. The detailed diagnosis of the Active Directory Checks test will provide detailed information pertaining to tests that failed, and thus assists in troubleshooting.

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For this test to run, the DCDIAG.exe should be available in the <WINDOWS_INSTALL_DIR>\windows\system32 directory of the AD server to be monitored. The DCDIAG utility ships with the Windows Server 2003 Support Tools and is built into Windows 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008. This utility may hence not be available in older versions of the Windows operating sytem. When monitoring the AD server on such Windows hosts, this test will run only if the DCDIAG.exe is copied from the <WINDOWS_INSTALL_DIR>\windows\system32 directory any Windows 2003 (or higher) host in the environment to the same directory on the target host.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the ADChecksTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• In order to execute the DCDIAG command, the eG agent has to be configured with a domain administrator's privileges. Therefore, specify the domain name and login credentials of the domain administrator in the DOMAIN, USERNAME and PASSWORD text boxes.

• Confirm the PASSWORD by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.