eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by DSEvtLogTest

The DSEvtLogTest reports statistical information about the Directory Service events recorded in the event log.

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Error_count This refers to the number of Directory Service events that were generated.  Number A very low value (zero) indicates that the Directory 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.  

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

Information_count This refers to the number of Directory 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 Directory Service.

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

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 Directory Service.

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

Critical_count This refers to the number of critical error events that were generated when the test was last executed. Number A critical event is one that an application or a component 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 system is in a healthy state and all applications are running smoothly without any potential problems.

An increasing trend or high value indicates the existence of fatal/irrepairable problems in one or more applications.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure describes all the critical Directory Service events that were generated during the last measurement period.

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

Verbose_count This refers to 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 generated during the last measurement period.

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