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AD Client Connectivity Monitor

AD_Client_Connectivity.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

AD Client Connectivity monitor. This monitor takes the list of domain controllers that is generated by the AD Client Update DCs rule and performs a series of tests to ensure that a domain controller is available to the client

Tests include the following:

Configuration

Resolutions

This monitor generates additional alert which provide details on the problem encountered.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.AD.ClientPerspective
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityHigh
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeAD_Client_Connectivity.Monitortype
RemotableFalse
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
AD Client Monitoring: AD Connectivity is unavailable, or the response is too slow
{0}
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="AD_Client_Connectivity.Monitor" Target="AD!Microsoft.Windows.Server.AD.ClientPerspective" TypeID="AD_Client_Connectivity.Monitortype" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="onStandardMonitoring" Remotable="false" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="AD_Client_Connectivity.Monitor.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>High</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Property[@Name='ErrorString']$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState HealthState="Success" MonitorTypeStateID="ClientConnectOK" ID="ClientConnectOK"/>

    <OperationalState HealthState="Error" MonitorTypeStateID="ClientConnectError" ID="ClientConnectError"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <IntervalSeconds>60</IntervalSeconds>

    <TargetComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</TargetComputerName>

    <LogSuccessEvent>false</LogSuccessEvent>

    <BindThreshold>1000</BindThreshold>

    <SearchThreshold>2000</SearchThreshold>

    <FailureThreshold>3</FailureThreshold>

    <PingThreshold>10</PingThreshold>

    <ManagementGroupName>$Target/ManagementGroup/Id$</ManagementGroupName>

    <TimeoutSeconds>120</TimeoutSeconds>

    <VerboseLogging>false</VerboseLogging>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>