RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory Monitoring with MOM

[Myrick, Todd (NIH/CIT)]

Title: Message

Yeah,

 

I am also looking forward to reviewing it too.  DA 2.0 kicks but.  No need to Schema Modify, nice integration with DT.

 

Todd

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:59 AM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory Monitoring with MOM

Todd,

 

Are you aware that NetPro has now introduced what I would call a Management Pack for AD for MOM?  I haven't had time to look at it in depth yet, but am looking forward to it possibly this weekend.....

 

Rick Kingslan  MCSE, MCSA, MCT
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myrick, Todd (NIH/CIT)
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:19 PM
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Well there is two schools of thought.  Tell me what it looks like and how to respond or Tell me when something is wrong and automatically respond.  I prefer a more focused view of my Active Directory, that I can delegate out to other Domain Administrators and give them a view of the Entire Directories Health.  The only product I seen that can do that is NETPRO's Directory Analyzer.  I personally think that combining DA with MOM offers the best combination of synthesis of information, and automated response and warning.  Although it is expensive to offer two solutions, NETPRO offers a suite of utilities to compliment DA, including proactive DNS monitoring,  Schema and Configuration container monitoring, change log reporting, and Troubleshooting Tools.  So my preference is to use NETPRO combined with NETIQ to do Directory and System monitoring.  In the future we plan to remove NETIQ Appmanager and replace it with MOM.

 

Todd

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Flesher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:14 PM
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Subject: [ActiveDir] Active Directory Monitoring with MOM

I'm wondering if anyone uses Microsoft Operations Manager to monitor their AD infrastructure? If not, what other product(s) are used, and how do you feel about them? What are the relative costs for the product?

 

Chris Flesher