You should download the mpsreport tool from Microsoft. There is a directory service version (mpsrpt_dirsvc.exe) that runs several diagnostic utilities and dumps it all into a CAB file. It runs most of the commands that you listed below and more. This utility provides me with enough information to know if there is a problem on my domain controllers. It is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CEBF3C7C-7CA5-408F-88B7-F9C79B7306C0&displaylang=en .
Tim Hines, MCSE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Svetlana Kouznetsova" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 10:52 AM Subject: [ActiveDir] AD Health check Hi, In my quest to solve various problems in our forest while promoting W2K3 DC, I've now come to the point when I want to ascertain overall current situation in my AD and I need more general advice on : What kind of tests one should do for checking the health of AD (W2K native mode). As far as I can see, there are no certain compulsory things you need to run in your AD from time to time - it all depends on time, skills and perhaps, one's wish as well. But maybe people can share their experience - when you've inherited a forest with few domains, what would you check in the first place to make sure, things are running as they should? I can think of the basics, like Obvious event logs, dcdiag and netdiag netdiag /debug /v - for basically, everything ? dcdiag /test:fsmocheck - to test for all global role-holders are known and responding dcdiag /test:frssysvol - to test frs dcdiag /test:registerindns /dnsdomain:domain - to test, if DC can register DC Locator DNS records nltest/dclist:domain_name - to see if DC can see the rest of the forest nltest /dsgetdc:domain_name /gc - to see if DC can see GC servers in the forest nslookup -d - for testing DNS queries repadmin /bind servername.domain - to test if DC can bind to others for replication. Perhaps, some of them are overkill, but I'm looking for a bit more, then just routine checkup. Can you comment, please? Thanks in advance Lana. List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
