Depends on the size of your forest and how many domains; I am partial to Directory Analyzer for monitoring and alerting for forest with multiple domains. They have a stand alone monitor that is web enabled, or they can integrate with MOM and HP Openview.
HP Openview has a set of AD tools. You might be able to get buy with just MOM for a single domain/forest solution. For troubleshooting I use Directory Troubleshooter 4.0 but I have also been reviewing Quest new AD tool as well. Both are excellent and DT is pretty cheap. You might want to get into the habbit of running the following tools after you promote a DC. NETDIAG (Network Config) DCDIAG (DC Config and health) Repadmin /showreps (Shows you the current AD replication connections on a DC) Portqry (check 53,88,123,135,139,445,389,1025,1026,3268) (Firewalls?) DNSlint (Good DNS check) NLTEST (Good at checking secure channels, DNS registration Todd -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Depp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 7:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Monitoring Replication What is everyon using to monitor replication between domain controllers? I ran into a problem yesterday with replication. We are running a Bind DNS with the underscore domains delegated to Active Directory integrated DNS. I rebuilt a domain controller last Wednesday and everything did not get updated properly. As a result, replication was not working properly. I woln't go into the pain this cuased. I am interested in what others are doing to monitor the health of Active Directory. I monitor the event logs, but there were only a few warnings and nothing that particularly alarmed me. Thanks in advance for your input. Dennis 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/
