14 DAY TRIAL // An updated version of the System Center Monitoring Pack for Active Directory (AD) is available for download from Microsoft.
System Center customers that leverage the pack to keep a close eye on their Active Directory environment need to head over to the Microsoft Download Center and grab the refreshed version which is offered free of charge.
As the official label implies, the System Center Monitoring Pack for AD helps IT professionals with the monitoring tasks associated with their Active Directory deployment.
Both proactive and reactive monitoring functionality is available, the software giant reveals, noting that support is provided for Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers.
The tool “monitors events that various Active Directory components and subsystems place in the Application, System, and Service event logs. It also monitors the overall health of the Active Directory system and provides alerts for critical performance issues,” the Redmond company said.
“The monitoring that this monitoring pack provides includes monitoring of domain controllers and monitoring of health from the perspective of clients that use Active Directory resources. To monitor domain controllers, ADMP provides a predefined, ready-to-run set of processing rules, monitoring scripts, and reports that are designed specifically to monitor the performance and availability of domain controllers.”
The Active Directory Client Management Pack is included in the solution, an extra tool to help IT pros identify issues even in scenarios in which domain controllers appear to be running problem-free.
“The September 2011 revision of the Monitoring Pack for Active Directory includes the following additions: fixes to problems reported by customers and fixes to architectural issues to facilitate future SCOM [System Center Operations Manager] releases,” Microsoft added.
The System Center Monitoring Pack for Active Directory (AD) is available for download here.