Global Catalog Performance Monitor Monitor

ID: Microsoft.Windows.AD.DomainMemberPerspective.Performance.GlobalCatalog.Monitor
Description: Monitors the performance of the global catalog by performing searches against it.
Target: Active Directory Domain Member Perspective
Enabled: Yes

Operational States

Name	State	Description
Global Catalog Performance OK	Success
Global Catalog Performance Warning	Warning
Global Catalog Performance Error	Error

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description	Override
Interval (sec)	300
Timeout Seconds	300
The number of samples to measure against thresholds	3
Threshold that will trigger a warning alert	5
Threshold that will trigger an erorr alert	10

Monitor State	Message	Priority	Severity	Auto Resolution
Global Catalog Performance Warning (Warning)	The PDC Ping Performance health monitor has exceeded one or more thresholds.	Medium	Match Monitor Health	Yes

Name

Default

Summary

Global Catalog Search Availability Monitor. This monitor performs a Global Catalog search.

If the search exceeds a specified threshold, an alert will be generated.

Causes

An attempt to search the global catalog has taken longer than expected.

Resolutions

Ensure that there are enough global catalogs in the forest to handle the load.

External References