PDC Ping Availability Monitor Monitor

Operational States

Name State Description
PDC Ping Availability OK Success  
PDC Ping Availability Error Error  

Overridable Parameters

Parameter Name Default Value Description Override
Interval (sec) 300  
Timeout Seconds 300  
The domain controller holding a FSMO role $Target/Property[Type="AD!Microsoft.Windows.Server.AD.Library.DomainControllerRole"]/PDCEmulator$  
Number of pings to attempt before failing the monitor 5  

Alert Details

Monitor State Message Priority Severity Auto Resolution
PDC Ping Availability Error (Error) The PDC Ping Availability health monitor has failed. Medium Match Monitor Health Yes

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Summary

This monitor verifies the availability of the PDC FSMO using a basic ping request. It periodically pings the Domain Controller to verify the availability.
Causes

Possible causes include the following:

  • The domain controller is offline.

  • The domain controller has a misconfigured network adapter.

  • DNS is failing to resolve the domain controller properly.

Resolutions

Ensure that the domain controller is online and functioning correctly.

Ensure that DNS is properly resolving the domain controllers IP address.

Attempt to ping another domain controller from the FSMO holder itself.
External References
This monitor does not contain any external references.

See Also for Active Directory (AD) Monitoring Management Pack


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