Windows Access Test

This test monitors the accesses to an AD server.

Target of the test : An Active Directory server or a Domain Controller

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every Active Directory server or a Domain Controller that is being monitored .

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameters	Description
Test period	This indicates how often should the test be executed.
Host	The host for which this test is to be configured.
Port	Refers to the port used by the Windows server.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Blocking request rejects	The number of times in the last measurement period that the server has rejected blocking requests due to insufficient count of free work items	Reqs/sec	If the number of blocking request rejects is high, you may need to adjust the MaxWorkItem or MinFreeWorkItems server parameters
Permission errors	The number of times opens on behalf of clients have failed with STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED in the last measurement period	Number	Permission errors can occur if any client/user is randomly attempting to access files, looking for files that may not have been properly protected.
File access denied errors	The number of times accesses to files opened successfully were denied in the last measurement period	Number	This number indicates attempts to access files without proper access authorization.
Internal server errors	This value indicates the number of times an internal server error was detected in the last measurement period.	Number	Unexpected errors usually indicate a problem with the server.
Data received	The rate at which the server has received data from the network	Kbytes/sec	This metric indicates how busy the server is.
Data transmitted	The rate at which the server has sent data over the network	Kbytes/sec	This metric indicates how busy the server is.
Resource shortage errors	The number of times STATUS_DATA_NOT_ACCEPTED was returned to clients in the last measurement period	Number	A resource shortage event occurs when no work item is available or can be allocated to service the incoming request. If many repeated resource shortage events occur, the InitWorkItems or MaxWorkItems server parameters might need to be adjusted.
Avg response time	Average time taken by the server to respond to client requests	Secs	This is a critical measure of server health.