Monitoring a DFS share in a Distrbuted App
Im wanting to monitor a particularly share in DFS for a group of users through distributed apps. Is there a way of achieving this? I was hoping to create a Synthetic Transaction to test the share was available and that the admin permissions are set up
correctly for a domain group. I have the DFS management imported. But there seems to nothing useful under the DA components. I have looked at the folder MP on systemcetral, but I need to view the share via DFS. Thanks for any help
December 6th, 2011 3:07pm
What version of DFS? There is some configurable monitoring (in the 2008 MP at minimum if memory serves) that will monitor for specific targets you specify. This is detailed in the MP in the optional configuration - See this excerpt from the guide
Enabling Monitoring of Folder Targets
After enabling the discovery of folders, you can also enable the monitoring of one or more folder targets by enabling the DFS-N: Folder Target Availability monitor. When
it is enabled, this object monitors the availability of the specified DFS folder targets (the shared folders to which a DFS folder redirects users, formerly called link targets), and it creates an alert if the folder targets are not accessible.
Caution
To avoid creating a large amount of network traffic, enable folder target monitoring on only a small number of folder targets.
To enable the DFS-N: Folder Target Availability monitor
1.
Open the Operations console, and then click the
Authoring button.
2.
Expand
Management Pack Objects, and then click
Monitors.
3.
In the Target pane, expand
DFS Folder Targets, expand
Entity Health, and then expand
Availability.
4.
Right-click
DFS-N: Folder Target Availability, click
Overrides, click Enable the Monitor, select the object or group for which you want to enable the monitor, and then click
OK.
Enabling Monitoring of Folder Targets
After enabling the discovery of folders, you can also enable the monitoring of one or more folder targets by enabling the DFS-N: Folder Target Availability monitor. When
it is enabled, this object monitors the availability of the specified DFS folder targets (the shared folders to which a DFS folder redirects users, formerly called link targets), and it creates an alert if the folder targets are not accessible.
Caution
To avoid creating a large amount of network traffic, enable folder target monitoring on only a small number of folder targets.
To enable the DFS-N: Folder Target Availability monitor
1.
Open the Operations console, and then click the
Authoring button.
2.
Expand
Management Pack Objects, and then click
Monitors.
3.
In the Target pane, expand
DFS Folder Targets, expand
Entity Health, and then expand
Availability.
4.
Right-click
DFS-N: Folder Target Availability, click
Overrides, click Enable the Monitor, select the object or group for which you want to enable the monitor, and then click
OK.
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January 1st, 2012 10:22pm