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Features and BenefitsIntegration With MOM 2005/Connector to System Center Operations Manager 2007Spotlight complements unattended monitoring of the Active Directory environment by providing the necessary troubleshooting and diagnostic capabilities needed to resolve issues when monitors raise alerts. With its close integration with Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005, Spotlight gives customers a single consolidated view of all Active Directory performance issues, helping to speed problem detection and resolution. Spotlight also brings greater detail and problem context to the MOM Operations Console, providing customers with one consolidated view of proactive diagnostic and performance information. Active Directory Live Topology ViewSpotlight's unique interface displays Active Directory site and replication topology with real-time status of your domain controllers, so you can quickly identify, diagnose and resolve problems with replication, performance and availability.
With Spotlight's Live Topology View you can simultaneously analyze and diagnose issues with replication, out-of-date Group Policy Objects, incorrect DNS registrations, failed Active Directory services, and time synchronization on many domain controllers at once. The Spotlight Live Topology View provides immediate visual feedback on the status of your domain controllers, indicates problem areas in Active Directory, and provides for the further drill-down troubleshooting and resolution of the problem. In addition, the topology view can be filtered by FSMO role, domain, site or server, allowing you to view only those specific areas of your Active Directory on which you are focusing diagnostics. Graphical, Actionable, Unified Diagnostic ConsoleSpotlight's Unified Diagnostic Console displays all Active Directory subsystems on a domain controller in one view, while visually representing the flow of data from the network through the various processes on the domain controller.
Resource bottlenecks are indicated visually in the Unified Diagnostic Console, directing you immediately to the problem subsystem. The Spotlight Unified Diagnostic Console makes the task of examining the many different counters and processes on a problem domain controller – such as LDAP connections, LSASS usage, memory utilization, the Active Directory database and replication partners – a simple one. Increased Cost-savingsWith Spotlight on Active Directory, administrators can easily and quickly view and diagnose issues within an organization’s Active Directory. Pre-configured analysis tests, expert help and problem resolution enable administrators to detect, diagnose and resolve problems with Active Directory more efficiently. Comprehensive Analysis TestsSpotlight provides a pre-configured arsenal of analysis tests, so you don't have to determine on your own where to start your diagnosis. These tests allow you to analyze the core processes of Active Directory, enterprise-wide, to ensure that they are functioning properly. The tests automate what would be dozens of manual steps into a single intelligent analysis. They generate immediate feedback in the Live Topology View and ensure that domain controller status and core Active Directory processes, such as directory and file replication, DNS, and time synchronization, are working properly.
Analysis tests can be scheduled to run at regular intervals and can notify you when they fail, allowing you to quickly troubleshoot and resolve the problem. Web-Based Trending ReportsSpotlight's Web-based reports trend analysis data over time, highlighting problem areas with key Active Directory processes, such as directory replication, DNS and domain controller performance. The reports enable you to identify trouble areas in your Active Directory and resolve them before they impact your organization.
Active Directory At A Glance rolls up significant information from different reports into a single, graphical summary of the most critical parts of Active Directory. This report highlights the areas of highest stress in your environment, providing you with the necessary knowledge to make critical Active Directory decisions. And the Domain Controller At A Glance report gives you a graphical summary of Active Directory performance on a specified server, pointing out any areas that have recently been stressed or experienced problems. Integrated DNS DiagnosticsSpotlight's DNS Health analysis test checks all the necessary conditions to determine if DNS is healthy and responsive, and that domain controllers are properly configured to use DNS. Spotlight's integrated DNS diagnostics provide you with a single interface to ensure that both Active Directory and DNS are functioning properly, and also give detailed overall status of DNS to assist in further troubleshooting. Spotlight allows you to identify problems with DNS configuration before they impact Active Directory performance. Extensive Expert HelpSpotlight's online expert help explains each process and counter on a domain controller and what a raised alarm means. The help system offers suggestions on how to resolve the alarm, common solutions and next steps. It also enables additional drilldown into more detailed Windows processes and counters for deeper troubleshooting. Quick DeploymentWith Spotlight, there is virtually no deployment involved, and you can get useful diagnostic data and analysis of your Active Directory within minutes of installing the product. The Getting Started wizard provides an excellent introduction to Spotlight's familiar three-step approach to identifying, troubleshooting and resolving Active Directory issues.
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