Agent Health

Use this page to view health information about the specified NetIQ® eDirectoryAgent and the partitions and replica rings it participates in. Additional links are provided that give several layers of more detailed information.

For more information on configuring and enabling or disabling Agent Health options, see the NDSIMONHEALTH.INI configuration file, located in the same directory as the iMonitor executable (which is usually in the same location as the NetIQ eDirectory executable).

Health Check: Agent

ebaca status
Reports the ebaca status.

ebaca cert valid
Reports the ebaca certificate validation.

ncpa vert valid
Reports the NCPA status

One Successful Time Sync
If the agent has never successfully synchronized, no data will appear. Otherwise, the result will always be displayed as green, indicating success.

Time Delta Tolerance
Health Check Good icon The time difference is less than 5 seconds; no warning is displayed.
Health Check Marginal icon The time difference is 5 - 10 seconds off; a caution is displayed.
Health Check Warning icon The time is off by more than 10 seconds; a warning is displayed.

Agent Software Version
The build version of the software as returned by the agent. This number does not reflect the software version stored in the local database.

DS Loaded
Reports whether the directory is loaded.

DS Open
Reports the state of the directory.

Agent Process - Obituary
The Obituary process is responsible for advancing obituaries, which certain partitions own, to the next state, if possible.

Obituaries are used to avoid name collisions during certain operations. Obituaries provide a unique identification, other than the object name, that may be required in order to resolve certain functions. In a distributed database, each server receives updated information through synchronization. Because the servers do not receive updates simultaneously, a server might not hold the same information as other servers at a given time. For this reason, each server keeps the old information until all the other servers receive updates. eDirectory uses obituaries to keep track of such information.

Agent Process - Reference Check
Keeps cached copies of objects and referential integrity information. Referential integrity refers to the capability to maintain the distributed structure of eDirectory and all the references that exist between different eDirectory objects.

Agent Process - Limber
Updates agent configuration information.

Agent Process - Schema
Indicates that the last time this process ran, it reported one or more errors. This process is responsible for pushing schema on this server to other servers. If the status on this option is not green, refer to the Agent Process Status page to view background process status errors and details about each error that has occurred.

Health Check: Partition

Partition
Links to detailed object information for each partition being stored on the server. Selecting Replica Synchronization for a partition displays the replica status for each replica in the ring.

Description
Allows you to view general information, such as replica counts, for the ring.

Results
A summary and status of the ring and replica checks. For example, if the Max Send Delta is greater than four hours, or if there are fewer than three readable replicas, a warning is displayed under Results.

Health Check: Ring

Replica Number
Reports whether the replica number is unique and valid.

Master Replica
Reports whether there is one and only one master replica.

Readable Replica Count
Reports whether the number of readable replicas falls within an acceptable range. You should have a least three readable replicas to ensure data integrity.

Sub-Reference Count
Informational only. The only way to change this count is in the tree design and placement of parent replicas.

Total Replica Count
The sum of all replicas.

Replica
Provides more information about the all replicas in the ring. If a replica is not On, a partitioning operation may be in process. A warning is displayed if the operation state hasn't changed within 4 hours.

Health Check: Replica

On
If the replica state isn't On, then a partitioning operation is in process. Other replica states include New, Change Type, Locked, Join/Split, Dying, etc.

If the state hasn't changed within 4 hours, a suspect is displayed. After 24 hours, a warning is displayed.

Last Successful Sync
Lists the last date and time that the replica was successfully able to synchronize on this server.

Last Attempt Sync
Reports when the server last attempted communication with other servers. Under normal circumstances, the server should attempt communication at least every 30 minutes.

Send Delta
Lists the amount of data that is waiting to be replicated to other servers.

Receive Delta
Lists the amount of data waiting to be received from another server.

Local Replica Issued Future Time
Indicates that this replica is issuing time stamps in the future. You should verify that time is synchronized. If this condition persists, or is too far in the future, use DSRepair to repair time stamps on the partition.

Purge Time
This option is updated by the Obituary process and the purger. If the interval indicated is too large (for example, over four hours), it indicates that synchronization was not successfully completed throughout the replica ring. This server might be keeping additional data that is not required.

Perishable Data
Indicates the amount of data that has not yet been synchronized to at least one replica. This data will be lost if you have a catastrophic failure, and is potentially unrecoverable if you lose this server.

Entry ID Matched
Reports whether the physical replica ID matches the logical replica ID. Mismatches should be resolved with the help of Novell support.

Replica Type Matched
Reports whether the physical replica type matches the logical replica type. Mismatches should be resolved with the help of Novell support.

Replica State Matched
Reports whether the physical replica state matches the logical replica state. Mismatches should be resolved with the help of Novell support.

Container Set
Reports whether the partition is designated as a container.

Partition Root Set
Reports whether the physical and logical records both show that the server holds a partition. A mismatch between the physical and logical records might be caused by duplicate server or tree names or by two different servers using the same address. Mismatches should be resolved with the help of Novell support.

Flags
Reports if all entry flags are consistent with what the agent thinks they should be. Health Check Good icon indicates that the agent has no flags (such as an alias flag) set.

Subordinates Found
An information option that displays an estimate of the number of children this entry has. You can use this information to decide if a partition is needed.

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