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3. Enable Monitoring

All Active Directory services must have a device entry under the /Devices/Server/Windows/Active Directory device class. In addition, verify that your Zenoss Windows service account has access to the Active Directory service.

  1. Navigate to the device or device class under the /Devices/Server/Windows/Active Directory device class in the Zenoss web interface.

  2. If applying changes to a device, click the page menu, then select MorezProperties.

    If applying changes to a device class, click on the zProperties tab.

  3. Verify the credentials for the service account to access the service.

    Table 32.2. Active Directory zProperties

    NameDescription

    zWinUser

    Windows user with privileges to gather performance information.

    zWinPassword

    Password for the above user.


  4. Click Save to save your changes.

    You will now be able to start collecting the Active Directory server metrics from this device.

  5. Navigate to the Perf tab and you should see some placeholders for graphs. After approximately 15 minutes you should see the graphs start to become populated with information.