Monitoring the Server from the Directory

3.1. Monitoring the Server from the Directory Server Console

To monitor the server's activities using Directory Server Console, do the following:

1.In the Directory Server Console, select the Status tab.

2.In the navigation tree, select Performance Counters.

The Status tab in the right pane displays current information about server activity. If the server is currently not running, this tab will not provide performance monitoring information.

3.Click Refresh to refresh the current display. For the server to continuously update the displayed information, select the Continuous checkbox.

The server monitoring information is described in the following tables.

Table 13.1, “General Information (Server)”

Table 13.2, “Resource Summary”

Table 13.3, “Current Resource Usage”

Table 13.4, “Connection Status”

Table 13.5, “Global Database Cache Information”

Field

Description

 

 

Server Version

Identifies the current server version.

 

 

Configuration DN

Identifies the distinguished name that must be

 

used as a search base to obtain these results

 

using the ldapsearch3 command-line utility.

 

This field should read cn=monitor.

 

 

Data Version

Provides identification information for the

 

server's data. Usually the information shown

 

here is only relevant if the server supplies

 

replicas to consumer servers. The data

 

version information is supplied as follows:

 

Server hostname.

 

Server port number.

 

Database generation number. Obsolete. A

 

unique identifier that is created only when the

 

directory database is created without a

 

machine data entry in the LDIF file.

 

The current changelog number. This is the

 

number corresponding to the last change

 

 

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