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ad collector

The ad collector exposes metrics about a Active Directory Domain Services domain controller

Metric name prefix	ad
Classes	Win32_PerfRawData_DirectoryServices_DirectoryServices
Enabled by default?	No

Flags

None

Metrics

Name	Description	Type	Labels
windows_ad_address_book_operations_total	Total number of address book (NSPI) operations, by operation (AB ANR/Browses/Matches/Property Reads/Searches/Proxy Lookups)	counter	operation
windows_ad_address_book_client_sessions	Number of connected address book (NSPI) client sessions (AB Client Sessions)	gauge	None
windows_ad_approximate_highest_distinguished_name_tag	Approximate highest distinguished name tag (DNT) allocated in the directory database (Approximate highest DNT)	gauge	None
windows_ad_atq_estimated_delay_seconds	Estimated time in seconds the next request will spend in the ATQ queue before it is serviced (ATQ Estimated Queue Delay)	gauge	None
windows_ad_atq_outstanding_requests	Number of requests queued at the ATQ thread pool (ATQ Outstanding Queued Requests)	gauge	None
windows_ad_atq_average_request_latency_seconds	Average time in seconds to process a request, not including time spent on the queue (ATQ Request Latency)	gauge	None
windows_ad_atq_current_threads	Number of ATQ threads currently servicing requests, by service (ATQ Threads LDAP/Other)	gauge	service
windows_ad_searches_total	Total number of directory searches, by search scope (Base/Subtree/Onelevel searches)	counter	scope
windows_ad_database_operations_total	Total number of directory database operations, by operation (Database adds/deletes/modifys/recycles)	counter	operation
windows_ad_binds_total	Total number of binds, by bind method	counter	bind_method
windows_ad_replication_highest_usn_total	Highest update sequence number (USN) committed or issued by this domain controller (DRA Highest USN Committed/Issued)	counter	state
windows_ad_replication_data_intrasite_bytes_total	Total number of uncompressed bytes replicated within the site, by direction (DRA Inbound/Outbound Bytes Not Compressed (Within Site))	counter	direction
windows_ad_replication_data_intersite_bytes_total	Total number of compressed bytes, after compression, replicated between sites, by direction (DRA Inbound/Outbound Bytes Compressed (Between Sites, After Compression))	counter	direction
windows_ad_replication_inbound_sync_objects_remaining	Number of objects remaining until a full synchronization completes (DRA Inbound Full Sync Objects Remaining)	gauge	None
windows_ad_replication_inbound_link_value_updates_remaining	Number of link value updates received in the current replication packet that are not yet applied (DRA Inbound Link Value Updates Remaining in Packet)	gauge	None
windows_ad_replication_inbound_objects_updated_total	Total number of inbound replicated objects applied to the local directory (DRA Inbound Objects Applied)	counter	None
windows_ad_replication_inbound_objects_filtered_total	Total number of inbound replicated objects that had no updates to apply (DRA Inbound Objects Filtered)	counter	None
windows_ad_replication_inbound_properties_updated_total	Total number of inbound replicated properties applied to the local directory (DRA Inbound Properties Applied)	counter	None
windows_ad_replication_inbound_properties_filtered_total	Total number of inbound replicated property changes that were already applied (DRA Inbound Properties Filtered)	counter	None
windows_ad_replication_pending_operations	Number of queued replication operations not yet performed (DRA Pending Replication Operations)	gauge	None
windows_ad_replication_pending_synchronizations	Number of directory synchronizations queued for this server but not yet processed (DRA Pending Replication Synchronizations)	gauge	None
windows_ad_replication_sync_requests_total	Total number of synchronization requests made to replication partners (DRA Sync Requests Made)	counter	None
windows_ad_replication_sync_requests_success_total	Total number of successful synchronization requests made to replication partners (DRA Sync Requests Successful)	counter	None
windows_ad_replication_sync_requests_schema_mismatch_failure_total	Total number of synchronization requests that failed because of a schema mismatch (DRA Sync Failures on Schema Mismatch)	counter	None
windows_ad_name_translations_total	Total number of name translation requests, by origin of the request (DS Client/Server Name Translations)	counter	target_name
windows_ad_change_monitors_registered	Number of change notification requests registered with this server (DS Monitor List Size)	gauge	None
windows_ad_change_monitor_updates_pending	Number of pending change notifications not yet sent to clients (DS Notify Queue Size)	gauge	None
windows_ad_name_cache_hits_total	Total number of name translations resolved from the directory name cache (DS Name Cache hit rate numerator)	counter	None
windows_ad_name_cache_lookups_total	Total number of lookups in the directory name cache (DS Name Cache hit rate denominator)	counter	None
windows_ad_directory_operations_total	Total number of directory reads, searches and writes, by operation and origin (DS % Reads/Searches/Writes from ... numerators)	counter	operation, origin
windows_ad_directory_search_suboperations_total	Total number of directory search sub-operations; one sub-operation roughly corresponds to one object examined (DS Search sub-operations)	counter	None
windows_ad_security_descriptor_propagation_suboperations_total	Total number of security descriptor propagation sub-operations; one sub-operation roughly corresponds to one object examined (DS Security Descriptor sub-operations)	counter	None
windows_ad_security_descriptor_propagation_events_queued	Number of security descriptor propagation events that are queued but not yet processed (DS Security Descriptor Propagations Events)	gauge	None
windows_ad_security_descriptor_propagation_average_exclusion_time_seconds	Average time in seconds the security descriptor propagator waits for exclusive access to database elements during a sub-operation (DS Security Descriptor Propagator Average Exclusion Time, reported in milliseconds like the other latency counters of the object)	gauge	None
windows_ad_security_descriptor_propagation_items_queued	Number of objects remaining to examine while processing the current security descriptor propagation event (DS Security Descriptor Propagator Runtime Queue)	gauge	None
windows_ad_directory_service_threads	Number of threads in use by the directory service (DS Threads in Use)	gauge	None
windows_ad_ldap_closed_connections_total	Total number of closed LDAP connections (LDAP Closed Connections)	counter	None
windows_ad_ldap_opened_connections_total	Total number of opened LDAP connections, by type (LDAP New Connections, LDAP New SSL Connections)	counter	type
windows_ad_ldap_active_threads	Number of threads in use by the LDAP subsystem (LDAP Active Threads)	gauge	None
windows_ad_ldap_last_bind_time_seconds	Time in seconds taken by the last successful LDAP bind (LDAP Bind Time)	gauge	None
windows_ad_ldap_searches_total	Total number of LDAP search operations (LDAP Searches)	counter	None
windows_ad_ldap_udp_operations_total	Total number of LDAP UDP operations (LDAP UDP operations)	counter	None
windows_ad_ldap_writes_total	Total number of LDAP write operations (LDAP Writes)	counter	None
windows_ad_ldap_client_sessions	Number of sessions opened by LDAP clients (LDAP Client Sessions). Long sustained high values can indicate an overworked domain controller	gauge	None
windows_ad_link_values_cleaned_total	Total number of link values cleaned (Link Values Cleaned)	counter	None
windows_ad_phantom_objects_cleaned_total	Total number of phantom objects cleaned (Phantoms Cleaned)	counter	None
windows_ad_phantom_objects_visited_total	Total number of phantom objects visited (Phantoms Visited)	counter	None
windows_ad_sam_group_membership_evaluations_total	Total number of SAM group membership evaluations, by group type (SAM Global/Domain Local/Universal Group Membership Evaluations)	counter	group_type
windows_ad_sam_group_membership_global_catalog_evaluations_total	Total number of SAM group membership evaluations that required a global catalog (SAM GC Evaluations)	counter	None
windows_ad_sam_group_membership_evaluations_nontransitive_total	Total number of non-transitive SAM group membership evaluations (SAM Non-Transitive Membership Evaluations)	counter	None
windows_ad_sam_group_membership_evaluations_transitive_total	Total number of transitive SAM group membership evaluations (SAM Transitive Membership Evaluations)	counter	None
windows_ad_sam_group_evaluation_latency_seconds	Mean latency in seconds of the last 100 group evaluations performed for authentication, by evaluation type (SAM Account/Resource Group Evaluation Latency, reported in milliseconds like the other latency counters of the object)	gauge	evaluation_type
windows_ad_sam_computer_creation_requests_total	Total number of attempts to create computer accounts (SAM Machine Creation Attempts)	counter	None
windows_ad_sam_computer_creation_successful_requests_total	Total number of computer accounts created successfully (SAM Successful Computer Creations)	counter	None
windows_ad_sam_user_creation_requests_total	Total number of attempts to create user accounts (SAM User Creation Attempts)	counter	None
windows_ad_sam_user_creation_successful_requests_total	Total number of user accounts created successfully (SAM Successful User Creations)	counter	None
windows_ad_sam_query_display_requests_total	Total number of SAM display information queries (SAM Display Information Queries)	counter	None
windows_ad_sam_enumerations_total	Total number of SAM enumerations (SAM Enumerations)	counter	None
windows_ad_sam_membership_changes_total	Total number of SAM group membership changes (SAM Membership Changes)	counter	None
windows_ad_sam_password_changes_total	Total number of SAM password changes (SAM Password Changes)	counter	None
windows_ad_tombstoned_objects_collected_total	Total number of tombstoned objects garbage collected (Tombstones Garbage Collected)	counter	None
windows_ad_tombstoned_objects_visited_total	Total number of tombstoned objects visited by garbage collection (Tombstones Visited)	counter	None

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