Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

Attribute Description
Time (GMT) in UTC format.
nbackends Identifies the number of back ends
(databases) the server services.
backendmonitordn Identifies the DN of each directory database.
Table 13.6. Server Monitoring Attributes
4. Monitoring Database Activity
The database's current activities can be monitored through Directory Server Console or from
the command line.
4.1. Monitoring Database Activity from the Directory Server
Console
To monitor the database's activities, do the following:
1. In the Directory Server Console, select the Status tab.
2. In the navigation tree, expand the Performance Counters folder, and select the database to
monitor.
The tab displays current information about database activity. If the server is currently not
running, this tab will not provide performance monitoring information.
3. Click Refresh to refresh the currently displayed information. For the directory to continuously
update the displayed information, select the Continuous checkbox, and then click Refresh.
The directory provides database monitoring information as described in the following tables:
Table 13.7, “General Information (Database)”
Table 13.8, “Summary Information”
Table 13.9, “Database Cache Information”
Table 13.10, “Database File-Specific”
Field Description
Database Identifies the type of database being
monitored.
Configuration DN Identifies the distinguished name that must be
Command Line
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