Quest® Spotlight on Active Directory
Version 6.8
Release Notes
May 2008
Welcome to Spotlight on Active Directory
Resolved Issues and Enhancements
Spotlight on Active Directory Topology Viewer displays the entire Active Directory (AD) site and replication infrastructure. It visually indicates where replication, performance, and availability problems exist in the environment. You can view an entire Active Directory forest at a glance, view links between AD domain controllers, and with a simple green=good, red=bad paradigm, you can quickly locate and troubleshoot AD problems. Because of its easy-to-understand graphical representation of the AD environment, even first-level administrators can use this tool to determine the root cause of a problem.
The Spotlight on Active Directory Diagnostic Console visually represents the flow of data from the network and through domain controllers using flowcharts, graphs, and icons. In this consolidated view of system status, resource bottlenecks are highlighted in yellow and red, and you can drill down on alerts for expert help and resolution suggestions. Because Spotlight uses graphical images and provides expert help, first-level administrators can easily use Spotlight to help with problem diagnosis and resolution.
Quest Spotlight on Active Directory 6.8 includes the following new features:
Spotlight on Active Directory now integrates with System Center Operations Manager 2007.
The following is a list of issues addressed and enhancements implemented in this release of Spotlight on Active Directory 6.8.
| Feature | Resolved Issue | Change Request |
| Authentication Hourly Report | The Time Period column of the Authentications Hourly Report shows as 00:00 always. |
CR# 230068 |
| Directory Replication | Verify Directory Replication Health Test can fail to retrieve inbound link information and read NTDS options attribute in Test Results Summary. | CR# 230401 |
The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of Spotlight on Active Directory 6.8 release.
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Feature |
Known Issue |
Change Request |
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Spotlight on Active Directory Topology Viewer
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After creating the Verify Directory Replication test for the first time, you must wait a sufficient period of time for the QuestReplicationMonitoring container to replicate to all domain controllers in the domain before creating a second Verify Directory Replication test. Since the QuestReplicationMonitoring container is created in the Domain Naming Context, these instructions also apply to the first Verify Directory Replication test created in each new domain. You can use the Object Tracking test to make sure that the QuestReplicationMonitoring container has been successfully replicated. |
CR# 227821 |
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Access to the Diagnostic Services is restricted to users who are members of the local administrators group on the computer running the diagnostic services. If you have just added a user to the local administrators group, you may have to wait a few minutes before Spotlight on Active Directory Topology Viewer can connect to the Diagnostic Services using this user. You will see this behavior if any previous connections are cached. |
CR# 227822 | |
| If you change the MOM Database Server and/or MOM Connector Framework Server in the Spotlight on Active Directory Topology Viewer Options dialog box, you must restart the DiagnosticTestEngineSLAD service for the changes to take effect. | CR#228394 | |
| When viewing Favorites, the color of computer icons shows green even if analysis tests have failed. | CR# 226540 | |
| Transferring the PDC FSMO role to another computer within the domain failed. | CR# 230602 | |
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Spotlight on Active Directory Web Reports |
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Renaming reports or report folders causes the report to stop working. |
CR# 227906 | |
| Spotlight on Active Directory Diagnostic Console | No value displays for Windows Networking Users. | CR# 227682 |
| Spotlight Assistant does not appear in the Task Bar. | CR# 227683 | |
| If you have Spotlight on SQL Server and Spotlight on Active Directory installed on the same server, you may experience compatibility issues. If you uninstall one application, then the other application cannot make Spotlight connections. If you uninstall then re-install the affected application, Spotlight connection functionality should be restored. | CR# 232144 | |
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On a computer where Spotlight on Active Directory 6.8 and Spotlight
on Exchange 5.8 are installed, the Diagnostic Console plugin for
Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 servers becomes unusable when Spotlight
on Active Directory is uninstalled. Solution: Spotlight on Exchange 5.8 must be re-installed. Carry out the following steps:
NOTE: Ensure that you install Spotlight on Exchange before you have installed Spotlight on Active Directory. |
CR# 232294 |
The following best practices should be followed when installing Spotlight on Active Directory 6.8:
Before installing Spotlight on Active Directory 6.8, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:
| Platform | x86 2.2 GHz |
| Memory | 1 GB RAM |
| Hard Disk Space | 150 MB free disk space. Additional space will be required depending on the application usage. |
| Monitor | SVGA at 1024 x 768, 16-bit (65535) color |
| Operating System |
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| Mandatory Software |
NOTE: For deployments of 50 or less domains controllers, use SQL Server 2004, SQL Server 2005, or SQL Server 2005 Express Standard Edition or MSDE 2000. For deployments of 51 or greater domain controllers, use SQL Server 2004, SQL Server 2005, or SQL Server 2005 Express Enterprise Edition. |
| Optional Software |
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This release supports any single-byte character set. Double-byte or multi-byte character sets are not supported. It supports simultaneous operation with multilingual data. This release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America, Western Europe and Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.
The Spotlight on Active Directory release package contains the following products:
Refer to Spotlight on Active Directory Quick Start Guide for installation instructions.
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