NTDS Object

The NTDS object provides statistics about the activity of Active Directory. The object provides information about the following:

Counter Name Description Counter Type
AB ANR/sec Shows the rate at which Address Book clients perform Ambiguous Name Resolutions (ANR) operations. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
AB Browses/sec Shows the rate at which Address Book clients perform browse operations. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
AB Client Sessions Shows the number of connected Address Book client sessions. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
AB Matches/sec Shows the rate at which Address Book clients perform find operations. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
AB Property Reads/sec Shows the rate at which Address Book clients perform property read operations. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
AB Proxy Lookups/sec Shows the rate at which proxy clients query perform search operations. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
AB Searches/sec Shows the rate at which Address Book clients perform key search operations PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Highest USN Committed (High part) Shows the high-order 32 bits of the highest USN Committed on the DSA. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DRA Highest USN Committed (Low part) Shows the low-order 32 bits of the highest USN Committed on the DSA. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DRA Highest USN Issued (High part) Shows the high-order 32 bits of the highest USN Issued on the DSA. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DRA Highest USN Issued (Low part) Shows the low-order 32 bits of the highest USN Issued on the DSA. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DRA Inbound Bytes Compressed (Between Sites, After Compression)/sec Shows the compressed size, in bytes, of inbound compressed replication data (size after compression, from DSAs in other sites). PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Inbound Bytes Compressed (Between Sites, Before Compression)/sec Shows the original size, in bytes, of inbound compressed replication data (size before compression, from DSAs in other sites). PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Inbound Bytes Not Compressed (Within Site)/sec Shows the number of incoming bytes replicated that were not compressed at the source (that is, from DSAs in the same site). PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Inbound Bytes Total/sec Shows the total number of bytes replicated in. It is the sum of the number of uncompressed bytes (never compressed) and the number of compressed bytes (after compression). PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Inbound Full Sync Objects Remaining Shows the number of objects remaining until the full sync completes (when set). PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DRA Inbound Object Updates Remaining in Packet Shows the number of object updates received in the current directory replication update packet that have not yet been applied to the local server. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DRA Inbound Objects Applied/sec Shows the rate at which replication updates received from replication partners are applied by the local directory service. This count excludes changes that are received but not applied (for example, when the change is already present). This indicates how much replication update activity is occurring on the server as a result of changes generated on other servers. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Inbound Objects Filtered/sec Shows the number of objects received from inbound replication partners that contained no updates that needed to be applied. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Inbound Objects/sec Shows the number of objects received from neighbors through inbound replication. A neighbor is a domain controller from which the local domain controller replicates locally. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Inbound Properties Applied/sec Shows the number of properties that are updated due to incoming property winning the reconciliation logic that determines the final value to be replicated. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Inbound Properties Filtered/sec Shows the number of property changes that are received during the replication that we have already seen. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Inbound Properties Total/sec Shows the total number of object properties received from inbound replication partners. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Inbound Values (DNs only)/sec Shows the number of object property values received from inbound replication partners that are Distinguished Names (DNs) which reference other objects. distinguished-name values, such as group or distribution list memberships, are generally more expensive to apply than other kinds of values. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Inbound Values Total/sec shows the total number of object property values received from inbound replication partners. Each inbound object has one or more properties, and each property has zero or more values. Zero values indicates property removal. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Outbound Bytes Compressed (Between Sites, After Compression)/sec Shows the compressed size, in bytes, of outbound compressed replication data (size after compression, from DSAs in other sites). PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Outbound Bytes Compressed (Between Sites, Before Compression)/sec Shows the original size, in bytes, of outbound compressed replication data (size before compression, from DSAs in other sites). PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Outbound Bytes Not Compressed (Within Site)/sec Shows the number of bytes replicated out that were not compressed (that is., from DSAs in the same site). PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Outbound Bytes Total/sec Shows the total number of bytes replicated out. It is the sum of the number of uncompressed bytes (never compressed) and the number of compressed bytes (after compression). PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Outbound Objects Filtered/sec Shows the number of objects that were determined by outbound replication to have no updates that the outbound partner did not already have. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Outbound Objects/sec Shows the number of objects replicated out. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Outbound Properties/sec Shows the number of properties replicated out. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Outbound Values (DNs only)/sec Shows the number of object property values containing Distinguished Names sent to outbound replication partners. DN-values, such as group or distribution list memberships, are generally more expensive to read than other kinds of values. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Outbound Values Total/sec Shows the number of object property values sent to outbound replication partners. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DRA Pending Replication Synchronizations Shows the number of directory synchronizations that are queued for this server but not yet processed. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DRA Reads Shows the percentage of directory reads coming from DRA. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
DRA Searches Shows the percentage of directory searches coming from DRA. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
DRA Sync Failures on Schema Mismatch Shows the number of sync requests made to neighbors that failed because their schema are not synchronized. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DRA Sync Requests Made Shows the number of sync requests made to neighbors. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DRA Sync Requests Successful Shows the number of sync requests made to the neighbors that successfully returned. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DRA Writes Shows the percentage of directory writes coming from DRA. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
DS Client Binds/sec Showa the number of Ntdsapi.dll binds per second serviced by this DC. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DS Client Name Translations/sec Shows the number of Ntdsapi.dll name translations per second serviced by this DC. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DS Directory Reads/sec Shows the number of directory reads per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DS Directory Searches/sec Shows the number of directory searches per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DS Directory Writes/sec Shows the number of directory writes per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DS Monitor List Size Shows the number of requests to be notified when objects are updated that are currently registered with this DSA. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DS Name Cache hit rate Shows the percentage of directory object name component lookups that are satisfied out of the DSA's name cache. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
DS Notify Queue Size Shows the number of pending update notifications that have been queued, but not yet transmitted to clients. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DS Other Reads Shows the percentage of directory reads not coming from SAM, DRA, LDAP, LSA, XDS, KCC, or NSPI. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
DS Other Searches Shows the percentage of directory searches not coming from SAM, DRA, LDAP, LSA, XDS, KCC, or NSPI. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
DS Other Writes Shows the percentage of directory writes not coming from SAM, DRA, LDAP, LSA, XDS, KCC, or NSPI. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
DS Search sub-operations/sec Shows the number of search suboperations per second. One search operation is made up of many suboperations. A sub operation roughly corresponds to an object that the search causes the directory service to consider. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DS Security Descriptor Propagations Events Shows the number of Security Descriptor Propagation Events that are queued but not yet processed. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DS Security Descriptor Propagator Average Exclusion Time Shows the average length of time that the Security Descriptor propagator spends waiting for exclusive access to database elements during a Security Descriptor Propagation sub-operation. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DS Security Descriptor Propagator Runtime Queue Shows the number of objects remaining to examine while processing the current directory service security descriptor propagator event. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
DS Security Descriptor sub-operations/sec Shows the number of Security Descriptor Propagation suboperations per second. One Security Descriptor Propagation operation is made up of many sub operations. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DS Server Binds/sec Shows the number of DC-to-DC binds per second that are serviced by this DC. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DS Server Name Translations/sec Shows the number of DC-to-DC name translations per second serviced by this DC. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
DS Threads in Use Shows the current number of threads in use by the directory service (which is different than the number of threads in the directory service process). This is the number of threads currently servicing client API calls and can be used to indicate whether additional processors should be used. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
KCC Reads Shows the percentage of directory reads coming from KCC. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
KCC Searches Shows the percentage of directory searches coming from KCC. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
KCC Writes Shows the percentage of directory writes coming from KCC. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
KDC AS Requests Shows the number of Authentication Server (AS) requests serviced by the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) per second. AS requests are used by client to obtain a ticket-granting ticket. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
KDC TGS Requests Shows the number of Ticket Granting Server (TGS) requests serviced by the KDC per second. TGS requests are used by the client to obtain a ticket to a resource. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
Kerberos Authentications Shows the number of times per second that clients use a ticket to this DC to authenticate to this DC. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
LDAP Active Threads Shows the current number of threads in use by the LDAP subsystem of the local directory service. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
LDAP Bind Time Shows the time, in milliseconds, taken for the last successful LDAP bind. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
LDAP Client Sessions Shows the number of currently connected LDAP client sessions. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
LDAP Searches Shows the percentage of directory searches coming from LDAP. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
LDAP Searches/sec Shows the rate at which LDAP clients perform search operations. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
LDAP Successful Binds Shows the percentage of LDAP bind attempts that are successful. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
LDAP Successful Binds/sec Shows the number of LDAP binds per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
LDAP UDP operations/sec Shows the number of UDP operations that the LDAP server is processing per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
LDAP Writes Shows the percentage of directory writes coming from LDAP. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
LDAP Writes/sec Shows the rate at which LDAP clients perform write operations. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
LSA Reads Shows the percentage of directory reads coming from LSA. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
LSA Searches Shows the percentage of directory searches coming from LSA. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
LSA Writes Shows the percentage of directory writes coming from LSA. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
NSPI Reads Shows the percentage of directory reads coming from NSPI. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
NSPI Searches Shows the percentage of directory searches coming from NSPI. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
NSPI Writes Shows the percentage of directory writes coming from NSPI. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
NTLM Authentications Shows the number of NTLM authentications per second serviced by this DC. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Account Group Membership Evaluations/sec Shows the number of SAM Account Group Membership Evaluations per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Create Machine Attempts/sec Shows the number of SAM create machine attempts per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Create User Attempts/sec Shows the number of SAM create user attempts per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Enumerations/sec Shows the number of SAM Enumerations per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM GC Evaluations/sec Shows the number of SAM Global Catalog Evaluations per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Membership Changes/sec Shows the number of SAM membership changes. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Non-Transitive Membership Evaluations/sec Shows the number of SAM Non-Transitive Membership Evaluations per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Password Changes/sec Shows the number of SAM password changes per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Query Displays/sec Shows the number of SAM query displays per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Reads Shows the percentage of directory reads coming from SAM. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
SAM Resource Group Membership Evaluations/sec Shows the number of SAM Resource Group Membership Evaluations per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Searches Shows the percentage of directory searches coming from SAM. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
SAM Successful Create Machines/sec Shows the number of successful create machines per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Successful Create Users/sec Shows the number of successful create users per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Transitive Membership Evaluations/sec Shows the number of SAM Transitive Membership Evaluations per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Universal Group Membership Evaluations/sec Shows the number of SAM Universal Group Membership Evaluations per second. PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER
SAM Writes Shows the percentage of directory writes coming from SAM. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
XDS Client Sessions Shows the number of connected Extended Directory Service client sessions. This indicates the number of connections from other Windows 2000 services and the Exchange Administrator program. PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT
XDS Reads Shows the percentage of directory reads coming from XDS. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
XDS Searches Shows the percentage of directory searches coming from XDS. PERF_RAW_FRACTION
XDS Writes Shows the percentage of directory writes coming from XDS. PERF_RAW_FRACTION

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