DNS MP: Where are my reports? Part III: DNS Performance Report

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Postings in the same series:
Part  I: Found them but they turn up empty…
Part II: Lets build a report…
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As stated in the second posting in this series, this article will be about creating a DNS Performance Report. For this go to the Reporting Pane in the OpsMgr Console > Microsoft Generic Report Library and open the Performance Report.

This blog posting of mine tells you how to go about it. In Step 4 of that posting select as a Group one DNS server. At Step 6, go to the first tab ‘Search By Name’ and select in the dropdown box ‘Management Pack Name’ the related MP. In this example I use Microsoft Windows DNS 2008 Server.

Hit the search button and all available counters will be shown:

When you don’t know what all these counters exactly tell you, start PerfMon on a DNS Server (type it in the start menu and run it). Select the DNS Counter, select the option Show Description and select the related counter. In the Description box the counter will be explained.

This way you can select the counters you deem important. Per counter insert a new Chart with a new Series. Select per Chart/Series a meaningful counter. Give every chart a meaningful name. Now the Settings screen will look a bit like this: (Still this blog posting is being used as a basis)

Click OK.

Select a From date and run the report. Check it out whether it is OK and meet up to the expectations. Adjust it when needed and test run it again.

When the report is OK, publish this report as stated in this blog posting of mine (steps 1, 4 to 7). Now it looks like this:

Experiment with it and be surprised. There is much more to be found in OpsMgr than meets the eye.