PingDataSync Server tracks and manages processes and server health with the following tools:

Change Tracking
Each directory instance stores a separate entry under cn=changelog for every modification made to the directory. PingDataSync Server provides full control over the synchronization process by determining which entries are synchronized, how they are correlated to the entries at the destination endpoint, and how they are transformed into the destination schema.
  • For the PingData PingDirectory Server or Nokia 8661 Directory Server topologies, PingDataSync Server uses the server's LDAP Change Log for modification detection.
  • For Oracle/Sun Directory Server, OpenDJ, Oracle Unified Directory, and generic LDAP directory topologies, PingDataSync Server uses the server’s Retro Change Log, which provides a detailed summary of each change.
  • For Active Directory, PingDataSync Server uses the DirSync control, which polls for object attribute changes.
  • For RDBMS systems, PingDataSync Server uses an Ping Identity Server SDK plugin to interface with a customized RDBMS change log table. Database triggers on each table record all INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations to the change log table.
Monitoring, Alerts, and Alarms
PingDataSync Server supports several industry-standard, administrative protocols for monitoring, alarms, and alerts. System alarms and gauges can be configured to determine healthy performance thresholds and the server actions taken when performance values are outside the threshold. All administrative alarms are exposed over LDAP as entries under base DN cn=alarms. An administrative alert framework sends warnings, errors, or other server events through log messages, email, or JMX notifications. Administrative alerts are also exposed over LDAP as entries below base DN cn=alerts. Typical alert events are startup or shutdown, applied configuration changes, or synchronized resources unavailable.
Logging
PingDataSync Server provides standard logs (sync, access, error, failed-operations, config-audit.log, debug). The server can also be configured for multiple active sync logs. For example, each detected change, each dropped change, each applied change, or each failed change can be logged.