Active Administrator 8.7 - User Guide

Viewing expired accounts

Viewing expired accounts

You can view a list of all expiring and expired accounts in the selected domain.

To view expiring and expired accounts

1	Select Security & Delegation | Account Expiration.

2	Select the source of the account expiration history. You can look at live data or the Active Administrator database.

3	Click Go. To refresh the list, click Refresh History.

▪	If the Pending column is True, the account is about to expire. The Notification dates column indicates when the account was discovered and the notification was sent. The Expires On column displays the date and time when the account will expire.

▪	If the Pending column is False, the account has expired.

Purging account history

Purging account history

You can archive or purge account history on demand or schedule an archive or purge. Purged expired and inactive accounts are deleted from the live audit database. Archived expired and inactive accounts are first copied to the archive database and then deleted from the live audit database.

Topics 

•	Archiving account history on demand

•	Purging account history on demand

•	Scheduling an account history purge and archive

To purge account history

1	Select Security & Delegation | Purge Account History.

▪	The top pane displays the history of archiving and purging account history.

▪	The bottom pane displays the maintenance tasks specific to archiving and purging account history.

2	Use the options on the tool bar to manage purging and archiving inactive account history.

 

Table 28. Purging inactive account history tool bar

Option	Description
Archive Now	Archive expired and inactive account history from the live audit database. See Archiving account history on demand.
Purge Now	Purge expired and inactive account history from the live audit database. See Purging account history on demand.
Schedule	Schedule the archive or purge process. Scheduling an account history purge and archive.
Refresh	Refresh the display.
Export History	Export the account history to a .csv file.
Clear History	Clear the account history.
Tasks	Refresh the tasks list, view task properties, send a selected task to email recipients, and group the list of tasks by status. See Managing tasks.

Archiving account history on demand

Archiving account history on demand

Copies expired and inactive user and computer history from the live audit database to the active archive database, and then deletes the history from the live audit database.

NOTE: To schedule the archive process, see Scheduling an account history purge and archive.

To archive account history on demand

1	Select Security & Delegation | Purge Account History.

2	Click Archive Now.

3	Type a date or select a date from the calendar.

4	Click Archive Now.

Purging account history on demand

Purging account history on demand

Deletes event entries and alert history items permanently from the live audit database based on the selected purge options.

NOTE: To schedule the purge process, see Scheduling an account history purge and archive.

To purge account history on demand

1	Select Security & Delegation | Purge Account History.

2	Click Purge Now.

3	Type a date or select a date from the calendar.

4	Click Purge Now.