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Active Administrator 8.7 - User Guide

Active Administrator Overview User Provisioning Certificates Security & Delegation  Active Directory Health
Switching to Active Directory Health Using the Active Directory Health landing page Installing Active Directory Health Analyzer agents Using the Active Directory Health Analyzer agent configuration utility Excluding domain controllers Managing the Remediation Library Analyzing Active Directory health Analyzing Azure Active Directory Managing Active Directory Health Analyzer alerts Managing alert notifications Pushing alerts to System Center Operations Manager and SNMP managers Managing monitored domain controllers Managing data collectors Active Directory Health Templates Managing Active Directory Health Analyzer agents Using the Troubleshooter Recovering Active Directory Health data
Auditing & Alerting Group Policy Active Directory Recovery Active Directory Infrastructure DC Management DNS Management Configuration
Using the Configuration landing page Managing tasks Defining role-based access Setting email server options Configuring SCOM and SNMP Settings Setting notification options Setting Active Template options Setting agent installation options Setting recovery options Setting GPO history options Setting certificate configuration Setting service monitoring policy Managing archive databases Migrating data to another database Setting a preferred domain controller Setting up workstation logon auditing Managing configuration settings Setting user options Managing the Active Directory server
Diagnostic Console Alerts Appendix
Domain controller alerts
Active Directory Certificate Services service is not running Active Directory Domain Services is not running Active Directory Web Services service is not running Consecutive replication failures DC cache hits DC DIT disk space DC DIT log file disk space DC LDAP load DC LDAP response too slow DC Memory Usage DC properties dropped DC RID pool low DC SMB connections DC SYSVOL disk space DC time sync lost Detected NO_CLIENT_SITE record DFS Replication service not running DFS service is not running DFSR conflict area disk space DFSR conflict files generated DFSR RDC not enabled DFSR sharing violation DFSR staged file age DFSR staging area disk space DFSR USN records accepted DFSRS CPU load DFSRS unresponsive DFSRS virtual memory DFSRS working set DNS Client Service is not running Domain controller CPU load Domain controller page faults Domain controller unresponsive File Replication Service is not running File replication (NTFRS) staging space free in kilobytes GC response too slow Group policy object inconsistent Hard disk drive Intersite Messaging Service is not running Invalid primary DNS domain controller address Invalid secondary DNS domain controller address KDC service is not running LSASS CPU load LSASS virtual memory LSASS working set Missing SRV DNS record for either the primary or secondary DNS server NETLOGON not shared NetLogon service is not running Orphaned group policy objects exist Physical memory Power supply Primary DNS resolver is not responding Secondary DNS resolver is not responding Security Accounts Manager Service is not running SRV record is not registered in DNS SYSVOL not shared W32Time service is not running Workstation Service is not running
Domain alerts Site alerts Forest alerts Azure Active Directory Connect alerts
Event Definitions PowerShell cmdlets

Creating an alert

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Auditing & Alerting > Managing alerts > Creating an alert

Creating an alert

A wizard guides you through creating a new Active Administrator® alert. Alerts provide you the opportunity to combine different conditions into one alert that is sent to specified email recipients. You also can add a filter to the alert to further isolate audit events for the recipient.

To create a new alert
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Select Auditing & Alerting | Alerts.
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Click New.
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On the Welcome page, click Next.
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Type a name and optional description for the alert.
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Select the priority of the alert: normal, low, or high.
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Click Next.
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Click Add and type the email address to receive notification of the alert.
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To edit a selected email address, click Edit.
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To remove a selected email address from the list, click Remove.
 
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NOTE: To manage the Auditing and Alerting Alerts email address list, see Managing email addresses.
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Click Next.
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Select the Event Definitions to include in the alert.
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To filter the list, type text in the Filter box. The list changes as you type characters. The definitions displayed contain the characters you type. For example, if you type com, the definitions displayed may contain the words Completed or Computer.
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To clear the filter and restore the list, click X.
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To show only selected definitions, open the Show box, and choose Selected.
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To show only unselected definitions, open the Show box, and choose Unselected.
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Click Next.
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Add alert filters.

Use this feature to help limit the number of emails sent to the specified email list. Alert filters are optional and applied to the details section of the event. Only the events that match the filter will be included in the notification email. For example, if the alert filter is Contains OU=Sales, only the events where OU=Sales appears in the details section are included in the notification email.

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To add a new alert filter, click Add.

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To edit a selected alert filter, click Edit.

b
Select if the email Contains or Does not contain the condition text.
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Type the text to find in the details section of the alert.
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By default the filter conditions are combined using the OR operator. If you want to connect with the AND operator, select AND all conditions.
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Click Next.
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Define the quiet time during which no notifications are sent. Alerts that are triggered during the quiet time are still logged to the Alert History. Setting an Alert Quiet Time is optional.
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NOTE: There is also a global quiet time that you can set. The quiet times set here are in addition to any global quiet times. See Setting global quiet time.
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To add a new quiet time, click Add.

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To edit a selected quiet time, click Edit.

b
Select Enabled. To disable a quiet time, clear the check box.
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Select All Days or specify a specific day.
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Set the start and end time.
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By default, actions associated with the alert are stopped during quiet time. To run actions during quiet time, select the check box.
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Click Next.
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Set the alert threshold. The alert threshold sets limits that must be met before alerts are sent out.
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To add a new threshold, click Add.

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To edit a selected threshold, click Edit.

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Select Enabled. To disable a threshold, clear the check box.
c
Select the event definition from the list.
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Select the number of events and minutes to define the threshold.
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Click Next.
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Define the action that this alert runs when the alert condition is met.
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NOTE: The action is run using the Notification service account. Please make sure the Notification Service account has sufficient rights to all of the resources needed by the action.
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Select Enabled. To disable an action, clear the check box.
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Type the full path to the executable for the program or script or browse to locate the executable.
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NOTE: The script must reside in a share on the Active Administrator server. That share must be accessible to the Active Administrator Foundation Server (AFS) service and the operator of the remote Active Administrator console. The path to the script must be entered using Uniform Naming Convention (UNC).
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For the argument, browse to open the list of Alert Action Variables.
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Select a variable in the top box.
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Click Insert.
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Click OK.
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Optionally, type the path to a folder that contains the executable or browse to locate the folder.
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If you want to delay the action that the alert will run, enter a time delay in minutes.
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Click Next.
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Review the summary.
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Click Finish.

Managing existing alerts

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Auditing & Alerting > Managing alerts > Managing existing alerts

Managing existing alerts

You can enable and disable alerts, either individually or all at once. A disabled alert is not triggered, therefore no email is sent regardless of the status of the notification policy.

You also can suspend email notifications, either individually or all at once. To suspend the email notification globally, see Changing the alert notification policy.

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NOTE: Suspended alerts will not send emails when the alert is triggered. The suspended alert is still logged into alert history.
To enable or disable selected alerts
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Select Auditing & Alerting | Alerts.
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Right-click one or more alerts, and choose Disable or Enable.
To enable or disable all alerts
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Select Auditing & Alerting | Alerts.
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Select More | Disable All or More |Enable All.
To suspend or resume email notification on selected alerts
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Select Auditing & Alerting | Alerts.
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Right-click one or more alerts, and select Suspend or Resume.
To suspend or resume email notification on all alerts
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Select Auditing & Alerting | Alerts.
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Select More | Suspend All or More |Resume All.

Changing the alert notification policy

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Auditing & Alerting > Managing alerts > Changing the alert notification policy

Changing the alert notification policy

You can view the status and past history of the alert notification policy. The alert notification policy determines how many notifications are sent within a specified time period and if an email is sent to the administrator when alerts are suspended. You also can disable the notification of alerts altogether.

To change the notification policy
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Select Auditing & Alerting | Alerts.
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Click Notification Policy.

The Status and History pages display information about the current status of the alert notification policy.

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Click Settings.
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By default, the alert notification policy is enabled. To disable the policy, clear the check box.
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Set the maximum number of alerts to send and the period of time to include. By default, a maximum of 100 alerts are sent in a 20 minute period and the counter resets after 10 minutes.
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By default, a notification is sent to the administrator when alerts are suspended. To not send notifications, clear the check box.
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Click OK.

Setting global quiet time

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Auditing & Alerting > Managing alerts > Setting global quiet time

Setting global quiet time

Define the quiet time during which no notifications are sent. Alerts that are triggered during the quiet time are still logged to the alert history. You also can set a global quiet time for each individual alert. See Creating an alert.

To set global quiet time
1
Select Auditing & Alerting | Alerts.
2
Click Global Quiet Times.
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To add a new quiet time, click Add.

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To edit a selected quiet time, click Edit.

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Select Enabled. To disable a quiet time, clear the check box.
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Select All Days or specify a specific day.
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Set the start and end time.
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By default, actions associated with the alert are stopped during quiet time. To run actions during quiet time, select the check box.
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Click OK.
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