Active Administrator 8.7 - User Guide

Checking status of the AFS server

Checking status of the AFS server

To check the status of the Active Administrator® Foundation Server (AFS), you can view real-time events, system logs, or system errors. You can save system logs and errors to a file and clear selected logs to manage disk space utilization.

To check the status of the AFS server

1	Select Settings | AFS Server Status.

2	You can view real-time events, system logs, or system errors.

 

Table 121. AFS server status options

Option	Description
General	View real-time events. The real-time event trace displays 500 events before the display rolls over. You can pause the event trace if you see an item you want to investigate. • To pause the event trace, click Pause Events. When you are done examining the list of events, click Resume Events. • To select all events to copy to the clipboard, click Select All Events. • To clear the display, click Clear All Events. • To filter the displayed events, click , and select one or more filters. • To limit the information that displays, click , and select a display option. • To enable verbose logging, click , and click Enable Verbose Logging. NOTE: Verbose logging can impact performance. It is not recommended that you keep verbose logging enabled.
System Logs	View system logs. • To limit the type of log entries that display, select a category. All log entries display by default. • To filter the displayed log entries, start typing in the box. • To copy the displayed log entries to the clipboard, click Copy. • To save the displayed log entries to a .log file, click Save. • To clear a selected log, click Clear Log.
System Errors	View system errors. • To limit the type of log entries that display, select a category. All log entries display by default. • To filter the displayed log entries, start typing in the box. • To copy the displayed log entries to the clipboard, click Copy. • To save the displayed log entries to a .log file, click Save.

Setting user options

Setting user options

The Users Options feature provides many options for customizing Active Administrator® to fit your specific environment.

Use the following pages in User Options to customize Active Administrator:

•	General: set options for the display and audit agents, check for new versions of Active Administrator, and opt in or out of the Software Improvement Program. See Setting general user options.

•	Audit Reports: set how events display in audit reports. See Setting options for audit reports.

•	User Logon Activity: set how information displays on the User Logon Activity page. See Setting user log on activity.

•	Active Directory Health Analyzer: set options for the Active Directory Health Analyzer screens. See Setting Active Directory Health Analyzer options.

•	Advanced: enable console logging to the AAConsoleLog.log file. See Enabling console logging.

Topics 

•	Setting general user options

•	Setting options for audit reports

•	Setting user log on activity

•	Setting Active Directory Health Analyzer options

•	Enabling console logging

Setting general user options

Setting general user options

To set general user options

1	Select Settings | User Options.

2	Click General, if necessary.

3	Set options for landing pages and active tiles.

By default, the active tiles on the Home page and landing pages automatically refresh every 30 minutes and rotate every 30 seconds.

▪	To disable the refresh and rotation, clear the check box.

▪	To modify the values, type in the boxes.

4	By default animation for screen transitions is enabled. To disable animation, clear the check box.

5	By default, the audit agent is loaded when you start Active Administrator. If you want to load the agent manually, clear the check box.

6	By default, active template delegation is not enabled in the Configuration partition in Active Directory®. To enable active template delegation in the Configuration partition in Active Directory, select the check box. See Adding a delegation link.

7	By default, the option to use service connection points is enabled. If you do not want to use connection points when setting the Active Administrator server, clear the check box. See Starting Active Administrator console.

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Click OK.

Setting options for audit reports

Setting options for audit reports

You can change how events display in audit reports (Auditing & Alerting | Audit Reports). See Managing audit reports for more information on audit reports.

To customize the display of events in audit reports

1	Select Settings | User Options.

2	Click Audit Reports.

3	By default, events display in local time and use the system settings for the date and time format. You can choose to display events in universal time and set a custom date and time format. The date and time display in the Time Generated column on the auditing report.

4	By default, only the latest 100 events display in reports. To change the value, type in the box or use the arrows to increase or decrease the value.

5	By default, only the reports scheduled by the logged on user. To view scheduled reports for all users, select Show scheduled reports for all users.

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Click OK.