Active Administrator 8.7 - Web Console User Guide

Since you cannot rerun a Health Check, you have the option to save the Active Directory® objects, tests, and test settings you choose as a template. When you create a new Health Check, you can choose to use that template to populate the wizard. The only changes that are not saved are those on the Health Check Options page. You can make changes to the settings and save those as a new template or update the selected template.

NOTE: There are numerous choices to make in the Health Check Wizard.

•

Use Clear All or Select All to help make selections.

•

To filter lists, start typing in the Filter box.

•

To sort lists, click in a column heading.

To create a new Health Check

Open the Web Console. See Opening the Web Console.

Select Monitor | Active Directory Health Check.

Click New Heath Check.

Type a name for the Health Check.

Type a forest name, or click

and select a previously discovered forest.

By default, the default credentials are used. If you want to change the account, clear the check box, and type the user name and password.

Click Next.

Select the forest tests to run. By default, all forest tests are selected. See Forest tests.

Configure the Operator and Threshold for the selected tests.

Click Next.

Select the domains to check.

Click Next.

Select the domain tests to run. By default, all domain tests are selected. See Domain tests.

Configure the Operator and Threshold for the selected tests.

Click Next.

Select the domain controllers to check.

Click Next.

Select the domain controller tests to run. By default, all domain controller tests are selected.

There are three tabs of domain controller tests: General, Performance Counters, and Windows Services. See Domain controller tests.

Configure the Operator and Threshold for the selected tests.

Click Next.

Select the sites to check.

Select the site tests to run. By default, all domain tests are selected. See Site tests.

Configure the Operator and Threshold for the selected tests.

Click Next.

Select the type of Active Directory Health Check you want to run.

•

Trending collects data points for each selected test over the number of specified hours.

•

Snapshot collects a single data point for each selected test.

Select when to run the Health Check. You can run the Health Check upon completion of the wizard, schedule the Health Check to run later at a specified time, or repeat the Health Check on a specified schedule.

Click Next.

If you want to save your choices of Active Directory objects, tests, and test settings, click Save as template and type a name for the template.

NOTE: You cannot rerun a completed Health Check. If you want to repeat a Health Check, save your selections as a template. The next time you create a new Health Check, you can choose the saved template. The settings display in the wizard.

•

The only settings that are not saved are those on the Health Check Options page. You must make those selections again.

•

You can make changes to the settings and save those as another template or write over the current selected template.

•

To delete templates, see Setting options for Health Check tests.

Click Next.

Review the summary.

Click Finish.

While the Health Check is running, you can show or hide the log, show or hide a list of errors, or stop the Health Check.

By default, only the last 1000 entries display in the lists of log and error entries. If you want to see all the entries, click View All. To sort the list, click in the column heading. Once the report is completed, the complete list of log entries and errors display in the report.

Table 2. Active Directory Health Check Report options
Option	Description
Show/Hide Log	Show or hide entries to the log.
Show/Hide Errors	Show or hide errors.
Stop Now	Stop the test and present the results collected before the stop was initiated. The status of the test indicates Stopped.
Cancel	Cancel the test. No results are presented. The status of the test indicated Canceled.

Once the Health Check is complete, the report displays. The report is divided into the following sections that you can expand and collapse:

Table 3. Active Directory Health Check Report sections

Report section

Description

Report header

Displays a summary of the report.

Report Settings

Displays the settings selected for the report.

Report Errors

Displays errors that occurred while the report was running.

Report Logs

Displays the tasks that were written to the log file, which is located at C:\Program Files\Quest\Active Administrator\Server\LOGGING\WebLogs.

Test results are displayed on tabs that sort the results. You can view a list of failed tests, a list of tests for the forest, for each domain, for each site, and for each domain controller.

On each tab, you can click the data collector to view details.

•

To view the complete entry in the Details column, click the link, if available.

•

If there are more than 100 data samples, click Load 100 More.

•

To load all data samples, click Load all data.

•

To print the list as it appears on your display, click Print data.

•

To export the report data to a .CSV file, click Export and the file will be saved as [DC-Name]-[DataCollectoryName]-[mm-dd-yy].CSV in the web downloads folder.

Use the tool bar to manage the report.

Table 4. Active Directory Health Check Report tool bar
Option	Description
Report link	Copy the URL of the report to paste into a document or email.
Print	Print the report.
Expand all	Expand all the sections in the report. You also can click a header to expand a specific section.
Collapse all	Collapse all the sections in the report.
Back to Health Check	Return to the Active Directory Health Check main page.

The report displays below the Most Recently Completed Reports heading for 24 hours. The Health Check displays below the Active Directory Health Check Report History heading until you delete it.

•

To view a Health Check result, click the test name.

•

To delete a Health Check, click the trash can icon

•

To retain a Heath Check and remove the delete option, click the unlocked icon.

•

To unlock a Health check and restore the delete option, click the locked icon.

•

To purge Health Checks based on age, click Purge Health Check History in the tool bar.

Setting options for Health Check tests

On the Active Directory Health Check landing page (see Using the Health Check landing page), each test has a grade to indicate the level of success. You can customize the grading scale to fit your specifications. You also can turn off FSMO role validation for those tests that check FSMO roles and delete heath check templates.

To set options for Health Check tests

Open the Web Console. See Opening the Web Console.

Select Monitor | Active Directory Health Check.

Click Health Check Settings.

For the grading scale, type the value to represent the percentage of success for each category.

The default values are Excellent (89%), Good (79%), Fair (69%), and Caution (59%).

For FSMO placement tests, select the FSMO roles to validate.

By default, all roles are selected. FSMO roles are validated based on Microsoft recommendations.

To delete selected Health Check templates, click Delete Selected, and then click Yes.

When creating a Health Check, you can save your choices of Active Directory® objects, tests, and test settings as a template. See Creating a Health Check.

Click Save.

•

To return values to the default, click Defaults.

•

To exit without saving your selections, click Cancel.

Purging Health Check History

On the Active Directory Health Check landing page (see Using the Health Check landing page), each Health Check displays below the Active Directory Health Check Report History heading until you delete it or purge the Health Check history. You can lock a Health Check so it may not be deleted or purged.

To purge Health Check history

Open the Web Console. See Opening the Web Console.

Select Monitor | Active Directory Health Check.

Click Purge Health Check History.

Set the number of days of Health Check history to be retained. All Health Checks older than this setting will be purged unless the lock icon is set to retain a Health Check.

Click Purge.

•

To return values to the default, click Defaults.

•

To exit without saving your selections, click Cancel.