Active Administrator 8.7 - User Guide

Adding a new site link bridge

Adding a new site link bridge

To add a new site link bridge

1	Select Active Directory Infrastructure | Active Directory Sites.

2	Select a domain controller.

NOTE: Use the icons to manage the selected managed domain controller. See Managing domain controllers.

3	Select a forest or site, and select New | New Site Link Bridge.

4	Type a name and description for the new site link bridge.

5	Choose the transport type from the list.

6	Select a site link from the list.

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Click OK.

Reporting on Active Directory

Reporting on Active Directory

The type of report available varies depending on the type of object selected. You can save, print, export, or email a report.

To build a report

1	Select Active Directory Infrastructure | Active Directory Sites.

2	Select a domain controller.

NOTE: Use the icons to manage the selected managed domain controller. See Managing domain controllers.

3	Select the Active Directory® object to report on, click Reports, and choose the report to build.

 

Table 97. Active Directory report types

Report	Forest	Site	Subnet	Site Link	Server
Build Forest Report	X	X	X	X	X
Build Site Report		X	X	X	X
Build Subnet Report	X
Build Site Links Report	X
Build Global Catalogs Report	X
Build Server Report					X

Monitoring replication

Monitoring replication

You can monitor replication on servers in a selected forest.

NOTE: You can create replication schedules when you create connections and site links. To change the schedule, edit the connection or site link. See Adding a new connection and Adding a new site link.

Topics 

•	Adding a forest

To monitor replication

1	Select Active Directory Infrastructure | Replication Monitoring.

2	Replication monitoring is enabled by default. You can disable replication monitoring for all listed forests or you can disable replication monitoring for a single forest.

▪	To disable a single forest, select the forest, click Edit, and clear the check box.

3	By default, the Active Directory® replication is tested every 30 minutes. To change the value, use the arrow keys.

NOTE: To be notified of the replication test results, create an Active Administrator alert that includes the Active Directory Replication Test Succeeded and Active Directory Replication Test Failed events. See Creating an alert.

4	Use the tool bar to manage replication monitoring.

 

Table 98. Replication monitoring tool bar

Option	Description
Refresh	Refresh the display.
Check Now	Run a replication test.
Save	Save changes to replication monitoring.
Add Forest	Add a forest to the list for replication monitoring.
Edit Forest	Edit a selected forest to disable monitoring or to change the account.
Delete Forest	Delete a forest from the list.
Replication Details	View details of a selected replication.

Adding a forest

Adding a forest

To add a forest to replication monitoring

1	Select Active Directory Infrastructure | Replication Monitoring.

2	Click Add Forest.

3	By default, replication monitoring is enabled. To disable replication monitoring for the forest, clear the check box.

4	Browse to select a forest.

5	Select to use either the Active Administrator® Foundation Server (AFS) service account or a different account. If you chose a different account, enter the user name and password.

6	In the Excluded domain controllers area, expand domains, and select the domain controllers to exclude.

NOTE: To filter the list of domain controllers, start typing in the Filter box. NOTE: If you changed the account, click Refresh to load the list of domain controllers.

7	Optionally, type the name of a domain controller to exclude in the Enter domain controller name if you don’t see it in the list text box and click Add.

8	Click Validate to verify the account.

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Click OK.