Active Administrator 8.8.1 - User Guide

Analyzing health of a selected site

Analyzing health of a selected site

You can view information on all sites or a selected site. To view information on all sites, see Analyzing health of all sites.

To analyze health on a selected site

1	Select Active Directory Health | Analyzer.

2	Expand the tree, and expand Sites.

3	Select a site.

4	Use the tool bar, the page heading, and the tabs to view and manage site health. See Using the analyzer pages.

The page heading displays general information about the selected site. Table 39 lists the fields that display.

 

Table 40. Site general information

Field	Description
Group caching enabled	Indicates if group caching is enabled or disabled.
Intersite topology generation	Indicates if intersite topology generation is enabled or disabled.
Intrasite topology generation	Indicates if intrasite topology generation is enabled or disabled.
Intersite topology generator	Name of the intersite topology generator.

The bottom pane changes depending on the tab you select. The following table lists the tabs and the information displayed.

 

Table 41. Site tabs

Tab	Description
Summary	Lists all the domain controllers in the selected domain and indicates if the domain controller is: • a global catalog (GC} • a read-only domain controller (RODC) • a bridgehead server • a primary domain controller (PDC) • an infrastructure master • a relative identifier (RID) master • Schema master • Naming master
Site Links	Lists the site link name, the site to which the selected site is linked, the relative cost of using the link, as defined by the administrator. The Schedule column indicates how the inter-site link is connected. • Permanent indicates the link is connected all of the time as a schedule is not assigned. • Scheduled indicates the link is connected occasionally on a schedule. • Disabled indicates the link is never connected. A schedule is assigned to the connection, but there is no scheduled time when the link is connected.
Current Alerts	Displays the current alerts for the selected item in the tree. See Using the analyzer pages.

Analyzing the health of a forest

Analyzing the health of a forest

To analyze health of the forest

1	Select Active Directory Health | Analyzer.

2	Select the forest.

3	Use the tool bar, the page heading, and the tabs to view and manage site health. See Using the analyzer pages.

The page heading displays general information about the forest. Table 42 lists the fields that display.

 

Table 42. Forest general information

Field	Description
Forest	Name of the forest.
Domains	Number of domains.
Domain controllers	Number of domain controllers.
Sites	Number of sites.
Empty sites	Number of empty sites.
GC servers	Number of global catalog (GC) servers.
RODC servers	Number of read-only domain controllers (RODCs).
Application partitions	Number of application partitions.
Bridgehead servers	Number of bridgehead servers.
Functional level	Functional level of the site.
Domain naming master	Name of the domain controller with the domain naming master role.
Schema master	Name of the domain controller with the schema master role.
Operations master consistent	Indicates if all the domain controllers report the same operation masters.
Schema master consistent	Indicates if all the domain controllers report the same operation masters.
Functional level consistent	Indicates if all the domain controllers report the same functional level.

The Summary tab lists all the monitored domains and indicates the number of critical alerts and warnings for each domain. A vertical bar next to each domain indicates its status. A red bar indicates the domain has alerts.

▪	To filter the list of domains, type in the Filter domains box. The list filters as you type.

▪	To refresh the list, click Refresh.

The Current Alerts tab lists the alerts for the forest. See Using the analyzer pages.

Analyzing Microsoft Entra ID

Analyzing Microsoft Entra ID

Once you install the Microsoft Entra Connect Health Monitoring Agent on a computer where Microsoft Entra Connect is installed, you can view a summary of the output of the Synchronization Service Manager and manage the Microsoft Entra Connect Scheduler; view the output of the Synchronization Service Manager; view warnings, errors, and events that occurred over the last 24 hours; and view a list of the installed connectors, and properties, partitions, and run profiles of selected connectors.

 

NOTE:   • Azure Active Directory is now Microsoft Entra ID. • Users must have Microsoft Entra Connect enabled to use the Microsoft Entra Connect submodule. See Defining role-based access.

Topics 

•	Installing the Microsoft Entra Connect Health Monitoring Agent

•	Setting up the Microsoft Entra Connect application

•	Viewing Microsoft Entra Connect status

•	Viewing Microsoft Entra Connect alerts

•	Monitoring Microsoft Entra Connect operations

•	Viewing Microsoft Entra Connect events

•	Monitoring Microsoft Entra Connect operations

•	Viewing Microsoft Entra Connect events

•	Searching the Metaverse

•	Viewing Microsoft Entra Connect connectors

•	Managing the Microsoft Entra Connect Health Monitoring Agent

Installing the Microsoft Entra Connect Health Monitoring Agent

Installing the Microsoft Entra Connect Health Monitoring Agent

You must install the Microsoft Entra Connect Health Monitoring Agent on each computer that you want to monitor. Microsoft Entra Connect must also be installed on that computer.

Before you begin installation, you need the following information:

•	The path from where you want to run the Microsoft Entra Connect Health Monitoring Agent.

•	The name of the Active Administrator server. To see the server name, select Settings | AA Server.

•	The name of the database server where the Microsoft Entra Connect database is installed and the name of the Microsoft Entra Connect database (ADSync is the default database). Only required if you choose not to use the default database, which is limited to 50,000 objects.

To deploy the Microsoft Entra agent

1	Locate C:\Program Files\Quest\ActiveAdministrator\Server\SLAgent\AADCAgent.

2	Copy all the files in the AADCAgent folder.

3	Locate a folder on the target server where you want to place the files. For example: C:\Data\AADCAgent.

The Windows service will be installed in this location and the Microsoft Entra Connect Health Monitoring Agent will run out of this location.

4	Copy the files to the folder on the target server.

5	Right-click Setup.exe, and select Run as Administrator.

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Select Start | Command Prompt (Admin), navigate to the folder where you copied the files, type Setup, and press Enter.

6	Type Y and press Enter to install the Microsoft Entra Connect Health Monitoring Agent.

7	Type a name for the agent, and press Enter.

If you press Enter without entering a name, the default is the computer name, which displays next to Agent name in the prompt.

8	Type the name of the Active Administrator server, and press Enter.

9	For the Microsoft Entra Connect database, you have two options.

▪	To use the default database, which is limited to 50,000 objects, type Y, and press Enter.

▪	To use another database, type N, and press Enter.

a	Type the name of the database server where the Microsoft Entra Connect database is installed, and press Enter.

b	Type the name of the Microsoft Entra Connect database (default is ADSync), and press Enter.

After the installation is complete, use the Agents tab or Setup.exe from the command line to manage the Microsoft Entra Connect Health Monitoring Agent. See Managing the Microsoft Entra Connect Health Monitoring Agent.