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Active Administrator 8.6.3 - Web Console User Guide

Active Administrator Web Console Overview Active Directory Health Alerts Notifications Active Directory Health Check
Using the Health Check landing page Creating a Health Check Setting options for Health Check tests Purging Health Check History Health check tests
Forest tests Domain tests Domain controller tests Site tests
Active Directory Topology Reports Network Operations Center

Viewing alerts

Every 300 seconds, the topology diagram is updated to get server alert status from the Active Administrator foundation server (AFS). The node for each domain controller displays in a color to indicate its status.

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Green: no alert is detected
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Red: critical alerts are detected
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Orange: warning alerts are detected
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Grey: domain controller or site is not monitored by a Active Directory Health Analyzer agent

When replication latency alerts are detected, the color of the link between domain controller nodes indicates the status.

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Red: critical alerts are detected
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Orange: warning for latency exceed the threshold defined by user in Active Administrator console).
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NOTE: Replication latency alerts are turned off by default. You must enable this alert in the Active Administrator console. See the Quest® Active Administrator® User Guide.
To view alerts
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Click Show alerts in the tool bar.
 
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NOTE: If Show alerts is not selected, clicking Refresh also displays the list of alerts.
The list of alerts displays below the diagram in the Alert Summary area. The alert severity, alert name, source, domain, and the alert start time display.
You can refresh or pause the refresh of the alerts.
 
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NOTE: The alerts that display in the Topology Viewer relate to the displayed diagram and is not a complete list of alerts.
Filtering alerts
To filter the list of alerts
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Click the node or link that indicates alerts are present. If you click a node outlined in red or orange, the alert list filters to match the status of the selected node. If you click a domain controller, only the alerts for that domain controller display.
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Type the domain controller in the Search alerts box. Only the alerts for that domain controller display.
Viewing alert details
To view alert details
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Click the alert link in the Alert column to view the alert description.
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Click Alert details in the Alert description box to view details about the alert.

Customizing the topology layout

You can change the forest topology layout by dragging the domain controller and site objects on the topology diagram. If you chose to save the layout, the layout is associated with the forest in the cache and loads the next time you run the topology on that forest. Each user can create their own layout that is associated with their user account.

To customize the forest layout
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Click Edit layout in the tool bar.
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NOTE: While you are editing the diagram, the Show alerts check box is cleared and the alerts list is hidden.
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Click and drag site objects to new locations with the design area, which is delineated by the thin blue line. Within a site diagram, click and drag domain controllers to new locations. The site diagrams automatically resize as you drag the domain controllers around.
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NOTE: If the forest topology diagram exceeds the design area, click Zoom to fit the diagram within the design pane.
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If you are using a keyboard, use the keyboard shortcuts to zoom in and out. If you are using a touch screen, use the pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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NOTE: Click inside the design pane before applying the zoom controls. If you do not see the blue outline of the design area, the zoom controls apply to the browser window.
Table 3. Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcut
Description

Ctrl +

Zoom in

Ctrl -

Zoom out

Ctrl + mouse wheel

Zoom diagram in or out

Shift + mouse wheel

Move the diagram horizontally

 
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NOTE: If you previously saved the layout and want to clear the changes you make to the layout, click Undo Layout to return the diagram to the last saved layout. If you have not saved the layout and want to return the diagram to the original state, open the Discover Forest tab and run the discovery again.
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Click Save Layout.

 

Reports

Topics:  
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Running reports
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Active Directory Health reports
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Active Directory Infrastructure reports
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DNS reports
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Security reports
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Certificates reports
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Server configuration report

Running reports

Several reports are available to help you manage your organization. Once you run a new report, the report remains open until you run another report. You can refresh the parameters and run the report again. You also can rerun an existing report from the History tab.

To run a report
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Open the Web Console. See Opening the Web Console.
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Click Report.
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Select a report category.
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Active Directory Health reports
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Active Directory Infrastructure reports
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DNS reports
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Security reports
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Certificates reports
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Server configuration report
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NOTE: If you select Server Configuration, the report automatically displays. You do not select any parameters for this report.
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The landing page for the report category displays the available reports.
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To filter the list of reports, start typing in the Search report box. The list of reports changes as you type.
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To switch to list view, click . To sort the reports in list view, click the column heading.
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To switch to grid view, click . To sort the reports in grid view, click the icon to sort the report names in ascending or descending alphabetical order.
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Select a report. You can create a new report or run an existing report.
To run a new report
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On the Parameters tab, enter the parameters for the report.
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NOTE: Start typing in the Domain Name box, and a list of domains will filter and display. Select from the list of domains, and click to load the list of target domain controllers or click to add the domain to the list.
NOTE: Use Ctrl and Shift to select multiple parameters.
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Click Run.
To run an existing report
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Open the History tab.
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Select a report.
The Reports tab displays the report.
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If the report generation is taking too much time, you can click Cancel.
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The report remains open in the Reports tab until you run another report of this type. To redisplay the report with fresh data, click Refresh.
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To print the report, click Print.
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To return to the list of reports, click Back to Reports.
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