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How do you automate audit agent deployment? -
Description
How do you automate audit agent deployment?
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Resolution
Once you have installed an agent into a domain, Active Administrator can monitor the domain for new domain controllers. When a new domain controller is discovered, the agent is automatically installed on that domain controller.
To automate audit agent deployment:
- Select Auditing & Alerting | Agents.
- Click Auto Deployment.
- Select Enable automated agent deployment.
- Select whether to install the audit agent on the newly discovered domain controller or to audit the newly discovered domain controller using an agent on a different computer.
IMPORTANT: If you choose to do remote monitoring, the Advanced Agent is not installed on the selected domain controllers.
- Type an account with domain admin rights, or browse to locate an account, and then enter the password.
NOTE: The Active Administrator Agent service can also run under a domain user account provided it is either a local admin account, which gives it the rights to log on as a service, log on locally, and manage auditing and security log, or these privileges can be granted individually. This user or service account should also be a member of the AA_Admin group, which by default is located in the Local groups of the server where the ActiveAdministrator database is located. If the group is not found in this location, the settings during the initial database creation were modified and it can be found under the Users container object of Active Directory®.
- By default, Active Administrator waits 24 hours after discovering a domain controller before installing the audit agent. Change the wait time if necessary. During the wait time, you can cancel the pending installation.
- By default, Active Administrator monitors the status of the audit agent. To disable service monitoring and recovery, clear the check box.
- Click OK.