How to Upgrade Active Administrator 4.x or 5.0 to Active Administrator 5.01 (SL2847)

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How to Upgrade Active Administrator 4.x or 5.0 to Active Administrator 5.01
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How to Upgrade Active Administrator 4.x or 5.0 to Active Administrator 5.01
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Upgrade Active Administrator 4.x or 5.0 to Active Administrator 5.01

Note: This document is for users who are upgrading Active Administrator.

Double click on the Active Administrator 5.01 Server.msi to start the Server portion of the upgrade, and then click Next.

Accept the license agreement and then click Next.

The Customer Information page opens.

The User Name and Organization boxes default to the values set when the operating system was installed. You can choose to install the application for all users or just you.

Select whether to install the application for just yourself or all users, and then click Next.

Unless you plan to change the location where Active Administrator is installed, click Next and then Install to start the installation.

Wait while the installation files are copied.

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If you receive the following message that some files are currently in use, select OK

If you receive a message that setup was unable to close all applications, then close the applications and select OK

The “Configure the Group Policy History service” page opens (see below).

In the Check for Group Policy changes every list, select how often you want the Group Policy History service to poll the domain controllers for Group Policy object (GPO) changes at a specified polling interval. The default is 60 seconds.

To store GPO history, the installation wizard creates the GPOHistory folder, whose path is displayed in the Group Policy History Location box. If you created another share in which to store GPO history, browse to locate the share.

If necessary, click Add Domain, and then add any additional domains.

In the Log On area, click the three dots (ellipses) to browse for a Domain Admin account that was used in the previous installation; enter and confirm the password, then click OK.

Hint: Run services.msc from the Start, Run command and look under the “Logon on As” column for the service named “Active Administrator GPO History” then use the same account for this service and the next two you are prompted for during installation. Remember the account must be entered in the following format: Domain\User.

Click OK.

The Configure the Active Template Auto-Repair Service page opens.

Active Administrator checks for broken templates every 30 seconds by default. To change the value, choose a value from the Repair broken Active Templates automatically every list.

Configuring Email settings

If you want to send reports of broken templates to selected users via email, select the Send a Report of Broken Templates By E-Mail check box or click Configure email settings. The E-Mail Settings box appears. Set up the email service and select a user to receive the broken templates report.

E-mail server:

Name of the email server.

E-mail Port:

Name of the email port. Leave blank to use the default port.

From User Name:

Name of the user to appear in the From box on the email generated to send the broken templates report.

From E-mail Address:

Email address of the user whose name appears in the From box on the email generated to send the broken templates report.

To User Name:

Name of the user to appear in the To box on the email generated to send the broken templates report.

To E-Mail Address:

Email address to use to send the broken templates report.

Use SMTP Authentication check box:

Select to use SMTP Authentication. If you leave the boxes blank, the user name shown in the From User Name box is used. Otherwise, type a user name and password in the appropriate boxes.

Click OK to close the E-mail Settings box and return to the Configure the Active Template Auto-Repair Service box.

To store Active Templates, the installation wizard creates the ActiveTemplates folder, whose path is displayed in the Active Templates Path box. If you created another share in which to store Active Templates, browse to locate the share.

In the Log On area, browse to the same Domain Admin account as before; enter the password, confirm the password, and then click OK.

Click OK to continue with the install process.

The Configure the Active Directory Backup service page opens.

To store Active Directory backups, the install wizard creates the ADBackups folder, whose path is displayed in the Active Directory Backup Path box. If you created another share in which to store Active Directory backups, browse to locate the share.

If necessary click Add Domain, and then add any additional domains.

By default, backups occur once a day at 2:00 a.m. To change the frequency, select to run the backup Every Day or Twice a Day in the Run the backup box. To change the time, select a time or times from the at list.

To create a log file for the backup, select the Create a Log File check box.

In the Log On area, enter the same Domain Admin Account, password and confirm password as before, and then click OK.

Click OK.

Wait for the installation to complete and click Finish.

If you receive a message that you must restart your system, you can select NO (you can restart later if this is a production server)

Importing Data From Existing Audit Databases

You can import an Active Administrator 4.x database into the version 5.01 Audit Database.

From the Auditing menu, choose Import.

The Import Wizard opens to the Welcome page. Click Next.

The Select Source Database page opens.

From the Server Name list, choose the SQL server.

In the Log on to server area, choose whether the server uses Windows or SQL Server Authentication. If you chose SQL Server Authentication, type the User Name and Password.

From the Database Name list, select the database from which to import data. Click Next.

The Select Target Database opens. Click Next.

The Resolve Domain Names page opens. Click Next.

The Summary page lists the choices you made. Click Next, and wait while the data imports.

The Import Audit Data page displays the progress of the import process. When complete, you have the option to view an import log. Click Finish to complete importing the database.

Removing Orphaned Agents

There may be Service Agents that are left over from previous installations. These Service Agents do not display. Use the Remove Orphaned Agents option on the Agents menu to remove these Service Agents.

From the Agents menu, choose Remove Orphaned Agents as shown below, and select whether to remove a 4.0 agent or 5.0 agent:

Browse to your domain

Click on Find Domain Controllers, and select the domain controller(s) that have orphaned agents

Select Yes to remove the orphaned DC Agents

Select Close when finished

Using Active Administrator Server

For more information on using the Active Administrator Server, see the Active Administrator Getting Started Guide or access the help contents within the Active Administrator Server Management application.

RUNNING THE ACTIVE ADMINISTRATOR CONSOLE INSTALLATION WIZARD

After downloading the Active Administrator 5.01 Console.msi file, double-click the file name/icon, or right-click the file name/icon, and then select Install.

The InstallShield Wizard opens to the Welcome page. Click Next.

The License Agreement page opens. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next.

The Customer Information page opens.

The User Name and Organization boxes default to the values set when the operating system was installed. You can choose to install the application for all users or just you.

Select whether to install the application for just yourself or all users, and then click Next.

The Destination Folder page displays the default install path. To change the install path, click Change. Click Next.

The Ready to Install the Program page opens.

To begin the installation, click Install. When the installation is complete, the InstallShield Wizard Completed page opens.

Click Finish.

Starting Active Administrator Console

Click Start, point to Programs >ScriptLogic Corporation >Active Administrator 5, and then choose Active Administrator Console 5.x as shown below.

Setting the Active Administrator Server

Important: On each computer running Active Administrator Console, the user must set the server that is running Active Administrator Server. The first time you open Active Administrator, you are asked to set the Active Administrator Server.

In the Server box, Browse to the server where Active Administrator Server is installed. Click OK.

Then, click OK on the message below.

Note: If you want to change the server, choose Set Active Administrator Server from the Tools menu.

Using Active Administrator Console

For more information on using the Active Administrator Console, see the Using Active Administrator Console User Guide or access the help contents within the Active Administrator Console application.

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