Active Administrator 8.3 - Web Console User Guide

Table 1.
Option	Description
Refresh	Manually refresh the notifications.
Add notification	Create a new notification. See Creating alert notifications.
Limiter	Limit the number of notifications sent within a specified time period. See Limiting notifications.
Filter notifications	Filter the list of notifications. Start typing in the box. The list of alerts changes as you type.
	In grid view, sort the notifications in ascending order.
	In grid view, sort the notifications in descending order.
	Switch to grid view.
	Switch to table view. To sort the notifications in table view, click the column heading.
Edit	Edit a notification. See Creating alert notifications.
Disable	Disable a notification. You also can disable/enable a notification in the create notification wizard. See Creating alert notifications.
Enable	Enable the notification.
Delete	Delete a notification.

Creating alert notifications

NOTE: To create an alert notification successfully, you must:

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Add at least one email address.

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Select at least one Active Directory® object (forest, domain, domain controller, or site).

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Select alerts to match the selected Active Directory object.

For example, if you select only domain alerts, and select only domain controllers, you receive a warning.

To create an alert notification

Open the Web Console. See Opening the Web Console.

Select Monitor | Active Directory Health.

Click Notifications.

Click Add Notification.

Type a name and description for the alert notification.

By default, the notification is enabled, and all alert states are selected. Clear the check box to suppress notifications for an alert state.

By default, notifications are not sent if the alert clears within 15 minutes. Clear the check box if you want alerts sent regardless of how fast the alert clears. You also can adjust the time limit.

Click Next.

By default, all alerts are included in the notification. If you want to send notifications for selected alerts, clear the check box, and select the alerts to include. For more information on the alerts, see the Alerts Appendix in the Quest® Active Administrator® User Guide.

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To filter the list of alerts, start typing in the Filter Alerts box. The list filters as you type.

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To sort the list of alerts, click in the column headings.

Click Next.

By default all forests are included in the notification. You can choose to exclude all forests or include only selected forests.

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To filter the list, start typing in the Filter by forest name box. The list filters as you type.


	NOTE: If you select a forest, only forest alerts are included in the notification. The domains, domain controllers, and sites associated with the forest are not automatically included in the notification. You must select domains, domain controllers, and sites separately. If you select a forest, you must select at least one forest alert. If you receive a warning, go back and select a forest alert.

Click Next.

By default all domains are included in the notification. You can choose to exclude all domains or include only selected domains.

To filter the list, start typing in the Filter by domain name box. The list filters as you type.


	NOTE: If you select a domain, only domain alerts are included in the notification. The domain controllers and sites associated with the domain are not automatically included in the notification. You must select domain controllers and sites separately. If you select a domain, you must select at least one domain alert. If you receive a warning, go back and select a domain alert.

Click Next.

By default all domain controllers are included in the notification. You can choose to exclude all domain controllers or include only selected domain controllers.

To filter the list, start typing in the Filter by domain controller name box. The list filters as you type. You also can click the header to sort the list in ascending or descending order.


	NOTE: If you select a domain controller, you must select at least one domain controller alert. If you receive a warning, go back and select a domain controller alert.

Click Next.

By default all sites are included in the notification. You can choose to exclude all sites or include only selected sites.

To filter the list, start typing in the Filter by site name box. The list filters as you type.


	NOTE: If you select a site, only site alerts are included in the notification. The domain controllers associated with the site are not automatically included in the notification. You must select domain controllers separately. If you select a site, you must select at least one site alert. If you receive a warning, go back and select a site alert.

Click Next.

Add, edit, or remove email addresses of the recipients of the notification.

Click Next.

Review the selections, and click Finish.

Click Finish. See Viewing alert notifications.

Pushing alerts to System Center Operations Manager

If you have a license for the Active Directory Health module and are using Microsoft® System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), you can choose to deploy the Quest® Active Administrator® management pack, which establishes a connection to SCOM and enables Active Directory Health alerts from the Directory Analyzer agent to appear in the Operations Manager Monitoring pane under the Quest Active Administrator folder.


	NOTE: Only System Center 2016 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, and System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager are supported. NOTE: The System Center Operations Manager Alert Notification is added automatically when the Quest Active Administrator management pack is deployed to the specified SCOM management server. If you do not see this notification, you need to deploy the Quest® Active Administrator® management pack. See Configuring SCOM integration in the Active Administrator User Guide.

To edit the System Center Operations Manager Alert Notification

Open the Web Console. See Opening the Web Console.

Select Monitor | Active Directory Health.

Click Notifications.

Locate the System Center Operations Manager Alert Notification.

Click Edit.

By default, SCOM alert notification is enabled. To disable the SCOM alert notification, clear the check box.

By default, notifications are sent to SCOM when the alert is warning, critical, and cleared. To disable a notification, clear the check box.

Click Next.

Review the selections, and click Finish.

Click Finish. See Viewing alert notifications.

Limiting notifications

To prevent being overwhelmed with notifications, you set up the notification limiter to govern the number of notifications sent within a specified time period. For example, you set the notification limit to 100 notifications within 20 minutes with a 10 minute reset time, which is the default. Once 100 notifications are sent within the 20 minute time period, notifications are suspended for 10 minutes, which is the reset time.

The Notification Limiter dialog indicates if notifications are being sent or suspended and the countdown for the reset. Once the Current Count reaches the limit, the Reset Duration starts to increment. The Missed Notification indicates the number of notifications that were not sent. Click Refresh to renew the display information.Once the Reset Duration reaches the limit, all counts return to zero. You can manually reset the counter when notifications are suspended by clicking Reset.


	NOTE: The notification limit applies collectively to all email notifications sent from Directory Analyzer. Any email notification from Active Administrator Health, including Directory Analyzer agent notifications, increases the notification count in the notification limiter count by 1.

To limit notifications

Open the Web Console. See Opening the Web Console.

Select Monitor | Active Directory Health.

Click Notifications.

Click Limiter.

By default, the notification limiter feature is enabled. If you want unlimited notifications sent, clear the Enabled check box.

By default, an email is sent to the administrator when the limit is reached. To suppress the email, clear the check box.

Set the number of notifications to send within a specified time period. Once the limit is met, notifications are suspended until the reset time period is met.

Set the reset time period, which is the period of time to wait after the limit is met before automatically resetting the count.

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To renew the counter display, click Refresh.

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To reset the counters manually, click Reset.


	NOTE: Notifications must be in the Suspended state to reset the counters manually.

Click OK.