Active Administrator 8.6.3 - User Guide

Managing monitored domain controllers

Managing monitored domain controllers

The first time you open the Agents option, the Monitored Domain Controllers page display is empty. The first task is to install a Active Directory Health Analyzer agent. See Installing Active Directory Health Analyzer agents. Once an agent is installed the Monitored Domain Controllers page lists the domain controllers monitored by Active Directory Health Analyzer agents. The name of the server monitoring each domain controller is listed in the Monitored by column.

NOTE: To help you assess the health of the monitored domain controllers, use the Summary tab in the Active Directory Health | Analyzer. See Analyzing Active Directory health.

Topics 

•	Adding monitored domain controllers

To manage monitored domain controllers

1	Select Active Directory Health | Agents.

2	Select the Monitored Domain Controllers tab.

3	Use the toolbar to manage domain controllers.

 

Table 55. Monitored domain controllers tool bar

Option	Description
Refresh	Refresh the list of monitored domain controllers.
Add	Install the Active Directory Health Analyzer agent. See Installing Active Directory Health Analyzer agents. If you want to add more monitored domain controllers, see Adding monitored domain controllers.
Properties	View details about the selected domain controller, including which server in the agent pool is monitoring the selected domain controller.
Remediations	Add, edit, or delete remediation actions.
Settings	Enable, disable, and edit data collectors and alerts for a one or all monitored domain controllers, domains, forests or sites. See Managing data collectors, Setting data collectors, Setting an authoritative RODC, and see Setting alerts. Manage Active Directory Health templates. See Active Directory Health Templates. Enable or disable purging and archiving of the alerts collected by the Active Directory Health Analyzer. See Purging and archiving alert history. Enable or disable purging and archiving of data collected by the Active Directory Health Analyzer. See Purging and archiving Active Directory Health Analyzer data.
Notifications	Add, edit, or remove Active Directory Health Analyzer notifications.
Limiter	Enable, disable, and edit time thresholds for notifications.
Remove	Remove the Active Directory Health Analyzer agent from selected domain controllers or remove the domain controller from being monitored by the agent pool.
Tasks	Manage the tasks that pertain to the monitored domain controllers. See Managing tasks.

Adding monitored domain controllers

Adding monitored domain controllers

If you want to add more domain controllers, you can use the Add Agent wizard where you can add a standalone agent to monitor a single domain controller. See Installing Active Directory Health Analyzer agents.

If you have a pool of agents, you can easily add more unmonitored domain controllers to be monitored by the agent pool.

NOTE: To see the list of unmonitored domain controllers, you must select the Display unmonitored domain controllers in the tree view check box in user options. See Setting Active Directory Health Analyzer options.

To add more monitored domain controllers

1	Select Active Directory Health | Analyze.

2	Expand Domains in the tree.

3	Expand the domain the holds the domain controllers you want to add.

4	Expand Unmonitored.

5	Select the domain controller to add.

6	Click Add Domain Controller.

7	Click Yes.

8	Click Refresh.

Managing data collectors

Managing data collectors

The Active Directory Health Analyzer module monitors domain controllers and presents data for you to troubleshoot issues. The data collectors are used to display information on the Details tabs and to trigger alerts.

Topics 

•	Setting permissions for data collectors

•	Setting data collectors

•	Adding performance counter data collectors

•	Adding Windows Services data collectors

•	Adding Event Log data collectors

•	Setting an authoritative RODC

•	Purging and archiving Active Directory Health Analyzer data

Setting permissions for data collectors

Setting permissions for data collectors

For the Active Directory Health Analyzer to acquire the necessary data, certain permissions and access are required. To capture all data collectors accessible by the Active Directory Health Analyzer:

•	The startup account for the Active Directory Health Analyzer agent must:

▪	have domain user and domain administrative privileges;

▪	be a member of the Distributed COM Users group; and

▪	be a member of the Performance Logs user group.

▪	The target server must have WMI remote access enabled.

To see the specific requirements for each individual data collector, see the Alerts Appendix.