Active Administrator 8.6.2 - User Guide

Setting Active Directory Health Analyzer options

Setting Active Directory Health Analyzer options

The Active Directory Health Analyzer is used in the Active Directory Health module to monitor and troubleshoot Active Directory®. See  Active Directory Health.

To set Active Directory Health Analyzer options

1	Select Settings | User Options.

2	Click Active Directory Health Analyzer.

3	By default the Active Directory Health Analyzer screen you are viewing, which is the active screen, is refreshed every 60 seconds. You can turn off the refresh or adjust the refresh rate from 30 to 3600 seconds. If you turn off the refresh, you can refresh the screen manually.

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By default, the Active Directory Health Analyzer screens are cached. As you view more and more screens on multiple domain controllers, more memory is consumed. To clear the cache, you must restart Active Administrator®. If you turn off the cache, screens are not saved as you navigate from screen to screen.

5	By default, pending Active Directory Health Analyzer alerts display. If you want to view only the alerts, clear the check box.

6	By default, unmonitored domain controllers display in the tree. If you want to view only monitored domain controllers, clear the check box.

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Click OK.

Enabling console logging

Enabling console logging

To enable console logging

1	Select Settings | User Options.

2	Click Advanced.

3	By default, console logging is disabled. To enable console logging, select the check box.

▪	To view the contents of the AAConsoleLog.log file, click View Log File.

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Click OK.

Managing the Active Directory server

Managing the Active Directory server

Using the AA Server Manager tool, you can manage the Active Administrator® Foundation Service (AFS), the Active Administrator Data Service (ADS), and the Active Administrator Notification Service. You also can enable Full-Text Search, update the Active Administrator license, and configure the web server.

 

NOTE: The tasks available in AA Server Manager are also available as PowerShell® cmdlets. See Appendix C: PowerShell cmdlets

The AA Server Manager is available from the Start menu. You can perform these tasks with AA Server Manager:

•	Stopping and starting services

•	Setting the services startup accounts

•	Managing logging for services

•	Clearing the AFS cache

•	Setting port numbers for services

•	Enabling Full-Text Search

•	Updating Active Administrator licenses

•	Configuring the Web server

Stopping and starting services

Stopping and starting services

You can stop and start the Active Administrator® Foundation Service (AFS), the Active Administrator Data Services (ADS), and the Active Administrator Notification Service.

To stop and start services

1	From the Start menu, open AA Server Manager.

 

Table 122. Stop and start services

To:	Click:
Stop the AFS service	Stop AFS Service
Start the AFS service	Start AFS Service
Stop the ADS service	Stop ADS Service
Start the ADS service	Start ADS Service
Stop the Notification service	Stop
Start the Notification service	Start