Active Administrator 8.7 - User Guide

Running a configuration report

Running a configuration report

The configuration report captures all the settings for Active Administrator® servers.

You can send the report by email and/or save it to a file. You also can generate the report in a report editor. To schedule the report, see Scheduling a configuration report.

NOTE: The generation time is dependent on the number of servers. The Delivery Report option does not load a report editor and is therefore recommended.

To send a configuration report by email or save to a file

1	Select Settings | Configuration Report.

2	Select Delivery report, if necessary.

3	Change the default report name if desired.

4	By default, the date and time are appended to the end of the file name. Clear the check box if you do not want the date and time appended to the file name.

5	By default, a PDF file is created. You can choose a different format.

6	You can send the report by email and save it to a file.

To send an email

a	Click Email, if necessary.

b	By default, the logged in account displays in the Email Addresses list. To add more recipients, click Add, type the email addresses, and click OK.

 

NOTE: To manage the configuration report email address list, see Managing email addresses.

c	Modify the default subject line if desired.

d	Set the priority of the email.

To save the file to a folder

a	Click Save to Folder.

b	Click Add.

c	Add a path to the location where you want to store the report file.

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Click OK.

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Click OK.

To generate a configuration report and display in a report editor

1	Click Settings | Configuration Report.

2	Select Interactive.

3	By default, the status of the agent is included. To exclude the agent status, clear the check box.

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Click OK.

Managing email addresses

Managing email addresses

You can manage the lists of email addresses used when sending most notifications in Active Administrator. The email addresses display as the default in the individual feature. Changes can be made to the lists within the individual feature, so click Refresh to load the current email address lists.

Topics 

•	Managing the AA Owner email address

To manage email addresses

1	Select Settings | Email Configuration.

2	Expand the module to view the email lists you can manage. Select the email list to display the email addresses.

 

Table 118. Email address lists

Module	Email address list	Original email list
AA Owners Address	See Managing the AA Owner email address.	The Active Administrator owner was identified in the AA Configuration Wizard.
Configuration	Service Monitoring Policy	Setting service monitoring policy
	Assessment Report: Forest	Running an assessment report
	Assessment Report: Replication Status	Running an assessment report
	Configuration Report	Running a configuration report
Security & Delegation	Inactive Accounts	Managing inactive accounts
	Password Reminder Settings	Sending password reminders
	Account Expiration	Sending account expiration notifications
	Active Templates	Setting Active Template options
Active Directory Health	Active Directory Health Agent Auto Deploy	Setting up automatic Active Directory Health Analyzer agent deployment
	Active Directory Health Agent Daily Performance	Setting up performance monitoring
	Active Directory Health Agent Notification Settings	Sending agent notifications
	Azure AD Connect Notifications	Viewing Azure Active Directory Connect alerts
	All Active Directory Health Notifications | notification name	Creating alert notifications
Certificates	Certificate Settings	Setting up certificate email notifications
Auditing & Alerting	Agent Auto Deploy Configuration	Automating audit agent deployment
	Auditing and Alerting Alerts | alert name	Creating an alert

3	Use the tool bar options to manage the lists of email addresses.

 

Table 119. Email address options

Option	Description
Add	Add email addresses.
Delete	Delete selected email addresses.
Save	Save the changes on the selected feature. NOTE: There is only one email address for AA Owners Address so Save is the only option. You have options to apply the email address change to the other email lists. See Table 120.
Save All	Save all changes on all features.
Filter	Filter the list of Auditing and Alerting History Items to display specific history items.You can filter by date, date range, and event definition. See Scheduling a configuration report.
Refresh	Refresh the list of email addresses from the Active Administrator database.

Managing the AA Owner email address

Managing the AA Owner email address

The Active Administrator owner was identified in the AA Configuration Wizard. The address of the AA Owner also appears as the default in all email lists. When you change the email address of the AA Owner, you can choose how to apply the new email address in the other email lists. See Table 120.

To manage the AA Owner email address

1	Select Settings | Email Configuration.

1	Select AA Owners Address.

2	Click Add.

3	Type the email address, and click OK.

4	Select how to apply the setting. See Table 120.

 

Table 120. AA Owner Address options

Option	Description
Do not update other settings	Do not change the address of the AA Owner in the other email lists. Only the global AA Owner email is changed.
Overwrite old email with new one in all settings	In all email lists, change the email address of the AA Owner to the new email address.
Add new email in all settings	Keep the old email address of the AA Owner in all email lists and add the new email address.

Scheduling a configuration report

Scheduling a configuration report

You can schedule the Configuration Report to run at a specified time, to deliver the report by email to specified recipients, and to save the configuration report to a file share.

To schedule a configuration report

1	Select Settings | Schedule Configuration Report.

2	Select the check box to enable the schedule.

3	By default, the status of the agent is included. To exclude the agent status, clear the check box.

4	Set the delivery options. See Running a configuration report.

▪	To change the default schedule, click Set schedule, set the schedule, and click OK.

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Click OK.