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Active Administrator 8.6.2 - User Guide

Active Administrator Overview User Provisioning Certificates Security & Delegation  Active Directory Health
Switching to Active Directory Health Using the Active Directory Health landing page Installing Active Directory Health Analyzer agents Using the Active Directory Health Analyzer agent configuration utility Excluding domain controllers Managing the Remediation Library Analyzing Active Directory health Analyzing Azure Active Directory Managing Active Directory Health Analyzer alerts Managing alert notifications Pushing alerts to System Center Operations Manager and SNMP managers Managing monitored domain controllers Managing data collectors Active Directory Health Templates Managing Active Directory Health Analyzer agents Using the Troubleshooter Recovering Active Directory Health data
Auditing & Alerting Group Policy Active Directory Recovery Active Directory Infrastructure DC Management DNS Management Configuration
Using the Configuration landing page Managing tasks Defining role-based access Setting email server options Configuring SCOM and SNMP Settings Setting notification options Setting Active Template options Setting agent installation options Setting recovery options Setting GPO history options Setting certificate configuration Setting service monitoring policy Managing archive databases Migrating data to another database Setting a preferred domain controller Setting up workstation logon auditing Managing configuration settings Setting user options Managing the Active Directory server
Diagnostic Console Alerts Appendix
Domain controller alerts
Active Directory Certificate Services service is not running Active Directory Domain Services is not running Active Directory Web Services service is not running Consecutive replication failures DC cache hits DC DIT disk space DC DIT log file disk space DC LDAP load DC LDAP response too slow DC Memory Usage DC properties dropped DC RID pool low DC SMB connections DC SYSVOL disk space DC time sync lost Detected NO_CLIENT_SITE record DFS Replication service not running DFS service is not running DFSR conflict area disk space DFSR conflict files generated DFSR RDC not enabled DFSR sharing violation DFSR staged file age DFSR staging area disk space DFSR USN records accepted DFSRS CPU load DFSRS unresponsive DFSRS virtual memory DFSRS working set DNS Client Service is not running Domain controller CPU load Domain controller page faults Domain controller unresponsive File Replication Service is not running File replication (NTFRS) staging space free in kilobytes GC response too slow Group policy object inconsistent Hard disk drive Intersite Messaging Service is not running Invalid primary DNS domain controller address Invalid secondary DNS domain controller address KDC service is not running LSASS CPU load LSASS virtual memory LSASS working set Missing SRV DNS record for either the primary or secondary DNS server NETLOGON not shared NetLogon service is not running Orphaned group policy objects exist Physical memory Power supply Primary DNS resolver is not responding Secondary DNS resolver is not responding Security Accounts Manager Service is not running SRV record is not registered in DNS SYSVOL not shared W32Time service is not running Workstation Service is not running
Domain alerts Site alerts Forest alerts Azure Active Directory Connect alerts
Event Definitions PowerShell cmdlets

Reporting on Group Policy objects

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Group Policy > Managing GPOs by container > Reporting on Group Policy objects

Reporting on Group Policy objects

To report on Group Policy objects
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Select Group Policy | GPO by Container.
3
Click Reports and select a report.

Table 81. GPO by container reports

Report

Description

Report Container GPO Links

Shows the Group Policy links and their settings for the selected container.

Selected GPO Settings

Shows the unique ID, number of revisions, created date, modified date, status of computer and user settings, Group Policy filters and Group Policy links for the selected Group Policy object in the selected domain.

Selected GPO Affected Registry Keys

Shows the registry keys affected by the selected Group Policy object in the selected domain.

Searching for GPO settings

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Group Policy > Searching for GPO settings

Searching for GPO settings

To help you manage GPOs in your domains, you can search for specific GPO settings to verify the correctness of the setting or to check for changes that may have been made. You can search for settings in the Live GPO, in the repository, in GPO history, and in GPO backups.

To search for GPO settings
1
Select Group Policy | GPO Settings Search.
5
If you do not see the domain you need, click Add Domain, select the domain, and click OK.
6
Click Search.

Managing GPO history

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Group Policy > Managing GPO history

Managing GPO history

History is kept for all Group Policy objects (GPOs) in your domains. The Group Policy history service automatically checks for changes and saves the changes to a file share on your network. The default folder created during installation is GPOHistory.

In GPO history, you can see exactly who made changes to the group policies and what they changed. If you do not like a change that someone made, you can roll back to a previous version of the GPO.

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To manage GPO history
1
Select Group Policy | GPO History.

The right pane displays the history versions, which are ordered by date of when the changes were made. You can view the revisions of the GPO, who made the changes, and on which domain controller the change was made.

Table 82. GPO history tool bar

Option

Description

Refresh

Refresh the Group Policy History list.

Edit GPO

Open the Group Policy Management Editor for the linked GPO.

Edit Comments

View basic information about a GPO history item, and add or edit comments.

Remove

Remove the selected GPO history item.

Remove GPO

Remove the selected GPO.

Roll Back

Rollback the GPO to the selected GPO history item. See Rolling back Group Policy.

More | GPO Settings

View detailed settings of the selected GPO history item.

More | Show Changes

View changes made to a selected GPO history item. You can export the report to a PDF, HTML, MHT, RTF, Excel, CSV, Text, or Image file.

Rolling back Group Policy

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Group Policy > Managing GPO history > Rolling back Group Policy

Rolling back Group Policy

If you notice changes that were not supposed to occur, you can roll back to a previous version of the Group Policy object (GPO). Rolling back causes the GPO to be set back in time to the exact settings as they were at a previous date.

To roll back Group Policy
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Click Group Policy | GPO History.
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Select if you want to roll back the GPO Security Filters and/or GPO Links.
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Click Yes.

Upon completion of the rollback, the list of GPO revisions increase by one to ensure that the GPO is applied the next time polices are refreshed.

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