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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

Restoring from a backup

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Active Directory Recovery > Restoring from a backup

Restoring from a backup

A wizard guides you through selecting objects and attributes to restore from a selected backup file. You also can set options for restoring a user password.

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IMPORTANT: If Password Recovery was disabled when the backup occurred, passwords were not backed up. If you restore a backup that does not contain passwords, you must dis-join and then rejoin computer accounts. To see if Password Recovery is enabled, select Configuration | Recovery Settings. See Setting recovery options.
To restore from a backup file
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Select Recovery | Object Recovery.
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Select a backup file, and click Restore.
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TIP: To narrow the list of backup files, you can select a single domain from the Domain list.
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On the Welcome page, click Next.
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Locate the objects to restore using one of these methods:
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To use the search feature to find the objects, click Find.
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To browse through the backup file to locate the objects, click Browse.
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Select an object, and click Compare.

Before restoring an archived object, you might want to compare the attributes with those of the same object in the Active Directory®.

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To filter the list, select which attributes to display.
 

Table 91. Filter options

Option

Description

Only attributes that differ

Select to show only the attributes whose values are different in the backup file and Active Directory.

Only attributes that are the same

Select to show only the attributes whose values are the same in the backup file and Active Directory.

Show all attributes

Select to show all the attributes in the backup file and Active Directory.

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Click Refresh.
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After examining the comparison, click Close.
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Click Next.
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Select the attributes to restore.
 

Table 92. Restore options for attributes

Option

Description

Restore all attributes

By default, all attributes for the specified object are restored.

Restore only security attributes

Select to restore only security attributes.

Restore only these attributes

Select to restore only the attributes selected in the list.

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Click Next.
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Browse to select the domain controller to restore to, if necessary.
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Select how to restore the attributes.
 

Table 93. Restore options for attributes

Option

Description

Only

By default, only the specified attributes for the selected object are restored.

And all objects it contains

Select to restore the specified attributes for objects contained by the selected object.

And all objects it contains of this type

Select to restore the specified attributes for objects of the selected type contained by the selected object. Select a type from the list.

Only recover deleted objects

Select to restore only objects that are in the backup file, but not the live database.

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Click Next.

When restoring a user that was deleted previously, you can enter a new password and require them to reset the password when they first log on.

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IMPORTANT: If Password Recovery was disabled when the backup occurred, passwords were not backed up. If you restore a backup that does not contain passwords, you must dis-join and then rejoin computer accounts.
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Set the options for restoring passwords.
 

Table 94. Restore options for passwords

Option

Description

Recover passwords from Active Directory

By default, passwords are restored. Password Recovery must be enabled when the backup occurs for passwords to be restored. See Setting recovery options.

NOTE: If selected, the Force change password at next logon check box is selected automatically and cannot be changed. Users must change their password the next time they logon.

Use this password for all undeleted user objects

Select to assign the same password to all undeleted user objects. Type a password in the Password and Confirm Password boxes.

Generate random passwords for undeleted user objects

Select to let Active Administrator® generate passwords.

Browse to create a text file in which to record the passwords that are generated.

You can change the minimum and maximum number of characters in the password. Each password has at least one lower-case character, one upper-case character, and one numeric character.

Force change password at next logon

Requires the user to change their password once they log on with the password you specified here (default).

NOTE: This check box is selected and disabled automatically if the Recover passwords from Active Directory check box is selected.
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Click Next.
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Review the settings.
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To check the object before you start the restore process, click Preview.
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To save the preview to a .txt file, click Save.
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To start the recovery, click Next.
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Click Finish.

Purging Active Directory backups

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Active Directory Recovery > Purging Active Directory backups

Purging Active Directory backups

You can purge Active Directory® backups on demand or schedule a backup purge.

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Purging Active Directory backups on demand
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Scheduling an Active Directory backup purge
To purge Active Directory backups
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Select Recovery | Purge Backups.

The top pane displays the history of purging Active Directory backups. To view details about a selected Active Directory backup purge history item, hover the cursor over .

The bottom pane displays the maintenance tasks specific to purging Active Directory backups.

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Use the options on the tool bar to manage Active Directory backup history.
 

Table 95. Purging Active Directory backups tool bar

Option

Description

Purge Now

Purge backup files from the live audit database. See Purging Active Directory backups on demand.

Schedule

Schedule the purge process. See Scheduling an Active Directory backup purge.

Refresh

Refresh the display.

Export History

Export the backup purge history to a .csv file.

Clear History

Clear the backup purge history.

Tasks

Refresh the tasks list, view task properties, send a selected task to email recipients, and group the list of tasks by status. See Managing tasks.

Purging Active Directory backups on demand

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Active Directory Recovery > Purging Active Directory backups > Purging Active Directory backups on demand

Purging Active Directory backups on demand

Deletes backups permanently from the live audit database based on the selected purge options.

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NOTE: To schedule the purge process, see Scheduling an Active Directory backup purge.
To purge Active Directory® backups

Deletes backups permanently from the live audit database based on the selected purge options.

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Select Recovery | Purge Backups.
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Click Purge Now.
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Type a date or select a date from the calendar.
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Click Purge Now.

Scheduling an Active Directory backup purge

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Active Directory Recovery > Purging Active Directory backups > Scheduling an Active Directory backup purge

Scheduling an Active Directory backup purge

To schedule an Active Directory® backup purge
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Select Recovery | Purge Backups.
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Click Schedule.
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By default, scheduling is enabled. You can create a schedule and then disable it until you need it.
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Active Administrator® keeps 90 days of backups in the Active Administrator share. To change the value, type a number in the box.
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Type a description of the schedule.
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To change the default schedule, click Update.
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Set the schedule.
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Click OK.
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Click Save.

 

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