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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

Building Active Directory structure

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Active Directory Infrastructure > Managing Active Directory sites > Building Active Directory structure

Building Active Directory structure

You can use Active Administrator® to add new Active Directory® objects, such as sites, connections, subnets, site links, and site link bridges.

Topics 
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Adding a new site
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Adding a new connection
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Adding a new subnet
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Adding a new site link
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Adding a new site link bridge

Adding a new site

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Active Directory Infrastructure > Managing Active Directory sites > Building Active Directory structure > Adding a new site

Adding a new site

To add a new site
1
Select Active Directory Infrastructure | Active Directory Sites.
2
Select a domain controller.
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NOTE: Use the icons to manage the selected managed domain controller. See Managing domain controllers.
3
Select a forest, and select New | New site.
4
On the Welcome page, click Next.
5
Type a name and description for the new site.
6
Click Next.
7
Select the subnets for the new site. If you do not see the subnet you need, click Add Subnets. See Adding a new subnet.
8
Click Next.
9
Select site links. If you do not see the site link you need, click Add Site Link. See Adding a new site link.
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Click Next.
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Click Finish.
12
Click Finish.

Adding a new connection

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Active Directory Infrastructure > Managing Active Directory sites > Building Active Directory structure > Adding a new connection

Adding a new connection

To add a new connection
1
Select Active Directory Infrastructure | Active Directory Sites.
2
Select a domain controller.
* 
NOTE: Use the icons to manage the selected managed domain controller. See Managing domain controllers.
3
Select a forest.
4
Select a site.
5
Select the server to replicate to, and select New | New Connection.
6
Type a name and description for the new connection.
7
Browse to select a server to replicate from.
8
To replicate now, click Replicate Now.

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To schedule a replication, click Change Replication Schedule.

a
Select the days and times to run replications using one of these methods:
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Click a time across the top row to select that time for every day of the week.
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Click a day in the left list to select all times for that day.
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Click and drag to select blocks of time for blocks of days.
b
Select to enable or disable replication.
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To enable replication for the selected days and times, select Replication Available.
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To clear replication for the selected days and times, select Replication Not Available.
c
Click OK.
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Click OK.

Adding a new subnet

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Active Directory Infrastructure > Managing Active Directory sites > Building Active Directory structure > Adding a new subnet

Adding a new subnet

To add a new subnet
1
Select Active Directory Infrastructure | Active Directory Sites.
2
Select a domain controller.
* 
NOTE: Use the icons to manage the selected managed domain controller. See Managing domain controllers.
3
Select a forest or site, and select New | New Subnet.
4
Type the name of the new subnet.

Enter the address prefix using network prefix notation (address/prefix length), where the prefix length indicates the number of fixed bits. You can enter either an IPv4 or an IPv6 subnet prefix.

IPv4 example: 157.54.208.0/24

IPv6 example: 3FFE:FFFF:0:C000::/64

5
Type a description.
6
Click OK.
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