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Active Administrator 8.6.3 - 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
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Creating an archive database

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Configuration > Managing archive databases > Creating an archive database

Creating an archive database

To create a new archive database
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Select Configuration | Archive Databases.
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Click New.

You can either type the instance name or browse to it. If you browse, you will see all SQL servers in your subnet that are configured to advertise their presence. If you do not see your server on the list, you must type the name.

NOTE: If the Trust Server Certificate check box is not selected, Active Administrator will walk the validation chain until it finds a valid authority.
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If using an Azure SQL Managed instance, select SQL Server Authentication, enter a SQL user ID that has login privilege for the SQL Managed instance, and enter the password for the SQL account.

The characters in the password will be hidden. Each character will be represented by a displayed dot. Select Show Password to display the password.

If you do not select the check box, you can make it active at a later time.

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Click Advanced.

Using the default group types is recommended.

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Modifying archive database settings

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Configuration > Managing archive databases > Modifying archive database settings

Modifying archive database settings

To modify an archive database
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Select Configuration | Archive Databases.
3
Click Properties.
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Click Test to check if the server can connect to the selected archive database and to verify that the selected archive database is an Active Administrator® database.
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Migrating data to another database

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Configuration > Migrating data to another database

Migrating data to another database

The Active Administrator® Database Migration Tool helps you migrate data quickly and efficiently from a source database to a target database. For example, you created a new Active Administrator database and want to copy custom reports and alerts from an existing database. Use the Database Migration Tool to copy the existing data to your new database.

To use the Database Migration Tool
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Select Start | Quest | AA Database Migration Tool.
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On the Welcome page, click Next.
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Click Next.
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Click Next.
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Click Finish.
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Click Finish.

Setting a preferred domain controller

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Configuration > Setting a preferred domain controller

Setting a preferred domain controller

Preferred domain controllers are used when requesting resources from Active Directory®. Normally, Active Directory assigns you the closest domain controller. You can use this feature to specify a domain controller to be used when a domain controller has not already been specified.

You can select to verify if a preferred domain controller is offline before use. If the preferred domain controller is offline, you can choose to use the primary domain controller (PDC) of the domain or allow Active Directory to select a domain controller. The offline preferred domain controller is recorded in the server log.

To add preferred domain controllers
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Select Configuration | Preferred Domain Controllers.
2
Click Add.

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Browse for and select a domain. Select a domain controller.

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To delete preferred domain controllers
1
Select Configuration | Preferred Domain Controllers.
2
Click Delete All to delete all domain controllers in the list.

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Select specific domain controllers, and click Delete.

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