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Active Administrator 8.6.3 - Web Console User Guide

Active Administrator Web Console Overview Active Directory Health Alerts Notifications Active Directory Health Check
Using the Health Check landing page Creating a Health Check Setting options for Health Check tests Purging Health Check History Health check tests
Forest tests Domain tests Domain controller tests Site tests
Active Directory Topology Reports Network Operations Center

Site details

Information only.

 
Table 7. Site details
Field
Description

Group caching enabled

Indicates if group caching is enabled or disabled.

Intersite topology generation

Indicates if intersite topology generation is enabled or disabled.

Intrasite topology generation

Indicates if intrasite topology generation is enabled or disabled.

Intersite topology generator

Name of the intersite topology generator.

Domain controllers

Number of domain controllers

Site links

Number of site links.

Too few global catalog servers in site

Indicates if the number of global catalog servers in a given site is less than or equal to the configured threshold.

Requirements
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Supported on: Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019
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Required permissions: Domain user privilege is required.
Description

Each site in an Active Directory® enterprise should have at least one domain controller configured as a global catalog. The workstation login process always attempts to contact a global catalog server, and if none are running at the site where the workstation resides, the workstation will connect to a global catalog server outside of the site, which can cause excess WAN traffic and unnecessary delays in the login process.

Resolution
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Configure a domain controller as a global catalog server.

 

Active Directory Topology

Topics:  
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Viewing Active Directory forest topology
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Viewing alerts
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Customizing the topology layout

Viewing Active Directory forest topology

For a selected forest, you can view and customize a topology diagram, and quickly see a list of domain controllers with their roles.

To view Active Directory topology
1
Open the Web Console. See Opening the Web Console.
2
Select Monitor | Active Directory Topology.
3
Type a forest name, or click in the box to select from a list of previously discovered forests.
4
Every three hours, the Active Administrator® Foundation Service (AFS) server updates the topology data in the cache with the latest data from Active Directory® Service. If you want to update the forest topology data when you run the topology and update the domain controller list, select Update topology. Otherwise, if the check box is not selected, the forest topology data is loaded from the cache.
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NOTE: Once you click to load the forest topology data and update the domain controller list, the check box is hidden from the display. To restore the check box, clear the forest name box.
5
Click to load the forest topology data.
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NOTE: If you typed a forest name that is not in the list of previously discovered forests or if the Update topology check box is selected, a pop-up message displays every 15 seconds while data is being collected by the computer running Active Administrator®. If the forest is large, there may be a delay loading the domain controller list.
6
Select the domain controllers.
To filter the list, start typing in the Search domain controllers box. The list filters as you type. To clear the filter, press Esc.
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NOTE: It is recommended that you limit the number of domain controllers in the diagram to 80 or less.
7
Click Run.
The Topology tab opens to display an interactive forest topology diagram. The intra-site replication links are shown in blue and the inter-site replication links are shown in gray. You can click and drag the sites and domain controllers to rearrange the diagram. See Customizing the topology layout.
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Use the tool bars to manipulate the topology diagram. There are two tool bars for the Topology Viewer. One is located at the top of the page and the second is located below the diagram design area
Table 1. Topology tool bar at the top of the page
Option
Description

Print

Print the topology diagram.

Zoom to fit

Zoom the diagram to fit the screen vertically. If the diagram fits the screen vertically, zooms the diagram to fit the screen horizontally.

Auto layout

Switch between the current layout and an optimized layout, which minimizes overlap between the site or domain nodes.

NOTE: If the layout is already optimized, a message displays.

Reload

Reload the last saved layout.

Save layout

Save the layout for the selected forest topology. See Customizing the topology layout.

Edit layout

Edit the layout for the selected forest topology. See Customizing the topology layout.

Show alerts

Show or hide the server and replication alert status. See Viewing alerts.

Info

View details about the selected domain controller. Details include general information about the domain controller, operating system details, memory size and available space, disk size and available space, network adapters, and alerts.

Help

Displays list of keyboard shortcuts. See Table 3: Keyboard Shortcuts.

 
Table 2. Topology diagram tool bar under the topology diagram design area
Option
Description

Refresh

Refresh the alerts. If Alert is not selected, clicking Refresh displays the Alert Summary. See Viewing alerts.

Pause

Pause the alert refresh.

Domain view

Select to view the domain topology.

Site view

Select to view the site topology.

Alert status

If Alert is selected, displays the date and time of the last update and the number of alerts that match the topology diagram.

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