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Active Administrator 8.6 - 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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Enabling logging

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Group Policy > Troubleshooting > Enabling logging

Enabling logging

By default, no logging is enabled. Be aware that selecting any logging option can cause an increase in disk usage as the log files grow.

To enable logging for troubleshooting
1
Select Group Policy | Troubleshooting.
2
Type a computer name, or browse to locate a computer.
3
Click Retrieve Events.

All Group Policy Events for the selected computer display. To refresh the Group Policy events list, click Refresh Events.

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Set Group Policy logging options. By default, no logging is enabled.
 

Table 88. Group policy logging options

Option

Description

Generate GP events to the Application Event Log

Select Detailed to enable detailed Group Policy logging to the Windows® application log.

NOTE: Enabling Group Policy logging slows down the logon process and affects the rate at which the application log will grow.

Generate logging relating to Software Deployment Group Policies

Select Verbose to enable logging of the Group Policy Application Deployment process.

NOTE: Enabling Group Policy software deployment logging slows down the logon process and generates a log file that records the steps of the Group Policy application deployment component.
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To start logging, reboot the computer after applying the changes or have the user log off and then back on.
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To view the Appmgmt.log file, select View Logs | Software Deployment Log.

Generate logging for Group Policies relating to User Configuration

By default, Active Administrator® generates a troubleshooting file. To enable detailed logging, select Verbose Logging from the Level list.

NOTE: Verbose logging significantly increases the size of the UserEnv.log file on the target computer.
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To view the UserEnv.log file, select View Logs | User Config Log.
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Click Apply Changes.

Updating Group Policy

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Group Policy > Troubleshooting > Updating Group Policy

Updating Group Policy

To update Group Policy
1
Select Group Policy | Troubleshooting.
2
Type a computer name, or browse to locate a computer.
3
Click Retrieve Events.
4
From the tool bar, select the option for updating group policies.
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To apply Group Policy settings whether they have changed or not, select Force Update.
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To apply only changed Group Policy settings, select Do Not Force Update.
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Click Update Group Policies.

Purging GPO history

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Group Policy > Purging GPO history

Purging GPO history

You can purge GPO history on demand or schedule a GPO history purge.

Topics 
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Purging GPO history on demand
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Scheduling a GPO history purge
To purge GPO history
1
Select Group Policy | Purge GPO History.

The top pane displays the GPO history. To view details about a selected GPO history item, hover the cursor over .

The bottom pane displays the maintenance tasks specific to the Purge GPO History feature. See Managing tasks.

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Use the options on the tool bar to manage purging and archiving.
 

Table 89. Purge GPO history tool bar

Option

Description

Purge Now

Purge Group Policy history from the live audit database. See Purging GPO history on demand.

Schedule

Schedule a Group Policy history purge. See Scheduling a GPO history purge.

Refresh

Refresh the display.

Export History

Save the Group Policy history to a .csv file.

Clear History

Clear the Group Policy history.

Tasks

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

Purging GPO history on demand

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Group Policy > Purging GPO history > Purging GPO history on demand

Purging GPO history on demand

Deletes Group Policy history items permanently from the live audit database based on the selected purge options. To schedule the purge process, see Scheduling a GPO history purge.

To purge GPO history
1
Select Group Policy | Purge GPO History.
2
Click Purge Now.
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By default, only the last 90 days of group history items are kept. To change the value, type in the box.
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Click Purge Now.
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