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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
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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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Setting up workstation logon auditing

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Configuration > Setting up workstation logon auditing

Setting up workstation logon auditing

With workstation logon auditing, you can audit user logon and logoff events including lock and unlock. See Monitoring user logon activity.

Deploying the workstation logon audit agent adds these workstation events to the event definitions:

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User Locked Workstation
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User Logoff
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User Logon (interactive)
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User Logon (Remote Desktop)
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User Unlocked Workstation
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Deploying the workstation logon audit agent
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Enabling the default port for the workstation logon auditing agent

Deploying the workstation logon audit agent

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Configuration > Setting up workstation logon auditing > Deploying the workstation logon audit agent

Deploying the workstation logon audit agent

To audit user logon events, you must enable workstation logon auditing and deploy the workstation logon audit agent to workstations and member servers. Once enabled, the workstation logon auditing service will send messages to the Active Administrator® server.

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NOTE: The workstation logon auditing service must run under context of the local system account.
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Enabling workstation auditing
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Deploying the workstation logon agent
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Deploying the workstation logon agent from a GPO

Enabling workstation auditing

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Configuration > Setting up workstation logon auditing > Deploying the workstation logon audit agent > Enabling workstation auditing

Enabling workstation auditing

To enable workstation logon auditing
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Select Configuration | User Logon Agent Settings.
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Enable workstation logon auditing and verify the port number. By default the port number is 15601, which is the port for Active Administrator Foundation Service (AFS).
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NOTE: If Windows® Firewall is enabled on the workstation where the Active Administrator Workstation Logon Auditing Agent is installed, you need to create an exception to allow communication with Active Administrator Foundation Service (AFS) through port 15601. See Enabling the default port for the workstation logon auditing agent.
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Click Save.

Deploying the workstation logon agent

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Configuration > Setting up workstation logon auditing > Deploying the workstation logon audit agent > Deploying the workstation logon agent

Deploying the workstation logon agent

To deploy the workstation logon agent
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Open Windows Explorer.
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Navigate to C:\Program Files\Quest\Active Administrator\Server\WorkstationLogonAuditAgent.
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Copy ActiveAdministrator.admx to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions on the domain controller.
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Copy ActiveAdministrator.adml to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US on the domain controller.
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Copy Active Administrator 8.6 Workstation Audit Agent.msi to a share where everyone has access.
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Start Active Administrator 8.6 Workstation Audit Agent.msi.
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On the welcome page, click Next.
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Accept the license agreement and click Next.
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Click Install.
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Click Finish.
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