Active Administrator 8.6 - User Guide

Managing email addresses

Managing email addresses

You can manage the lists of email addresses used when sending most notifications in Active Administrator. The email addresses display as the default in the individual feature. Changes can be made to the lists within the individual feature, so click Refresh to load the current email address lists.

Topics 

•	Managing the AA Owner email address

To manage email addresses

1	Select Settings | Email Configuration.

2	Expand the module to view the email lists you can manage. Select the email list to display the email addresses.

 

Table 118. Email address lists

Module	Email address list	Original email list
AA Owners Address	See Managing the AA Owner email address.	The Active Administrator owner was identified in the AA Configuration Wizard.
Configuration	Service Monitoring Policy	Setting service monitoring policy
	Assessment Report: Forest	Running an assessment report
	Assessment Report: Replication Status	Running an assessment report
	Configuration Report	Running a configuration report
Security & Delegation	Inactive Accounts	Managing inactive accounts
	Password Reminder Settings	Sending password reminders
	Account Expiration	Sending account expiration notifications
	Active Templates	Setting Active Template options
Active Directory Health	Active Directory Health Agent Auto Deploy	Setting up automatic Active Directory Health Analyzer agent deployment
	Active Directory Health Agent Daily Performance	Setting up performance monitoring
	Active Directory Health Agent Notification Settings	Sending agent notifications
	Azure AD Connect Notifications	Viewing Azure Active Directory Connect alerts
	All Active Directory Health Notifications | notification name	Creating alert notifications
Certificates	Certificate Settings	Setting up certificate email notifications
Auditing & Alerting	Agent Auto Deploy Configuration	Automating audit agent deployment
	Auditing and Alerting Alerts | alert name	Creating an alert

3	Use the tool bar options to manage the lists of email addresses.

 

Table 119. Email address options

Option	Description
Add	Add email addresses.
Delete	Delete selected email addresses.
Save	Save the changes on the selected feature. NOTE: There is only one email address for AA Owners Address so Save is the only option. You have options to apply the email address change to the other email lists. See Table 120.
Save All	Save all changes on all features.
Filter	Filter the list of Auditing and Alerting History Items to display specific history items.You can filter by date, date range, and event definition. See Scheduling a configuration report.
Refresh	Refresh the list of email addresses from the Active Administrator database.

Managing the AA Owner email address

Managing the AA Owner email address

The Active Administrator owner was identified in the AA Configuration Wizard. The address of the AA Owner also appears as the default in all email lists. When you change the email address of the AA Owner, you can choose how to apply the new email address in the other email lists. See Table 120.

To manage the AA Owner email address

1	Select Settings | Email Configuration.

1	Select AA Owners Address.

2	Click Add.

3	Type the email address, and click OK.

4	Select how to apply the setting. See Table 120.

 

Table 120. AA Owner Address options

Option	Description
Do not update other settings	Do not change the address of the AA Owner in the other email lists. Only the global AA Owner email is changed.
Overwrite old email with new one in all settings	In all email lists, change the email address of the AA Owner to the new email address.
Add new email in all settings	Keep the old email address of the AA Owner in all email lists and add the new email address.

Scheduling a configuration report

Scheduling a configuration report

You can schedule the Configuration Report to run at a specified time, to deliver the report by email to specified recipients, and to save the configuration report to a file share.

To schedule a configuration report

1	Select Settings | Schedule Configuration Report.

2	Select the check box to enable the schedule.

3	By default, the status of the agent is included. To exclude the agent status, clear the check box.

4	Set the delivery options. See Running a configuration report.

▪	To change the default schedule, click Set schedule, set the schedule, and click OK.

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Click OK.

Checking status of the AFS server

Checking status of the AFS server

To check the status of the Active Administrator® Foundation Server (AFS), you can view real-time events, system logs, or system errors. You can save system logs and errors to a file and clear selected logs to manage disk space utilization.

To check the status of the AFS server

1	Select Settings | AFS Server Status.

2	You can view real-time events, system logs, or system errors.

 

Table 121. AFS server status options

Option	Description
General	View real-time events. The real-time event trace displays 500 events before the display rolls over. You can pause the event trace if you see an item you want to investigate. • To pause the event trace, click Pause Events. When you are done examining the list of events, click Resume Events. • To select all events to copy to the clipboard, click Select All Events. • To clear the display, click Clear All Events. • To filter the displayed events, click , and select one or more filters. • To limit the information that displays, click , and select a display option. • To enable verbose logging, click , and click Enable Verbose Logging. NOTE: Verbose logging can impact performance. It is not recommended that you keep verbose logging enabled.
System Logs	View system logs. • To limit the type of log entries that display, select a category. All log entries display by default. • To filter the displayed log entries, start typing in the box. • To copy the displayed log entries to the clipboard, click Copy. • To save the displayed log entries to a .log file, click Save. • To clear a selected log, click Clear Log.
System Errors	View system errors. • To limit the type of log entries that display, select a category. All log entries display by default. • To filter the displayed log entries, start typing in the box. • To copy the displayed log entries to the clipboard, click Copy. • To save the displayed log entries to a .log file, click Save.