Active Administrator 8.7 - User Guide

Purging Active Directory backups

Purging Active Directory backups

You can purge Active Directory® backups on demand or schedule a backup purge.

Topics 

•	Purging Active Directory backups on demand

•	Scheduling an Active Directory backup purge

To purge Active Directory backups

1	Select Recovery | Purge Backups.

The top pane displays the history of purging Active Directory backups. To view details about a selected Active Directory backup purge history item, hover the cursor over .

The bottom pane displays the maintenance tasks specific to purging Active Directory backups.

2	Use the options on the tool bar to manage Active Directory backup history.

 

Table 95. Purging Active Directory backups tool bar

Option	Description
Purge Now	Purge backup files from the live audit database. See Purging Active Directory backups on demand.
Schedule	Schedule the purge process. See Scheduling an Active Directory backup purge.
Refresh	Refresh the display.
Export History	Export the backup purge history to a .csv file.
Clear History	Clear the backup purge history.
Tasks	Refresh the tasks list, view task properties, send a selected task to email recipients, and group the list of tasks by status. See Managing tasks.

Purging Active Directory backups on demand

Purging Active Directory backups on demand

Deletes backups permanently from the live audit database based on the selected purge options.

NOTE: To schedule the purge process, see Scheduling an Active Directory backup purge.

To purge Active Directory® backups

Deletes backups permanently from the live audit database based on the selected purge options.

1	Select Recovery | Purge Backups.

2	Click Purge Now.

3	Type a date or select a date from the calendar.

4	Click Purge Now.

Scheduling an Active Directory backup purge

Scheduling an Active Directory backup purge

To schedule an Active Directory® backup purge

1	Select Recovery | Purge Backups.

2	Click Schedule.

3	By default, scheduling is enabled. You can create a schedule and then disable it until you need it.

4	Active Administrator® keeps 90 days of backups in the Active Administrator share. To change the value, type a number in the box.

5	Type a description of the schedule.

6	To change the default schedule, click Update.

7	Set the schedule.

8

Click OK.

9	Click Save.

 

Active Directory Infrastructure

The Active Directory Infrastructure module enables you to manage Active Directory® sites, subnets, site links, replication, and global catalog servers.

Topics 

•	Using the Active Directory Infrastructure landing page

•	Managing Active Directory sites

•	Monitoring replication

•	Using the replication analyzer

•	Managing Active Directory trusts