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Active Administrator 8.7 - 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
Domain alerts Site alerts Forest alerts Azure Active Directory Connect alerts
Event Definitions PowerShell cmdlets

Deleting records

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DNS Management > Managing DNS servers > Deleting records

Deleting records

You also can delete records during a search. See Searching for DNS records.

To delete a record
1
Select DNS | DNS Management.
2
Select a DNS server from the list.
3
Expand the tree to locate the record to delete.
4
Select the record, and click Delete.
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Click Yes.

Running reports

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DNS Management > Managing DNS servers > Running reports

Running reports

You can run a server or domain report on a selected server. The server report lists zones for the selected server. The domain report lists the domains and resource records for the selected server.

To run reports
1
Select DNS | DNS Management.
2
Select a DNS server from the list.
3
Click Reports, and select a report.
4
Use the print editor icons to print, save, export, or email the report.
5
Click Back to return to the DNS Management window.

Editing DNS server properties

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DNS Management > Managing DNS servers > Editing DNS server properties

Editing DNS server properties

You can edit most properties of a DNS server.

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NOTE: DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) Sign the Zone and the monitoring features for DNS servers cannot be set using this feature in Active Administrator.
To edit server properties
1
Select DNS | DNS Management.
2
Select a DNS server from the list, and click Properties.
3
Use the tabs to make the necessary changes.
 

Table 107. DNS server properties tabs

Tab

Description

Interfaces

Select the IP addresses that will service DNS requests. You can select all IP addresses or individual IP addresses.

Forwarders

View a list of DNS servers that the selected server uses to resolve DNS queries if it is unable to resolve the query.

To modify the list, click Edit. You can add more servers to the list, reposition the servers in the list, and delete servers from the list.

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To add servers to the list, type the IP address in the box, and click Add.
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To reposition a selected server in the list, click Up or Down.
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To delete a selected server from the list, click Delete.

Advanced

Select advanced options for the selected DNS server:

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Disable recursion
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Enable BIND secondaries
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Fail on load if bad zone data
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Enable round robin
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Enable network ordering
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Secure cache against pollution
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Enable DNSSEC validation for remote responses
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Set name checking.
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Set how to load zone data on startup.

Automatic scavenging is not enabled by default. You can enable automatic scavenging and set a time period for the records.

NOTE: If you do not want to do automatic scavenging, you can run scavenging manually at any time. See Searching for DNS records.

To return the settings to the default, click Reset to Default.

Debug Logging

Select to record packets sent and received by the selected DNS server to a log file. Debug logging is enabled by default.

Event Logging

Select the level of events to record in the DNS event log.

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Click OK.

Editing zone properties

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DNS Management > Managing DNS servers > Editing zone properties

Editing zone properties

You can edit most properties of a zone.

To edit zone properties
1
Select DNS | DNS Management.
2
Select a zone from the list, and click Properties.
3
Use the tabs to make the necessary changes.
 

Table 108. Zone properties tabs

Tab

Description

General

Displays information about the zone.

To set aging/scavenging properties, click Aging.

Start of Authority (SOA)

Modify the SOA record for the domain.

Name Servers

Add, edit, or remove servers.

Zone Transfers

Unavailable for edit.

4
Click OK.
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