Installation Considerations for Active Administrator
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Installing and configuring Active Administrator
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Installing Active Administrator server
Configuring the server
Appendix: Active Administrator Server Manager
To run the AA Configuration Wizard
Applying a license file
Using a passphrase
Setting the Active Administrator database
Setting the Active Administrator archive database
Configuring purge and archive settings
Storing Active Administrator data
Setting up features and the owner
Configuring active template delegation enforcement
Configuring group policy history
Configuring Active Directory backups
Configuring Active Administrator users
Configuring service accounts
Connecting to System Center Operations Manager and Enabling SNMP Notifications
Reviewing selections
Installing Active Administrator console
Setting up the console
Setting up workstation logon auditing
Using Active Administrator
Starting the Active Administrator Server Manager
Managing the Active Administrator Foundation and Data Services
Managing Security
Managing the passphrase
Managing Active Administrator file security
Managing Active Administrator database security
Recovering from a lost passphrase
Managing Notification Services
Web Server Configuration
Configuring purge and archive settings
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NOTE: You can set more options to purge events, GPO history, and Active Directory® backups, and to archive events in the Active Administrator Console. |
To configure purging and archiving
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Table 1. Purge and archive options
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Storing Active Administrator data
The Active Administrator Path Selection page displays the default path to the folder where the Active Administrator data is stored.
The install process creates the ActiveAdministrator share, which contains five subfolders in which Active Administrator data is stored: ActiveTemplates, ADBackups, Config, GPOHistory, and GPORepository. You can create your own share as long as it resides on a server that is accessible by all Active Administrator users. Make sure the share has sufficient hard drive capacity. You can estimate that each GPO initially takes 2MB to back up. Each version saved thereafter is significantly smaller, about 10k on average. If you have a large Active Directory database, you should have 10GB available.
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IMPORTANT: If you create a share manually, you must use the name ActiveAdministrator for that share. Set authenticated users full control on the share permissions. If you would like to restrict permissions further, you can change the NTFS permissions. |