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Active Administrator 8.8.1 - Maintenance Release Release Notes

Quest® Active Administrator® 8.8.1

Quest® Active Administrator® 8.8.1
This update includes the changes listed in the following sections. Quest may generate additional updates for future releases of the product.
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About this maintenance release

This maintenance release includes the changes listed in the following sections. Quest may generate additional updates for future releases of the product. For complete product information, refer to the Active Administrator 8.8 product documentation.

Resolved issues

The following is a list of issues resolved in this maintenance release.
 
Table 1. Resolved issues in this maintenance release
Resolved issue
Issue ID

AD Health Troubleshooter replication test may fail to run.

543028

Archive and purge tasks may not successfully complete.

540599

Duplicate events are being sent when a user is locked out.

545380

Check out operations are performed by the AFS account in the GPO Repository, which blocks other users from using them.

543881

 

Alerts emails are not being sent after upgrading to Active Administrator 8.8.

546660

Archive and purge scheduled jobs may inadvertently purge all data from the active database.

546243

Installing this maintenance release

Active Administrator has two main components: Server and Console. Install the Console component on any computer that requires it. The Server component needs to be installed on only one computer. Both the Console and Server components can be installed on the same server.

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NOTE: See the Quest Active Administrator Installation Guide for complete details.
To install Active Administrator server
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Unzip the Active Administrator folder, browse to the Installation folder, and run the Active Administrator 8.8 Server.msi.
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On the Welcome screen of the Install Wizard, click Next.
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Click View License Agreement.
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Scroll to the end of the license agreement.
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Click I accept these terms, and click OK.
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Click Next.
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To change the location of the program files, click Change, or click Next to accept the default installation directory.
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Click Install.
If you receive a message that some files are currently in use, click OK to close the applications automatically.
If you receive a message that setup was unable to close the applications, close the applications manually, and then click OK.
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Click Finish.
Launch Configuration Wizard is selected by default.
When you click Finish, you continue to the configuration wizard.
To install Active Administrator console
1
Unzip the Active Administrator folder, browse to the Installation folder, and run the Active Administrator 8.8 Console.msi.
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On the Welcome screen of the Setup Wizard, click Next.
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Click View License Agreement.
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Scroll to the end of the license agreement.
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Click I accept these terms, and click OK.
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Click Next.
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To change the location of the program files, click Change, or click Next to accept the default installation directory
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Click Install.
By default, the option to start the Active Administrator Console is selected. If you do not want to start the console, clear the check box.
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Click Finish.
The first time the Active Administrator console opens, you are asked to set the Active Administrator Server.
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Type the name of the server where Active Administrator Server is installed, or browse to locate a server.
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Click OK.
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NOTE: If you want to change the server, select Settings | Set Active Administrator Server.

 

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