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Change Auditor - For Advanced Users 7.0.2 - Technical Insight Guide

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Change Auditor Services

Quest Change Auditor Coordinator Quest Change Auditor Workstation Agent Quest Change Auditor Agent Change Auditor for EMC

Change Auditor licensing processes

License check process Component licensing User counts

Change Auditor network communications

Service Connection Points

CN=ChangeAuditor.Coordinator CN=ChangeAuditor.Repository

Ports and protocols Network encryption

Secure password storage Client to coordinator connection Legacy (5.x) agent to coordinator connection Agent to coordinator connection (version 6.x and 7.0.1) Agent to coordinator connection (version 7.0.2) Coordinator to SQL Server connection

Coordinator internal tasks

Forest topology collection Group expansion Alert processing License check Remote deployment Agent heartbeat check Refresh coordinator statistics Event aggregator SQL upgrade monitor Open handle Scheduled purge job Scheduled archive job Scheduled report job

Registry Settings

Force agent port Force agent WCF port Force client port Force SDK port Use predefined GC for name resolution Allow collation switch Report zip limit SQL command timeout Enable ChangeAuditor Agent service to start with the Microsoft security update (KB2264107) Adjust memory dumps settings

Change Auditor built-in fault tolerance Change Auditor protection

Using multiple protection templates

How access rules are evaluated How scheduling and location works with denied access

Database Considerations

How to move the Change Auditor database and coordinator to another server How to estimate the required SQL server disk space How SQL Server Autogrow affects Change Auditor How to query an archive database

Account exclusions best practices

Change Auditor Services

This guide is intended for IT specialists who are involved in Change Auditor deployment, configuration, and maintenance. It provides a technical insight into the product components, operations, and processes.

The tables in this section provide a brief description of each of the Change Auditor services and their functions:

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Quest Change Auditor Coordinator

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Quest Change Auditor Workstation Agent

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Quest Change Auditor Agent

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Change Auditor for EMC

Quest Change Auditor Coordinator

Table 1. Quest Change Auditor coordinator service
Service Name	Quest.ChangeAuditor.Coordinator
Display Name	Quest Change Auditor Coordinator
Description	Coordinates various stages of Change Auditor process.
Default Path	%ProgramFiles%\Quest\ChangeAuditor\Service\ChangeAuditor.Service.exe
Startup Type	Automatic
Exe Name	ChangeAuditor.Service.exe

Quest Change Auditor Workstation Agent

Table 2. Quest Change Auditor Workstation Agent

Quest Change Auditor Agent

Quest Change Auditor Agent

%ProgramFiles%\Quest\ChangeAuditor\Agent\NPSrvHost.exe

The following Change Auditor modules are part of the core Quest Change Auditor Workstation Agent service:

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Change Auditor for Logon Activity

Quest Change Auditor Agent

Table 3. Quest Change Auditor agent service

Quest Change Auditor Agent

Quest Change Auditor Agent

%ProgramFiles%\Quest\ChangeAuditor\Agent\NPSrvHost.exe

The following Change Auditor modules are part of the core Quest Change Auditor Agent service:

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Change Auditor for Active Directory

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Change Auditor for Active Directory Queries (formerly ChangeAuditor for LDAP)

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Change Auditor for Defender

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Change Auditor for Exchange

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Change Auditor for NetApp

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Change Auditor for Authentication Services

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Change Auditor for SQL Server

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Change Auditor for Windows File Servers

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Change Auditor for Skype for Business

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Change Auditor for Logon Activity

The following Change Auditor modules are started as processes and appear in Task Manager:

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Change Auditor for SharePoint (SharePointPluginCA.exe)

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Change Auditor for VMware (VMwarePluginCA.exe)

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