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From the left pane, select Agent (under the Configuration task list) to display the Agent Configuration page. |
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Click Event Logging. |
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Click OK to save your selection and close the dialog. |
The Coordinator Configuration page is displayed when Coordinator is selected from the Configuration task list in the navigation pane of the Administration Tasks page.
This page consists of the following panes:
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SMTP Configuration - for enabling and configuring email alerting and reporting. |
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Group Membership Expansion - for defining the schedule for expanding nested membership of Active Directory groups that are referenced in searches (Who search criteria) or groups that are defined in the Member of Group auditing feature. |
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Agent Heartbeat Check - for specifying how long the coordinator service is to wait before an agent that is not sending updates will be marked as ‘inactive’. By default, the agent will be marked inactive after 30 minutes and the coordinator service will not attempt to restart the agent service. |
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Click Configuration. |
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Select Coordinator in the Configuration task list to open the Coordinator Configuration page. |
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On the SMTP Configuration pane, select the Enable SMTP for Alerts option to enable email alert notifications and reporting. Checking this option activates the remaining fields on this page to define the mail server to be used. |
NOTE: Use the browse button to the right of the From Address field to launch the Select Exchange Users dialog.
If the Exchange Host information is entered at the bottom of the SMTP Configuration pane, an Exchange tab is added to this dialog. On this tab, enter a string at least three characters long in the Find field and click Search to lookup and select an Exchange user. |
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If the Exchange Host information is entered at the bottom of the SMTP Configuration pane, an Exchange tab is added to this dialog. On this tab, enter a string at least three characters long in the Find field and click Search to lookup and select an Exchange user. |
NOTE: Use the button to the right of the Alert Subject field to insert a variable into the subject line or to reset it back to the default content. |
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Optionally, click Configure Body to open the Alert Body Configuration dialog where you can define the content of the main body, the event details and the signature to be included in your alert emails. After configuring the alert body, click OK to return to the Coordinator Configuration page. |
NOTE: The Alert Body Configuration settings do not apply to email reports. To define the content (columns) to be included in a report, use the Layout tab. In addition, you can use the Report Layouts page (Administration Tasks page) to create customized report layout template(s) defining the header and footer information to be used in your reports. |
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If the specified mail server requires authentication, select the My Server Requires Authentication check box and enter the account credentials to be used. |
NOTE: Use the button to the right of the Account Name field to launch the Select User dialog (Directory object picker). From this dialog, use the Browse or Search page to locate and select a user. |
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Exchange Host - Enter the internet host name of your Exchange mail server. Use the field to the far right of the Exchange Host field to specify the Exchange version for your Exchange host. |
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Email - Enter your full email address. |
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My Host Requires Authentication - Select this check box if the Exchange host requires authentication and enter the Account Name and Password used to log into your email account. |
NOTE: Use the button to the right of the Account Name field to launch the Select User dialog (Directory object picker). From this dialog, use the Browse or Search page to locate and select a user. |
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Click Test SMTP to test the mail server configuration. |
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Once the mail server configuration is verified, click Apply Changes to save the configuration. |
Now that SMTP alerting/reporting is enabled and configured, you can enable email alert notifications for individual search definitions using the Alert tab (Search Properties tabs) and/or reporting for individual search definitions using the Report tab (Search Properties tabs).
In addition to the customizable fields (Reply To, Alert Subject and Signature) on the Coordinator Configuration dialog, you can use the Configure Body button to define the content to be used in the main body of your alert emails as well as the event details to be included.
NOTE: The Alert Body Configuration settings do not apply to email reports. To define the content (columns) to be included in a report, use the Layout tab. In addition, you can use the Report Layouts page (Administration Tasks page) to create customized report layout templates defining the header and footer information to be used in your reports. |
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Click Configure Body to display the Alert Body Configuration dialog. |
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On the Alert Body Configuration dialog, select the appropriate option (at the bottom of the dialog) to edit either the Plain Text (default) or the HTML representation of the alert emails. Use the tabbed pages to define the content of alert emails as described below. |
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Once defined, click OK to save your settings and close the Alert Body Configuration dialog. |
By default, the Expand groups that are referenced in existing queries and selected groups option is selected on the group Membership Expansion pane of the Coordinator Configuration page. With the option selected, you can add groups to the Group Membership Expansion list as described below:
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Click Add to display the Add Groups dialog. |
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Use the Browse or Search page to locate and select a group to be added to this list. Once a group is selected, click Add to add it to the selection list at the bottom of the dialog. |
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Once you have selected all the groups to be added, click OK to save your selection. |
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Back on the Coordinator Configuration page, click Apply Changes to apply your changes regarding group membership expansion. |
You will also see information regarding the status of reach job including:
When scheduling your jobs, consider the following:
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When multiple jobs types are scheduled to run close together the following behavior will occur:
During a purge and/or archive job, consider the following:
After the purge and/or archive job completes, consider the following:
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