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Active Administrator 8.6.2 - 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

Creating a simulation

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Group Policy > Modeling GPO changes > Creating a simulation

Creating a simulation

To create a simulation
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Select Group Policy | GPO Modeling.
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Click New.
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NOTE: You also can select an existing simulation, and click Copy Simulation to create a new simulation by making minor changes.
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On the Welcome page, click Next.
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Browse to select a domain.
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Browse to select a domain controller.
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Choose a site for the simulation from the list.
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Click Next.
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Select the simulation.
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NOTE: The user or computer does not have to be a direct member of a listed group. If the user or computer belongs to a group that is a member of another group, that user or computer is a member of the parent group as well and is listed.
NOTE: To reload the list of OUs, click Refresh. All selections are cleared and any newly added OUs appear in the list.
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To simulate user policy settings, choose either user or container, and browse to find the user or container.
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To simulate computer policy settings, choose either computer or container, and browse to find the computer or container.
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Select to simulate slow network connection, if desired.
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Select to perform loop-back process if desired. Choose to merge or replace.
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Click Next.
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Optionally, browse to locate the network location to simulate the policy settings for users or computers.
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Click Next.
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Select group memberships.

The everyone and authenticated users groups are automatically added to the simulation and cannot be removed. You can add additional groups to simulate group membership changes.

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Optionally, click Add for user or computer security groups, select groups, and click OK.
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Click Next.
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Click Finish.

The simulation displays in a report.

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To print the simulation report, right-click in the window and choose Print.
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Close the report window.
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To view the report again, select the simulation, and click View Report.
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To save a selected simulation to an HTML file, click Save Report.
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To run a selected simulation again, click Run Again.
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To delete a selected simulation, click Delete.

Managing GPO backups

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Group Policy > Managing GPO backups

Managing GPO backups

Another feature unique to Active Administrator® is the ability to back up an entire Group Policy object (GPO) to a folder structure from where it can be restored if needed. This feature provides a high level of fault tolerance and recoverability that was never before possible with any other tool.

Topics 
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Backing up Group Policy objects
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Scheduling a GPO backup
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Scheduling a purge of GPO backups
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Comparing Group Policy backups
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Restoring a Group Policy object
To manage GPO backups
1
Select Group Policy | GPO Backup.
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Use the tool bar to manage GPO backups.
 

Table 85. GPO backup tool bar

Option

Description

Refresh

Refresh the display.

Backup Group Policy

Back up group policies. See Backing up Group Policy objects.

Restore Group Policy

Restore selected group policies. See Restoring a Group Policy object.

Remove

Delete a selected backup.

Show Settings

Display a selected backed up Group Policy in a report. To print the report, right-click in the window, and choose Print.

Compare

Compare two or more selected Group Policy backups. See Comparing Group Policy backups.

Schedule

Schedule a GPO backup. See Scheduling a GPO backup,

Schedule Purge

Schedule a purge of GPO backups. See .

Backing up Group Policy objects

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Group Policy > Managing GPO backups > Backing up Group Policy objects

Backing up Group Policy objects

Back up your Group Policy objects before making any changes. You can restore the backup if a problem arises. You also can create a schedule to back up all the GPOs in selected domains. See Scheduling a GPO backup.

To back up Group Policy objects
1
Select Group Policy | GPO Backup.
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Click Backup Group Policy.
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Click Add GPOs.
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Select a domain.
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If you do not see the desired domain, click Add Forest and locate the forest with the desired domain.
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Select the Group Policy to back up, and click Add.
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Repeat for additional group policies in the selected domain.
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Click OK.
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Select the Group Policy, and click Backup.

Scheduling a GPO backup

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Group Policy > Managing GPO backups > Scheduling a GPO backup

Scheduling a GPO backup

You can create a schedule to back up all the GPOs in selected domains.

To schedule a GPO backup
1
Select Group Policy | GPO Backup.
2
Click Schedule.
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To enable scheduling, select the check box.
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To create the schedule, click Set Schedule, select the schedule type, and click OK.
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To add domains to the backup schedule, click Add, select the domains, and click OK.
 
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NOTE: All the GPOs in the domain are backed up.
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Click OK.
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