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Active Administrator 8.6.3 - 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
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Adding computers

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Certificates > Managing computers > Adding computers

Adding computers

To manage certificates on a computer, you must first add the computer. Only the computers listed in the Available computers list are monitored for certificate management.

To add computers to view certificates
1
Select Certificate | Certificate Management.
2
Click Computers.
3
Click Add to add new computers to the list.
4
To populate the Available computers list, choose between adding selected computers, loading computers from selected OUs or loading computers from selected groups. You can use a combination of these options to populate the list of computers.

To add selected computers

a
Select Select Computers.

-OR-

Browse and select one or more computers.

c
Click Add to add the computers to the list of Available computers.

To add computers in OUs

a
Select Select Organizational Units.

-OR-

Browse and select one or more OUs.

NOTE: To reload the list of objects, click Refresh. All selections are cleared and any newly added OUs appear in the list.
e
Click Add to add the computers from the selected OUs to the list of Available Computers.

To add computers in Groups

a
Select Select Groups.

-OR-

Browse and select one or more groups.

NOTE: To reload the list of objects, click Refresh. All selections are cleared and any newly added groups appear in the list.
e
Click Add to add the computers from the selected groups to the list of Available Computers.
5
To manage the Available computers list, you can filter the list and remove computers you no longer need to monitor.
To filter the list, start typing in the Filter Computers box. The list filters as you type.

To exclude selected stores

b
Click Stores.

You can filter the list of stores or use Select all/Clear all to manage the list.

d
e
Click Yes to confirm the excluded stores.
7
By default, the Active Administrator® Foundation Service Credentials are used to retrieve certificates from the selected computers. If you want to specify a different account, clear the check box, and enter the username, or browse to select an account, and enter the password.
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NOTE: Active Administrator validates each computer, in the order they appear in the Available computers list. If you selected several computers and the process is taking too long or you are getting errors, you can cancel the process. Click Cancel in the progress bar, and click Yes to confirm. If you want to repeat the test, click Test.
9
Click Close.

Excluding stores

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Certificates > Managing computers > Excluding stores

Excluding stores

You can exclude selected stores on a specified computer from certificate monitoring.

To exclude stores
1
Select Certificate | Certificate Management.
2
Click Computers.

Filter the list, if necessary. Start typing in the Filter computers box. The list filters as you type.

4
Click Stores.

Filter the list, if necessary. Start typing in the Filter stores box. The list filters as you type.

6
Use Select all/Clear all to manage the list.
7
8
Click Yes to confirm the excluded stores.

Removing computers

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Certificates > Managing computers > Removing computers

Removing computers

Removing a computer only removes it from Certificate Management. You can add it back at any time.

To remove computers
1
Select Certificate | Certificate Management.
2
Click Computers.
3
Filter the list, if necessary. Start typing in the Filter computers box. The list filters as you type.
5
Click Remove.
6
Click Close.

Disabling certificate management

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Certificates > Managing computers > Disabling certificate management

Disabling certificate management

You can disable or enable dynamic monitoring of certificates on selected computers. To disable or enable dynamic monitoring of certificate management entirely, see Setting certificate configuration.

If you disable dynamic monitoring of certificates, you can update the Active Administrator® database manually at any time by clicking Sync for a selected managed computer.

To disable certificate management on selected computers
1
Select Certificate | Certificate Management.
2
Click Computers.
4
Click Disable.
5
Click Yes.

The icon next to the computers dims indicating that dynamic monitoring is disabled.

NOTE: You also can disable a selected computer by clicking Edit, clearing the Enabled check box, and clicking OK.
6
Click Close.

The computer remains in the selection list and the last synced display of certificates remains.

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