Active Administrator 8.6.3 - User Guide

Clearing mutes

Clearing mutes

A heading displays on every analyzer page to indicate what object is muted, the time it was muted, and by whom it was muted. If more than one object is muted, only the number of muted objects displays. A mute automatically clears after one hour. You can quickly clear all mutes from the heading. You also can clear just a selected mute.

To clear all mutes

•	Click Clear All in the heading, and click Yes to confirm.

•	Click Details in the heading, click Clear All, and click Yes to confirm.

To clear a selected mute

1	Click Details in the heading.

2	Select a mute from the list.

3	Click Clear Mute.

4	Click Yes to confirm.

Viewing mute history

Viewing mute history

A history of mutes is kept so you can see the object that was muted, who set the mute and at what time, and who cleared the mute and at what time.

To view mute history

•	Click Mute History on any analyzer page.

▪	To sort the columns, click in the heading.

Managing alert notifications

Managing alert notifications

Active Directory Health Analyzer generates alerts when problems with Active Directory are detected. You can create notifications to send to specified email recipients. The wizard helps you create multiple types of notifications to address varied audiences and their specific needs. For more information on the types of alerts you can include in the notifications, see the Alerts Appendix.

For example, you might send only site alerts on a selected site to a certain user. You would exclude all forests, all domains, and all domain controllers from the notification. On the Site Selection page, you would choose the selected site.

Assign names and add descriptions to your alert notifications so you can easily manage the list. You can edit and remove alert notifications as your needs change.

Once you create alert notifications, you can see who alerts were sent to and when by displaying the details of an alert. See Viewing alerts and alert history.

IMPORTANT: To view, add, and edit alert notifications, the user must have: • the Active Directory Health Notification Management permission (See Defining role-based access.); • the Active Directory Health Alert Management permission (See Defining role-based access.); and • membership in the Administrators group on the computer where Active Administrator Foundation Service (AFS) is installed.

Topics 

•	Creating alert notifications

•	Editing alert notifications

•	Removing alert notifications

Creating alert notifications

Creating alert notifications

 

NOTE: To create an alert notification successfully, you must: • Add at least one email address. • Select at least one Active Directory object (forest, domain, domain controller, or site). • Select alerts to match the selected Active Directory object. For example, if you select only domain alerts, and select only domain controllers, you receive a warning.

To create an alert notification

1	Select Active Directory Health | Agents.

2	Open the Monitored Domain Controllers tab, if necessary.

3	Click Notifications.

 

NOTE: You also can manage notifications from Alerts | Notifications. See Viewing alerts and alert history.

4	Click Add.

5	Click Next.

6	Type a name and description for the alert notification.

By default, notifications for all alerts are enabled and notifications for all cleared alerts are enabled.

7	If notifications for an alert are enabled, optionally set whether to send or suppress notifications when an alert has cleared.

8	If notifications for cleared alerts is enabled, optionally, set whether to send or suppress cleared notifications if the alert clears within 15 minutes. You can adjust the time limit.

9	Click Next.

10	By default, all alerts are included in the notification. To send notifications for selected alerts, clear the check box, and select the alerts to include.

11	Click Next.

12	Review the alerts included in the notification. Click Next to complete the notification configuration or Back to make changes.

For more information on the alerts, see the Alerts Appendix.

13	Click Next.

14	By default all forests are included in the notification. You can choose to exclude all forests or include only selected forests.

To filter the list, start typing in the Filter by forest name box. The list filters as you type. You also can click the header to sort the list in ascending or descending order.

NOTE: If you select a forest, only forest alerts are included in the notification. The domains, domain controllers, and sites associated with the forest are not automatically included in the notification. You must select domains, domain controllers, and sites separately. If you select a forest, you must select at least one forest alert. If you receive a warning, go back and select a forest alert.

15	Click Next.

16	By default all domains are included in the notification. You can choose to exclude all domains or include only selected domains.

To filter the list, start typing in the Filter by domain name box. The list filters as you type. You also can click the header to sort the list in ascending or descending order.

NOTE: If you select a domain, only domain alerts are included in the notification. The domain controllers and sites associated with the domain are not automatically included in the notification. You must select domain controllers and sites separately. If you select a domain, you must select at least one domain alert. If you receive a warning, go back and select a domain alert.

17	Click Next.

18	By default all domain controllers are included in the notification. You can choose to exclude all domain controllers or include only selected domain controllers.

To filter the list, start typing in the Filter by domain controller name box. The list filters as you type. You also can click the header to sort the list in ascending or descending order.

NOTE: If you select a domain controller, you must select at least one domain controller alert. If you receive a warning, go back and select a domain controller alert.

19	Click Next.

20	By default all sites are included in the notification. You can choose to exclude all sites or include only selected sites.

To filter the list, start typing in the Filter by site name box. The list filters as you type. You also can click the header to sort the list in ascending or descending order.

NOTE: If you select a site, only site alerts are included in the notification. The domain controllers associated with the site are not automatically included in the notification. You must select domain controllers separately. If you select a site, you must select at least one site alert. If you receive a warning, go back and select a site alert.

21	Click Next.

22	Add, edit, or remove email addresses of the recipients of the notification.

 

NOTE: To manage email address list, you can edit the notification (see Editing alert notifications) or select the notification under All DA Notifications in Active Administrator Email Configuration (see Managing email addresses).

23	Click Next.

24	Review the selections, and click Finish.

25	Click Finish.

The alert notification is enabled automatically. If you want to disable the notification, see Editing alert notifications.