Active Administrator 8.7 - User Guide

Viewing Azure Active Directory Connect connectors

Viewing Azure Active Directory Connect connectors

On the Connectors tab, you can view a list of the installed connectors, and properties, partitions, and run profiles of selected connectors.

To view connectors

1	Select Active Directory Health | Active Directory Connect.

2	Select an agent.

3	Open the Connectors tab.

4	Use the menu to view details about a selected connector. You can view Properties, Partitions, and Run Profiles.

Managing the Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent

Managing the Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent

After the installation is complete, you can use the Agents tab or Setup.exe at a command line prompt to manage the Active Administrator® Azure® Active Directory® Connect Health Monitoring Agent.

 

NOTE: Installing the Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent must be initiated from a command line prompt. See Installing the Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent.

Topics 

•	Managing the agent from the Agents tab

•	Managing the agent from the command line

Managing the agent from the Agents tab

Managing the agent from the Agents tab

 

NOTE: If the target server is not in a trusted forest or domain, controlling the agent service status is not possible from the Agents tab. To start, stop, and restart the Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent, log on to the target server and run the setup command with /start, /stop, or /restart. See Managing the agent from the command line.

To manage the agent from the Agents tab

1	Select Active Directory Health | Active Directory Connect.

2	Select an agent.

3	Open the Agents tab.

4	Use the menu to manage the agent.

 

Table 48. Azure Active Directory Connect agent menu options

Option	Description
Refresh	Refresh the display. The display is refreshed automatically every 30 seconds.
Properties	View properties of the selected agent. Properties include the name of the computer where the agent is installed; the agent ID; the status of the agent; version of the agent; date and time when the agent was installed and registered, returned a heartbeat, and was set online; last attempt of the heartbeat; last attempt at setting the agent online; and the description of the error that occurred. NOTE: The date and time of the last attempted heartbeat and the error description display only if the heartbeat fails. The system retries every 30 seconds. NOTE: The date and time of the last attempt at setting the agent online and the error description display only if setting the agent online fails. The system retries every 30 seconds.
Azure App Settings	Configure the Azure Active Directory Connect application. See Setting up the Azure Active Directory Connect application.
Start	Start the selected agent (trusted forest and domains only).
Stop	Stop the selected agent (trusted forest and domains only).
Restart	Restart the selected agent (trusted forest and domains only).
Remove	Remove an offline agent from the list of Azure Active Directory Connect Health agents. NOTE: The agent must be uninstalled and re-installed to resume monitoring the server. See Managing the agent from the command line.
Agent Log	View the log of the selected agent.

Managing the agent from the command line

Managing the agent from the command line

To manage the Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent from the command line

1	Select Start | Command Prompt (Admin).

2	Navigate to the folder where you copied the files.

3	Type Setup <option>. See Table 49 Options for Setup.exe.

4	Press Enter.

Setup.exe

Setup.exe is located at C:\Program Files\Quest\ActiveAdministrator\Server\SLAgent\AADCAgent.

Usage

Setup <option>

 

NOTE: If you do not supply an option, running Setup installs the Quest ®Active Administrator® Azure® Active Directory® Connect Health Monitoring Agent.

 

Table 49. Options for Setup.exe

Option	Description
/i	Installs the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent.
/i /setFWRules	Installs the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent and configures Windows Firewall to allow the agent to communicate with the Active Administrator Data Service (ADS).
/u	Uninstalls the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent.
/u -q	Uninstalls the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent quietly.
/start	Starts the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent.
/stop	Stops the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent.
/restart	Restarts the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent.
/status	Gets the status of the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent.
/setDBservername	Sets the name of the computer running SQL Server. Optional to use /name=[server name].
/setDBname	Sets the name of the database. Optional to use /name=[database name].
/setDBuser	Sets the username and password of the account running SQL Server. Optional to use /user=[user] and /password=[password].
/setFWrules	Sets the firewall rules to allow the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent to communicate with the Active Administrator Data Service (ADS).
/clearFWrules	Clears the firewall rules for the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent.
/clearDBuser	Clears the account running SQL Server and reverts to integrated security.
/config	Dumps the configuration of the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent.
/testaaserver	Validates the connection to the Active Administrator server.
/taas	Validates the connection to the Active Administrator server.
/tac	Validates the connection to the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent.
/testagentconn	Validates the connection to the Active Administrator Azure Active Directory Connect Health Monitoring Agent.
/enablelogging	Enables logging to the AADCAgentlog file.
/disablelogging	Disable logging to the AADCAgentlog file.
/printlog	Prints the agent logs
/printlog /last	Prints the last 10 log entries.
/pl	Prints the agent logs
/pl /last	Prints the last 10 log entries.
/h[elp]	Shows this screen.
/?	Shows this screen.