Active Administrator 8.7 - User Guide

Setting notification options

Setting notification options

To set notification options

1	Select Configuration | Notification Settings.

2	In the Alert Limit box, type the number of hours to use as a limit for issuing alerts.

For example, if an alert occurred within the last 24 hours (by default), an alert email is sent. However, if the event occurred further out than the number shown here, no alert email is generated, but the event is recorded in the database.

3	Select the mode of notification.

 

Table 112. Options for notification

Option	Description
Batch Mode	By default, when more than 5 event notifications occur within a 60 minute period, one email is sent.
Non-Batch Mode	Select to send an email immediately after every event occurs.

4	By default, 1000 alerts are returned. To change the value, type in the box.

5	By default, the Alert Notification Policy is enabled. To disable the policy, clear the check box.

6	Click Save.

Setting Active Template options

Setting Active Template options

Active Templates, which are used to grant specific sets of Active Directory® rights to an object, can be configured so that the rights are automatically reapplied if any of their permissions within the template are accidentally removed. Additionally, you can alert administrators automatically by email when an Active Template is repaired.

To set Active Template options

1	Select Configuration | Active Template Settings.

2	By default, Active Administrator checks for broken Active Templates every 30 seconds and automatically repairs any broken Active Templates found. To disable automatic repair, clear the check box. You also can change the time period.

3	By default, a report of broken templates found and repaired is sent to the Active Administrator owner. You can add additional email addresses.

 

NOTE: The Active Administrator owner was identified in the AA Configuration Wizard. To change the AA Owner email address, see Managing email addresses. NOTE: To manage the Active Template email address list, see Managing email addresses.

4	Click Save.

Setting agent installation options

Setting agent installation options

The options set on this page determine the default settings that appear when you select to install an audit agent. You can change the default setting for each individual install.

To set audit agent installation options

1	Select Configuration | Agent Installation Settings.

2	Select the default action for agent installation.

 

Table 113. Options for default action for agent installation

Option	Description
Install and Activate	By default, the agent is activated after installation so event collection begins immediately.
Install Only	Select to install the agent without activation. You will need to activate the agent to begin collection.

3	By default, service monitoring and recovery is enabled. To disable, clear the check box. When installing an agent, you can select this option if needed.

4	In the Event Collection Limit box, type the number of days to go back when looking for events.

5	By default, events are collected for the last 7 days. If you are not interested in retrieving historical events, you can limit the collection to few days. You might find this option useful for the initial collection of data to prevent very large event logs from being examined in full.

6	By default, Advanced Auditing is enabled on domain controllers.

7	When Advanced Auditing is enabled, both before and after values are reported. For example, if you change a telephone number, Active Administrator reports on both the old number and the new number. If you want only the after value reported, clear the check box.

8	By default, you receive a warning when a domain controller is missing an audit agent. To disable the warning, clear the check box.

9	Click Save.

Setting recovery options

Setting recovery options

Administrators can select a domain that contains Windows Server® domain controllers and back up Active Directory® user and group objects in that domain. When a situation occurs that require a user or group object to be restored, administrators can select the object from a list and restore either the object with all the attributes it possessed when it was backed up, or only attributes the administrator selects. In the case of an organizational unit object, administrators have the option of either restoring all objects it contains or all objects it contains of a particular type.

By default, an Active Directory backup creates temporary files during processing and stores the backup files when the backup is complete under the folder C:\ActiveAdministrator\ADBackups\DOMAIN_domainname (where domainname is the fully qualified name of the domain being backed up). You can specify the folder where the temporary files are processed and where the backup files are stored.

IMPORTANT: Active Administrator® restores only selected user and group objects, and their attributes from the backup file. If you require a backup file that restores Active Directory® in its entirety, we recommend that you use an Active Directory disaster recovery product.

Topics 

•	Adding a domain

•	Enabling or disabling password recovery

To set up Active Directory recovery

1	Select Configuration | Recovery Settings.

The Active Administrator AD Object Backup Service backs up the listed domains based on the settings in the Run backup boxes.

▪	To add a domain, click Add. See Adding a domain.

▪	To edit a selected domain, click Edit.

▪	To remove a selected domain, click Remove.

▪	To disable or enable Password Recovery on a selected domain, click Password Recovery. See Enabling or disabling password recovery.

2	By default, backups occur twice a day at 6:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. To change the frequency, select to run the backup Every Day, Twice a Day, or Weekly in the Run backup box. To change the day of the week or time(s), select from the list.

3	Change the folder where temporary backup files are processed, if desired.

To change the folder where temporary backup files are processed

a	Select the Override the default temporary folder check box.

b	Browse to locate or create a folder.

c

Click OK.

4	Change the folder where backup files are stored, if desired.

NOTE: If there are existing backup files in the existing share, you must move them manually. Only newly created backup files are stored to the new share path.

To change the folder where backup files are stored

a	Select the Override AD Backup share path check box.

b	Browse to locate or create a folder.

c

Click OK.

5	Click Save.