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Active Administrator 8.7 - 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

Setting user log on activity

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Configuration > Setting user options > Setting user log on activity

Setting user log on activity

You can customize the display on the User Logon Activity page. See Monitoring user logon activity.

To customize the User Logon Activity page
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Select Settings | User Options.
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Click User Log on Activity.
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By default, user log on activity is updated automatically when an event occurs. To disable, this feature, clear the check box. You also can disable or enable this feature on the User Logon Activity page.
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By default, all the user log on events are enabled. You can selectively disable or enable specific events.
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By default, the last 24 hours of events display on the User Logon Activity page. To change the value, type in the box.
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By default, the last 120 hours of user log on activity displays in the log on activity detail for a selected user. To change the value, type in the box.
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By default, 1000 events display on the User Logon Activity page and in the user log on history. To change the value, type in the box.
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Click OK.

Setting Active Directory Health Analyzer options

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Configuration > Setting user options > Setting Active Directory Health Analyzer options

Setting Active Directory Health Analyzer options

The Active Directory Health Analyzer is used in the Active Directory Health module to monitor and troubleshoot Active Directory®. See  Active Directory Health.

To set Active Directory Health Analyzer options
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Select Settings | User Options.
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Click Active Directory Health Analyzer.
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By default the Active Directory Health Analyzer screen you are viewing, which is the active screen, is refreshed every 60 seconds. You can turn off the refresh or adjust the refresh rate from 30 to 3600 seconds. If you turn off the refresh, you can refresh the screen manually.
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By default, the Active Directory Health Analyzer screens are cached. As you view more and more screens on multiple domain controllers, more memory is consumed. To clear the cache, you must restart Active Administrator®. If you turn off the cache, screens are not saved as you navigate from screen to screen.
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By default, pending Active Directory Health Analyzer alerts display. If you want to view only the alerts, clear the check box.
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By default, unmonitored domain controllers display in the tree. If you want to view only monitored domain controllers, clear the check box.
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Click OK.

Enabling console logging

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Configuration > Setting user options > Enabling console logging

Enabling console logging

To enable console logging
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Select Settings | User Options.
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Click Advanced.
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By default, console logging is disabled. To enable console logging, select the check box.
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To view the contents of the AAConsoleLog.log file, click View Log File.
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Click OK.

Managing the Active Directory server

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Configuration > Managing the Active Directory server

Managing the Active Directory server

Using the AA Server Manager, you can manage the Active Administrator Foundation Service (AFS), the Active Administrator Data Service (ADS), and the Active Administrator Notification Service. You also can enable Full-Text Search, update the Active Administrator license, and configure the web server.

 
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NOTE: The tasks available in AA Server Manager are also available as PowerShell® cmdlets. See Appendix C: PowerShell cmdlets

The AA Server Manager is available from the Start menu. You can perform these tasks with AA Server Manager:

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Stopping and starting AFS and ADS services
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Setting the services startup accounts
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Managing logging for services
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Clearing the AFS cache
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Setting port numbers for services
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Enabling Full-Text Search
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Updating Active Administrator licenses
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Managing Security
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Managing Notification Services
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Configuring the Web server
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