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Change Auditor 7.5 - Installation Guide

Installation Overview Install Change Auditor Add Users to Change Auditor Security Groups Connecting to the Clients Deploy Change Auditor Agents Upgrade Change Auditor Installation Notes and Best Practices Deployment Options Workstation Agent Deployment Agent Comparison Install an agent to audit ADAM (AD LDS) on workgroup servers Windows Installer Command Line Options

Add accounts to ChangeAuditor database role

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NOTE: This process only applies to archive databases and must be modified each year to apply to the new archive for that year
To add accounts to the ChangeAuditor database role:

Use the Microsoft SQL Management Studio to add the appropriate user or group accounts to one of the ChangeAuditor database roles:

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Open the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the SQL database server.
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Navigate to the <SQL Server(Instance)> | Security | Logins directory. Expand the Logins node.
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Right-click the Logins node and select New Login.
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On the Select User or Group dialog, click Object Types and make sure that the Groups check box is selected. Click Location to search either the Entire Directory or local SQL server (depending on where the group was created, which is determined by the domain functional level). Click Check Names to select the user or group account (for example, ChangeAuditor Administrators) to be added.
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In the Select a Page pane (left pane), select User Mapping.
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In the Users mapped to this login pane (top pane), select the Change Auditor database.
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In the bottom pane, Database role membership for: ChangeAuditor, select the ChangeAuditor_Administrators role.
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Click OK. Your SQL Login account for Change Auditor database access is now mapped to the appropriate role.
Repeat these steps to create a SQL Login for the ChangeAuditor Operators group and assign this login to the ChangeAuditor_Operators role for the Change Auditor database.

 

Connecting to the Clients

Connecting to the Clients
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Connect to the client
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Open the web client
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Access product information

 

Connect to the client

The following conditions must be met to properly connect:

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Communications are successful, meaning the coordinator service is running and has a valid SCP listening port (no firewall implications). If this condition fails, the client displays an error dialog stating the appropriate issue.
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The current authenticated user running the client has the proper credentials for accessing the coordinator service. If this condition fails, the client displays the Coordinator Credentials Required dialog where you can enter the proper login credentials to access the coordinator.
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The current authenticated user is a member of either the ChangeAuditor Administrators or ChangeAuditor Operators AD group. If this condition fails, the Change Auditor logon screen displays an error and allows you to enter the appropriate credentials.
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When using a direct database connection, the current authenticated user running the client has the proper SQL credentials for accessing the SQL database. If this condition fails, the client displays the Database Credentials Required dialog where you can enter the proper logon credentials to access the SQL database.
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To access an archive database, the account that you use to log into the client must not have the 'Deny logon over the network' right set.
To open the client
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Select Start | All Programs | Quest | Change Auditor | Change Auditor Client.
The Connection screen opens where you can connect to the ‘default connection’ profile or define or specify a different connection profile.
A connection profile defines the connection method used to connect to a coordinator in trusted or untrusted forests, or to the database directly without connecting with the coordinator. See Manage Connection Profiles in the Change Auditor User Guide for more information about defining connection profiles.
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Initially, select Connect to use the default connection profile.
After you have defined alternate connection profiles, select the appropriate profile from the drop-down list and click Connect.
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If you do not have the proper credentials required for access, the credentials dialog opens allowing you to enter the required credentials.
Depending on how your system has been configured:
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Enter a user account and password or a smart card certificate and personal identification number.
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Select Disconnect client after 30 minutes of inactivity to disconnect from the coordinator after 30 minutes of inactivity.
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You are now ready to deploy agents. See Deploy Change Auditor Agents for details.

Open the web client

The web client enables you to search for configuration changes and view Change Auditor data using a web browser rather than the Change Auditor client.

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NOTE: The web client’s appearance is different based on whether you have started it using a standard browser or a mobile browser. The procedures in this guide illustrate the standard browser version of the web client.
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NOTE: Upgrading the web client
After you have upgraded the web client, you may need to force your browser to reload the Change Auditor web pages from the web server (CTRL-F5 for IE, Chrome ,or Firefox) to ensure you are seeing the most up-to-date changes made to style components within the web client (for example, icons, text or images). See the documentation for your browser for further details.
To open the web client:
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Open your web browser and enter the URL of the web application server.
http://<Web Server Host Name>/ChangeAuditor
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NOTE: If you specified a different default port (other than 80) on the Internet Information Services screen of the setup wizard, you must also enter the default port specified:

http://<Web Server Host Name>:<Port>/ChangeAuditor

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When the web client is opened, log on by entering the user name (<Domain>\<UserName>) and password of an authorized Active Directory account.
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NOTE:  
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By default you only have 3 attempts to log on to the web client. Once locked out you will need to wait 15 minutes before you can try to log on again.
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Selecting the Remember Me check box retains your <Domain>\<UserName> on subsequent sessions.
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Click Log In.

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