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Enterprise Reporter 3.5 - Configuration Manager User Guide

Product Overview Configuring the Configuration Manager
Starting the Configuration Manager Finding answers and getting help Overview of Enterprise Reporter Communications and Credentials Required Using the Credential Manager Setting Up Your First Collection Computers (Nodes) Modifying Your Deployment Configuring Global Settings Customizing the Configuration Manager View
Understanding Discoveries Creating Discoveries
Step 1. Create the Discovery (Name) Step 2. Choose what to include in your discovery (Scopes) Step 2a. Choose scopes for your on-premises discoveries
Choosing your Active Directory Scopes Choosing your Computer Scopes Choosing Your Exchange Scopes Choosing Your File Storage Analysis Scopes Choosing Your Microsoft SQL Scopes Choosing Your NTFS Scopes Choosing Your Registry Scopes
Step 2b: Choose scopes for your cloud discoveries Step 3. Schedule your Discovery Step 4: Review the summary
Managing Discoveries Troubleshooting Issues with Enterprise Reporter Appendix: PowerShell cmdlets Appendix: Encryption Key Manager Appendix: Log Viewer

Choosing your Active Directory Scopes

Active Directory scopes determine what information will be collected when you run the discovery. There are several steps you should take to properly design your discovery.

See also:

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AD Discovery: Include scopes
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AD Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions
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AD Discovery: Optionally select one or more domain controllers
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AD Discovery: Decide what to collect from any domain in the discovery

AD Discovery: Include scopes

You can include domains, OUs and containers in your scope. You can collect the same domain information in more than one Active Directory discovery with an additional option to create multiple tasks for each domain. For full information on using the browser to add scopes, see Step 2b: Choose scopes for your cloud discoveries .

To explicitly include objects in your Active Directory scope
1
Click Add.
2
In the treeview, locate the desired object and select it.
To select multiple objects, press Ctrl during selection.
For more information, see Filtering in the Browser .
3
Click Include to add to your selected scopes list.
4
Click OK. 
* 
NOTE: When you add a domain, its child domains are not included - each domain must be explicitly added. When you add an OU or container, all children are included.

AD Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions

AD Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions

Active Directory® excluded objects are resolved after included objects. For example, if you include an object that exists below an excluded object in the AD structure, it will not be collected, as the exclusion will take precedence. For more information, see Using the Browser to Include and Exclude Scopes .

To explicitly exclude objects from your selected scope
1
Click Add.
2
Expand the treeview to locate the object you want to exclude.
You can press Ctrl to select multiple objects.
3
Click Exclude. 

AD Discovery: Optionally select one or more domain controllers

To enumerate your domain, Enterprise Reporter looks to domain controllers. Depending on the domain controllers chosen, the time it takes to perform the collection may vary. You can either allow Enterprise Reporter to choose the first available domain controller returned by Active Directory, or you can select one or more that will optimize collection time. In this case, select one or more domain controllers that are located physically close to the cluster you assigned to the discovery, or one or more that you know are fast computers.

To set the domain controllers used to enumerate a domain
1
Add your scopes.
For more information, see AD Discovery: Include scopes or AD Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions .
2
In the scopes list for the included domain you want to configure, click "...".
3
To use the first available domain controller returned by Active Directory, select Automatic selection.
- OR -
To assign one or more specific domain controllers, choose Select available domain controllers, and then select the domain controllers from the list, or choose Select Available Domain Controllers from current Sub-Net and then select the domain controllers from the list.
4
Click OK.
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