Enterprise Reporter 3.5 - Configuration Manager User Guide

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Node Credential and Alternate Credential Details for On-Premises Discoveries Detailed permissions for Enterprise Reporter discoveries Permissions for Enterprise Reporter discoveries on NAS devices Permissions for Enterprise Reporter tenant applications Logged-In User Credentials Server Service Credentials

Changing the credentials used by the Enterprise Reporter Server

Using the Credential Manager

Changing Passwords Using the Credential Manager Changing Account Names Using the Credential Manager

Setting Up Your First Collection Computers (Nodes)

Configuring Clusters and Nodes for Effective Data Collection Things to Consider Before Creating a Cluster Creating Your First Cluster and Node

Modifying Your Deployment

Managing Clusters

When Do You Add a Cluster? Modifying a Cluster Deleting a Cluster Disabling a Cluster What To Do if a Cluster is Disabled Enabling a Cluster

Managing Nodes

Modifying Node Credentials Modifying the Location of Node Temporary Files Changing a Node to a Different Cluster Removing a Node Why Disable a Node? Stopping a Node Enabling a Node Starting a Node

What does the status of a node or cluster indicate?

Configuring Global Settings

Configuring Change History Configure Logging Credential Manager Database Settings Configuring Email Notifications Managing the Collection of Additional Attributes Configuring IT Security Search Configuring a NAS Host Device Configuring Server Error Notification Managing Tenant Applications Managing the Logon Configuration

Customizing the Configuration Manager View

Understanding Discoveries

Defining the Data Collection (Discoveries) Multi-Factor Authentication Discovery Credential Limitations Best Practices for Creating Discoveries Improving the Performance of Your Discoveries

Adding a Node Improving the Performance of a Node

Discovery Permission Requirements

Detailed permissions for Enterprise Reporter discoveries Permissions for Enterprise Reporter discoveries on NAS devices Permissions for Enterprise Reporter tenant applications Minimum Permissions for Enterprise Reporter Discoveries CM Understanding Discoveries.04.13.html

Creating Discoveries

Step 1. Create the Discovery (Name)

Configuring Tenant Applications for Cloud Discoveries

Step 2. Choose what to include in your discovery (Scopes)

Scopes: An Overview How Scopes Affect Tombstoning Using the Browser to Include and Exclude Scopes Including Objects in Your Scope Importing Computers to Your Scopes Refining Your Scope with Exclusions Filtering in the Browser Using Queries to Define Your Scopes Using Subnets to Define Your Scopes Using Subnet Credentials

Step 2a. Choose scopes for your on-premises discoveries

Choosing your Active Directory Scopes

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

Choosing your Computer Scopes

Computer Discovery: Include scopes Computer Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions Computer Discovery: Decide what to collect from any computer in the discovery

Choosing Your Exchange Scopes

Exchange Discovery: Include Scopes Exchange Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions Exchange Discovery: Optionally select a domain controller Exchange Discovery: Decide what to collect from any server in the discovery

Choosing Your File Storage Analysis Scopes

File Storage Analysis Discovery: Include scopes File Storage Analysis Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions File Storage Analysis Discovery: Decide what to collect from any server in the discovery File Storage Analysis Discovery: Configure NAS Host Devices

Choosing Your Microsoft SQL Scopes

MS SQL Discovery: Include scopes MS SQL Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions (Scope Exclusions and Global Exclusions)

Choosing Your NTFS Scopes

NTFS Discovery: Best Practices NTFS Discovery: Include scopes NTFS Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions NTFS Discovery: Select your global scopes NTFS Discovery: Decide what to collect from any computer in the discovery NTFS Discovery: Configure NAS Host Devices NTFS Discovery: Configure your file collection

Choosing Your Registry Scopes

Registry Discovery: Include scopes Registry Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions Registry Discovery: Select your global scopes Registry Discovery: Decide what to collect from any computer

Step 2b: Choose scopes for your cloud discoveries

Choosing Your Azure Active Directory Scopes

Azure AD Discovery: Decide what to collect from the tenant in the discovery

Choosing Your Azure Resource Scopes

Azure Resource Discovery: Include Scopes Azure Resource Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions Azure Resource Discovery: Decide what to collect from the subscriptions in the discovery

Choosing Your Exchange Online Scopes

Exchange Online Discovery: Decide what to collect from the tenant in the discovery

Choosing Your Microsoft Teams Scopes

Microsoft Teams Discovery: Include Scopes Microsoft Teams Discovery: Decide what to collect from the subscriptions in the discovery

Choosing Your OneDrive Scopes

OneDrive Discovery: Include Scopes OneDrive Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions OneDrive Discovery: Decide what to collect from the drives in the discovery

Choosing Your SharePoint Online Scopes

SharePoint Online Discovery: Include Scopes SharePoint Online Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions SharePoint Online Discovery: Decide what to collect from the tenant in the discovery

Step 3. Schedule your Discovery

Run your discovery once Run your discovery on a daily interval Run your discovery on specified days of the week Run your discovery on a specified day of the month Run Your Schedule Yearly Enabling and Disabling Discovery Schedules

Step 4: Review the summary

Managing Discoveries

How is a Discovery Processed?

Types of Tasks Manually Running a Discovery

Viewing your Discoveries

Navigating the Manage Discoveries Pane Viewing the History of a Discovery What Does the Discovery Status Indicate? Viewing the Tasks for a Finished Discovery Viewing the Tasks for a Processing Discovery What Does the Task Status Indicate? Why is My View Empty? Viewing Errors and Error Suppressions Suppressing Discovery Errors Viewing Statistics Viewing a Cluster's Queue

Working with Discoveries and Tasks

Duplicating a Discovery Modifying a Discovery Canceling a Task or Discovery Deleting a Discovery

Troubleshooting Issues with Enterprise Reporter

Problems Opening the Consoles Troubleshooting connectivity issues

Restoring a connection to the Enterprise Reporter Server Restoring a connection to the Enterprise Reporter database

Troubleshooting Connection Timeouts Troubleshooting credential change failures Auditing Enterprise Reporter Activity Resolving Configuration Manager Issues

Node Issues

Node Deployment Issues Dealing with Unassociated Nodes Dealing with Faulted Nodes Problems Deleting a Node Changing the Node Logging Level Changing the Size of the Node Log Files

Scope Enumeration Issues Data Collection Issues

Computer Discovery Errors

Troubleshooting Features in Enterprise Reporter

Exporting Logs from the Configuration Manager Viewing information about your Enterprise Reporter configuration Viewing Errors and Statistics for Tasks

Moving the Enterprise Reporter database Disaster Recovery

Backing up Enterprise Reporter Deploying Enterprise Reporter to another computer after a disaster Checking the Enterprise Reporter configuration after recovery

Appendix: PowerShell cmdlets

What is Microsoft Windows PowerShell? What are cmdlets? Registering Enterprise Reporter cmdlets Adding the snap-ins automatically to new sessions Enterprise Reporter cmdlets Enabling Enterprise Reporter cmdlets Loading the Enterprise Reporter cmdlets Using cmdlets to manage clusters and nodes

Creating a cluster Creating a node Disabling a node Enabling a node Finding a node by name Piping cmdlets Finding a cluster by name Disabling a cluster Enabling a cluster

Using cmdlets to manage discoveries

Getting job information Creating a job Running a job Scheduling a job Deleting a job

Using cmdlets to run reports

Connecting to the server Getting report information Exporting a report definition Importing a report definition to a category Generating a report with data

Appendix: Encryption Key Manager

Starting the Encryption Key Manager Generating a key file Importing a key file Exporting a key file Resetting credentials

Appendix: Log Viewer

Starting the Enterprise Reporter Log Viewer Finding and opening log files Viewing and searching log file entries Filtering log file entries

Resolving Configuration Manager Issues

The Configuration Manager is used to configure your data collection. Collecting data involves your network security, which can occasionally cause problems.

Node Issues

A node is a computer assigned to a cluster and is responsible for processing discoveries. In this section, you will find troubleshooting for the following issues related to nodes:

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Node Deployment Issues

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Dealing with Unassociated Nodes

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Dealing with Faulted Nodes

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Problems Deleting a Node

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Changing the Node Logging Level

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Changing the Size of the Node Log Files

Node Deployment Issues

If something goes wrong with your node deployment or upgrade, you can manually install and configure the node. When you manually install a node, it appears in the Configuration Manager as an unassociated node.

The following requirements must be met:

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You must have administrative permissions on the node host computer to install the node.

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If the node host computer is behind a firewall, you must manually install the node.

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Performance counters must be enabled on the node machine as the performance information is required by the Enterprise Reporter node performance optimization functionality.

Before you begin:

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Note the port being used by the Enterprise Reporter server service.

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For nodes requiring an alternate port, make note of an available port.

The default port is 7737.

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Ensure the node account is a member of the Reporter_Discovery_Nodes group.

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If applicable, remove the node in the Configuration Manager. For more information, see What does the status of a node or cluster indicate? .

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If necessary, use the Control Panel to uninstall the node.

To manually install or upgrade a node

On a 64-bit operating system, locate the node installer,
Enterprise_ReporterNode_3.5.0.xxxxx_x64.msi (where xxxxx is a unique 5-digit code),
in the Program Files\Quest\Enterprise Reporter\Server folder in the install location.


	NOTE: If you are installing the node on a remote computer, copy the appropriate Enterprise_Reporter_Node_3.5.0.xxxxx_x64.msi file to that computer.

Run the node installer.

On the Welcome screen of the Setup Wizard, click Next.

Accept the license agreement and click Next.

To install Quest Enterprise Reporter Node in the default folder, click Next.

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Click Change to choose another folder, then click Next.

Specify the credentials and port number that will be used by the Enterprise Reporter Node service, then click Next.

This user account must be granted the ’Log on as a service’ right and must have permission to access the Reporter server. For more information about the service credentials required by the node, see Node Credential and Alternate Credential Details for On-Premises Discoveries .

Enter or browse to the computer that hosts the Enterprise Reporter Server.

Specify the fully qualified distinguished name of the computer.

Specify the port being used by the Enterprise Reporter Server service, then click Next.

Click Install, then click Finish.

When the node is installed, associate it with a cluster. For more information, see Dealing with Unassociated Nodes .

Dealing with Unassociated Nodes

An unassociated node is one that has been either manually installed, or left behind from a previous installation of Enterprise Reporter. You can either uninstall the node, or associate the node with a cluster.

To uninstall a node

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Use the Control Panel, and uninstall Quest Enterprise Reporter Node 3.5.0.xxxx (where xxxx is a unique 4-digit code)

To associate a node with a cluster

In the Manage Discovery Clusters pane, select the cluster.

In the Unassociated Nodes pane, select the node.

Click Associate Node(s) with Selected Cluster.

In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

If necessary, close the Unassociated Nodes pane.

The node appears associated with the cluster in the Initializing state until it is deployed.

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