Active Administrator 8.6.3 - User Guide

Configuring SCOM and SNMP Settings

Configuring SCOM and SNMP Settings

If you have a license for the Active Directory Health module and are using Microsoft® System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), you can deploy the Quest® Active Administrator® management pack, which establishes a connection to SCOM. If you are using an SNMP manager, you can configure the integration from the Active Administrator console. Once an alert manager has been configured, Active Directory Health alerts from the Active Directory Health Analyzer agent are displayed in the Operations Manager Monitoring pane under the Quest Active Administrator folder and in the SNMP Manager.

 

NOTE: Only System Center 2016 Operations Manager is supported. NOTE: Only SNMP management software capable of TRAP v2 notifications processing is supported. NOTE: After you complete the configuration, you can edit the System Center Operations Manager Notification to configure which Active Directory Health Analyzer alerts to push to SCOM or an SNMP manager. See Pushing alerts to System Center Operations Manager and SNMP managers.

To configure Systems Center Operations Manager and SNMP integration

1	Select Configuration | SCOM and SNMP Settings.

2	Optionally, select Forward alert events to SCOM server to forward alert events and to deploy the Quest Active Administrator management pack to the specified SCOM management server.

Type the name of the SCOM management server.

Type or browse for an account with SCOM administrator rights, and type the password.

 

NOTE: The account must be a member of the SCOM Administrator group and a member of the local Administrators group on the computer where Active Administrator Server is installed.

To test the SCOM connection, click Test Settings.

3	Optionally, select Enable SNMP notification and enter the IP address of the SNMP notification target computer.

To test the SNMP connection, click Test Settings.

NOTE: The SNMP notification target computer must be equipped with SNMP management software capable of TRAP v2 notifications processing.

4	Click Save.

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.