Exinda EXNV-10063, Administration Manual

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Information about groups will not be available. This information is obtained through an LDAP query against the Active
Directory server.
CAUTION
If there are multiple domain controllers, Sending the users/groups to the Exinda appliances on startup should only
be selected on one of the domain controllers.
For more information, refer to Exinda Appliance Reboots Every
Night (page 550). .
3. To include user names in monitoring reports, allow the login history to be analyzed.
a.
To enable this option, select
Analyze login history and send to Exinda appliance
. This information is
obtained through a Windows Event Log query against the Active Directory server.
b. In the Include log entries newer than the specified age field, specify the maximum age of log entries (in
seconds) to be analyzed and sent to the Exinda Appliance when the Exinda AD Connector service starts.
4. Click OK .
Identify the Active Directory Server
The Exinda AD Connector can be installed on any server in the network that has access to the Active Directory server. If
the Connector is installed somewhere other than on the Active Directory server, you must specify the location and
authentication credentials of the Active Directory server.
NOTE
You need to complete these instructions only if the Exinda AD Connector is NOT installed on the Active Directory
server.
1.
Launch the Exinda AD configuration utility, and switch to the AD Server tab.
2. Select another server , and then type the IP Address or the hostname of the Active Directory server.
3.
To authenticate against the server, type the
username
and
password
of the Administrator account on the Active Dir-
ectory server.
Verify communication between the Active Directory server and the Exinda Appliance
To ensure the communication between the Active Directory server and the Exinda Appliance is successful, you can
quickly check the Active Directory tab on the Exinda Appliance. Login to the Exinda Web UI. Click
Configuration
, and
from the System group, select
Network > Active Directory
.
NOTE
User accounts that have been disabled on the Active Directory server are not included in the data sent to the Exinda
Appliances
Verify the Active Directory server is listed, and that the service is
Running
.
When the Exinda Appliance successfully communicates with the Active Directory Client, the following information is
displayed in the table:
Agent Name
– The Active Directory server name.
IP Address
– The IP address of the Active Directory server.
Version – The Exinda Active Directory Windows client version.