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1. Click Administration | Machines Manager | Additional Components | VCM for Active Directory .
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If the Domain Controllers that you want to collect from are not listed in Additional Products |
VCM for Active Directory node, you may need to confirm or repeat the procedures described in the
previous sections.
2. Click Install to deploy VCM for Active Directory to the Domain Controllers from which you want to
collect Active Directory data.
3. Select the Domain Controllers on which you want to install VCM for Active Directory. We recommend
that you install VCM for Active Directory on all Domain Controllers.
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VCM for AD will operate with only a single domain controller configured with VCM for AD as
both the FDS/RDS (Forest Data Source/Replication Data Source). However, to collect important non-
replicated attributes such as Last Logon, it is essential that you configure as many domain controllers
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