Managing the Active Directory server

An Active Directory server is an integral part of a Windows 2000 server installation.

1. If an Active Directory server is automatically discovered by the eG Manager, it can be managed by the components - manage/unmanage page that appears when the Infrastructure -> Components -> Manage/Unmanage menu sequence is used. The screens below will guide you through this process. If an Active Directory server is not discovered automatically, then the components page can be used to manually add an Active Directory server for monitoring. In such a case, the manual management procedure can be dispensed with, as the eG Enterprise system automatically manages added components.

   

   Figure 1 : Viewing the list of unmanaged Active Directory servers

   

   Figure 2 : Managing the Active Directory server

2. Try to signout of the eG administrative interface. Figure 3 will appear prompting you to configure a list of tests.

   

   Figure 3 : List of unconfigured tests for the Active Directory server

3. Click on the Active Directory Access test to configure it. This monitors the availability and response time from clients of the Active Directory server. To know how to configure the test, the Monitoring Active Directory Servers chapter.
4. Finally, signout of the eG administrative interface.