Domain Watch

Discovery > Domains > Domain Watch

The Domain Watch page configures the integration of Discovery with Active Directory domains. Configuration features include:

• Installing Discovery probes that monitor a domain.
• Activating and scheduling the synchronization of data between Discovery and the domain.
• Applying Discovery policies for:
  • The deployment of agents.
  • The creation of VSA users, Portal Access users and staff records.
• Setting Discovery alerts.
• Displaying the status of the Discovery configuration.

Information about a domain selected in the upper panel of the Domain Watch page is organized into the following tabs in the lower panel. Configure a selected domain in the tab order presented, from left to right.

1. Probe Deployment
2. Agent Deploy Policy
3. OU/Containers
4. User Policies
5. Alert Policies
6. Schedule and Status

Upper Panel

Actions

• Refresh - Refreshes the entire page.

Column Headings

• Domain Name - The name of the Active Directory domain.
• Domain Guid - The unique identifier in the VSA for this domain.
• Org ID - The unique identifier of an organization in the VSA.
• Org Name - A friendly name used to identify an organization within the VSA.
• Probe Status

- Un-installed - A probe is not installed for this domain.

- Processing - The probe executing a user request.

- Installed - The probe is installed and harvesting has been completed.

- Activated - The probe is monitoring the domain. Discovery policies are not modified.

- Activated - The probe is monitoring the domain. Discovery policies are modified but have not yet been applied.

- Activated - The probe is monitoring the domain. Discovery policies are modified and applied.

- Activated - The probe is monitoring the domain. Discovery policies have been modified but not yet been applied for at least three synchronization intervals. The Discovery administrator may have forgotten to apply the modified policies.

- Attention or Offline - The probe has encountered a problem that may require user attention. Because the probe's attention status may self-correct, the attention status does not necessarily correspond to a warning alert or error alert. If offline, the domain machine is unavailable.

Note: Discovery pages are not auto-refreshed. Click the Refresh button to ensure the latest Probe Status displays.

• Computers/Contacts / User Policies Status - The policies of both tabs can be in one of 3 states.

- Original - Discovery policies have not yet been configured.

- Modified - Discovery policies have been configured but not yet applied. After clicking the Apply Changes button, this icon remains unchanged until the harvest has been completed.

- Applied - Discovery policies have been applied.

• Last Probe Agent Check-in - The latest date/time the probe agent checked in.
• Last Probe Response - The last response returned by the probe agent.
• Last Status Message - The last status message returned by the probe agent.