Configuring Active Directory

Active Directory (AD) is a directory service developed by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. Network administrators often partition their network into multiple domains and interconnect those domains using trusts (relationships that enable users from a trusted domain to access services in a trusting domain). A domain controller (DC) authenticates users within a Windows server domain.

When configuring AD settings on CloudAdvisor, you must:

• Specify an AD domain name.
• Provide account credentials with sufficient privileges for CloudAdvisor to join AD on the specified domain. The account must have the ability to add computers to the domain.

You can optionally specify an administrator group, super user group or an audit user group that can log into CloudAdvisor with their AD credentials. These groups are defined in AD. For more information, see User Roles.

Procedure 

1. Ensure that Active Directory is set to ON (the default).

   Note:

   If you want to add any Veeam-managed VMs to the CloudAdvisor inventory, you must connect using an AD account. Because CloudAdvisor for Availability only supports Veeam-managed VMs, AD is required if you are using CloudAdvisor for Availability. AD is optional for CloudAdvisor for Data.

2. Enter the AD Domain Name. CloudAdvisor does not support multiple AD domains.
3. CloudAdvisor derives the default NetBIOS domain name from the specified AD Domain name. Verify the entry in the NetBIOS Domain Name field and make changes if necessary.

4. If you want to test the connection:

   1. Click Test.
   2. Enter the AD account name and password that you intend to use for CloudAdvisor.
   3. Click Test. The CloudAdvisor interface closes the Test dialog box and displays the results of the test in a pop-up message box.

5. Click Continue.

6. Proceed to Setting Up the Email Service.