The ADMonitor component requires very little customization and automatically configures itself during installation by doing the following:
•Monitors the domain of which the computer is a member of
•Finds the nearest domain controller
•Downloads all Active Directory objects as well as the schema to obtain a baseline. The offline AD database is stored in the ADMonitor\DB sub directory.
•Stores all future changes to objects and group policies in the selected or default database action
Basic Configuration
The ADMonitor dialog in the management console supports setting the database for all AD changes, controlling the service and verifying that the ADMonitor service is working properly.
Enabling the "Utilize Collector" check box will send all ADMonitor data through the collector, useful and recommended only when ADMonitor is running on a host that has no direct network connection to the selected database.
Enhanced Configuration
The ADMonitor component supports additional configuration options that can be configured using the EventSentry ADMonitor Console application.
