Active Directory Domains

Defining Active Directory Domains is used to import Active Directory Users and Groups and perform tasks with Active Directory accounts. Active Directory Domains are available when Arellia Directory Services Solution is installed. Refer to Installing Arellia Products to the Symantec Management Platform (Notification Server) to install Arellia Directory Services Solution.

To access this section:

Go to Arellia Security Manager and click on the Policies tab
Select Policies > Arellia > Local Security > Resources > Active Directory Domains

Configuring an Active Directory Credential

Before creating an Active Directory domain, you will need to create an Active Directory credential that can import users and groups. Altiris Pluggable Protocol Architecture must be installed to access this feature.

To create an Active Directory credential:

Go to Settings > Monitoring and Alerting > Credential Settings > Credential Management
Click Add Credential
Enter the details for a credential that can import users and groups.
Click OK

Configuring an Active Directory Domain

With an credential for Active Directory created, you can now define an Active Directory domain.

To create an Active Directory domain:

Go to Local Security > Resources
Click New
Right click on the New Active Directory Domain and select Edit
In the Name field, enter a fully qualified domain name for the Active Directory domain
Select the credential defined in the Credentials drop down
Click Save Changes
Once the Saved Changes is displayed in the top of the window, you can close the window.

With an Active Directory domain defined, you can now run tasks that involve domain resources.