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README First for the Cisco Active Directory Agent
README First for the Cisco Active Directory Agent
Released: June 20, 2011
This document contains release information for the Beta release of the Active Directory Agent (AD Agent) 1.0.0.32, Build 539.
The AD Agent, which runs on a Windows server, monitors in real time a collection of Active Directory domain controllers for authentication-related events.
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Active Directory (AD) Agent
Supported versions include Windows 2003, Windows 2008, and Windows 2008 R2.
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Supported versions include Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Pre-installation Requirements
Before running the AD Agent Installer, you must install the following patches on every Microsoft Active Directory server that the AD Agent monitors. These patches are required even when the AD Agent is installed directly on the domain controller server.
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Windows Server 2003
No patch is required.
Windows Server 2008
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This patch fixes a memory leak in Microsoft WMI, which if left uninstalled can prevent the AD Agent from successfully connecting with that domain-controller and achieving an "up" status.
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This patch fixes a memory leak in Microsoft WMI, which if left uninstalled can sporadically prevent Active Directory from writing the necessary authentication-related events to the Security Log for that domain-controller and would prevent the AD Agent from learning about the mappings corresponding to some of the user logins that authenticate through that domain-controller.
Windows Server 2008 R2
When the server is running Service Pack 1 (SP1), the following patch is not required.
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This patch fixes a memory leak in Microsoft WMI, which if left uninstalled can sporadically prevent Active Directory from writing the necessary authentication-related events to the Security Log for that domain-controller and would prevent the AD Agent from learning about the mappings corresponding to some of the user logins that authenticate through that domain-controller.
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