You can use the following tasks to run a diagnosis if the computer can be found on the network and if you have sufficient access permissions.
To run diagnostics for a computer
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In the Manager, select the Active Directory > Computers category.
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Select the computer and run the required diagnosis task from the task view.
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Diagnosis - browse: This opens a Windows Explorer window. All shares for the selected computer are shown.
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Diagnosis - Windows diagnosis: This opens the computer's system information (winmsd.exe or msinfo32.exe).
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Windows computer administration: This opens the Microsoft Management console for computer administration for the selected computer. For example, here you can see the result log or the local user administration.
Use this task to obtain an overview of the most important information about a computer.
To obtain an overview of a computer
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In the Manager, select the Active Directory > Computers category.
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Select the computer in the result list.
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Select the Active Directory computer overview task.
The security ID (SID) is used in One Identity Manager to identify user accounts and groups from other domains. This is required, amongst other things, for synchronizing group memberships of two domains. Furthermore, the SID is used to find access permission at file system level.
Example:
Domain A is synchronized with One Identity Manager. Domain B is not synchronized at first. The domains are in a trust relationship. There are user accounts of domain A and domain B in groups of domain A.
Group memberships are identified when domain A is synchronized. User accounts from domain A are assigned based on their identifier. The SIDs are found for user accounts from domain B and entered in One Identity Manager.
If Active Directory domain B is synchronized at later, the user accounts are identified based on their SIDs and the user accounts are assigned directly to the groups in domain B. The SID is removed from One Identity Manager database.
To display security IDs
NOTE: When you delete an Active Directory object, a SID entry is created in One Identity Manager.