5.3

Adding and Assigning Network Authority Accounts
Before you can perform any type of action (Discovery, Collection, and so forth), the Collector must gain
access to each Domain to interact with the selected Domain Controllers (DCs) in the organization.
A VCM network authority account must have administrator rights and be added for each Domain to be
managed in the organization. Once these accounts have been added, they must be assigned to Domains.
If you want to:
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Add a new Network Authority Account, refer to "Checking the Network Authority" on page 54.
Perform these steps for each Domain in which you will manage machines.
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Assign the Network Authority Account to each Domain, refer to "Assigning Network Authority
Accounts" on page 55. Perform these steps for each Domain that you plan to perform collections
against.
IMPORTANT When assigning accounts, assign an available account to both the NetBIOS and Active
Directory Domains.
Discovering Domain Controllers
VCM offers several options for the discovery of Domain Controllers in an organization. If you know
which Domain Controllers are in your organization, then you can manually add them to the list of
Available Machines. To manually add a machine, click Administration | Machines Manager | Available
(Windows) Machines, and then click Add Machines.
If you have a large number of Domain Controllers to be manually added to VCM, and you only want
Domain Controllers to appear in the Available Machines list, we recommends that you perform the
following Browse List discovery using Domain Controller Type as a filter.
1. Click Administration | Machines Manager | Discovery Rules.
2. Click Add. The Discovery Rules page appears.
3. Type a Name and Description for this new discovery rule, then click Next. The Discovery Method
page appears.
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