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5. "License Domain Controllers" on page 252
To manage domain controllers, you must license them in VCM.
6. "Install the VCM Windows Agent on Your Domain Controllers" on page 253
Install the VCM Windows Agent on each domain controller to manage.
7. Collect Domain Controller Data
Start managing the domain controllers by performing an initial collection, which adds domain
controller data to VCM.
Continuous domain controller management is based on the latest data that you collect from target
machines. You can view data and run actions, such as reports or compliance, based on the collected data.
See "Windows Collection Results" on page 91.
Verify Available Domains
Allow VCM access to each domain so that the VCM Collector can interact with the domain controllers in
your environment.
During installation, VCM discovered all domains to which the network authority account had access. If the
domain controllers belong to a domain that is not listed, you must add that domain manually.
Prerequisites
Know the fully-qualified names of the domains to manage.
Procedure
1. Click Administration.
2. Select Settings > Network Authority > Available Domains.
3. Verify that the domain appears in the Available Domains view and has a Domain Type of Active
Directory.
4. If the domain does not appear, add the domain.
a. Click Add.
b. Type the domain name and select the domain type as AD, and click OK.
What to do next
Verify that a network authority account is available and create other necessary domain accounts. See
"Check the Network Authority Account" on page 250.
Check the Network Authority Account
Verify that at least one domain account with administrator privileges is available to act as a network
authority account for VCM.
VCM network authority accounts must have administrator privileges on each domain to be managed in
the organization. Although you specified an initial default network authority account when you installed
VCM, you can add different administrator accounts if you do not assign the default account.
Prerequisites
Verify the presence of domains. See "Verify Available Domains" on page 250.
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