Editing an AD Connector
To edit an AD connector, highlight an AD Connector and click Edit Connector task in Tasks bar, which launches Edit AD Connector dialog.
The dialog allows you to change the connector name, description, and credentials which are used to connect to Active Directory and list of objects for synchronization.
Note:
· Changing data source (which domain/OU you are connecting to) after the connector is created is not supported. You have to create another connector if you need to change the data source.
AD Connector Synchronization
Enabled AD connectors automatically run every hour to synchronize CMDB objects with changes in Active Directory.
When someone using Service Manager updates a property of a user, computer, or printer in Service Manager that change does not flow back to AD. The AD connector is only one way from AD into Service Manager.
To synchronize connector on demand, highlight it in the view and click Sync Now . AD objects and their properties will be updated in a few minutes. Note that a disabled connector can’t be synchronized on demand.
You can check objects list to see if they are already imported/updated, or you can check event log for event 3339 (for each objects type) – see image below.
Note:
· If more than one connector (AD or SCCM) update the same object than last one will overwrite object properties from its data source.
Deletion of an AD Connector
To delete a connector select it in the view and click on Delete Connector task. All data it brought into the CMDB and the connector itself will be deleted in a few minutes.
Notes:
· If an object has been created or updated by another connector, it will not be deleted.
· If you want to delete some objects you don’t have to delete a connector – each object can be deleted directly.
Disable/Enable an AD Connector
An AD Connector can be disabled from running (synchronizing) on schedule with Disable task. Disabled connector can be enabled with Enable task. You can see if connector is enabled or disabled with Enabled column in connectors view.
Useful Links
Use the next links to get additional information about connectors, product and related things:
· Marc’s blog post “Creating an SCCM Connector for Service Manager Beta 1” - http://blogs.technet.com/umeno/archive/2008/12/02/creating-an-sccm-connector-for-service-manage... .
· Active Directory Connector Part 1 - http://blogs.technet.com/servicemanager/archive/2009/01/28/active-directory-connector-part-1.as...