You can manage Active Directory Sites and networks using either the Microsoft servers or the NIOS appliance.
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Managing an Active Directory Site from the Microsoft server
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When you delete an Active Directory Site from the Microsoft server, it deletes the Active Directory Site object and removes corresponding extensible attributes. The appliance removes the value from all the network objects that are associated with it.
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Managing an Active Directory Site from NIOS
You can create, modify, or delete an Active Directory Site from the appliance in Read/Write synchronization mode only. The appliance displays an error message if you perform any of these operations in Read-only mode.
When you rename an Active Directory Site and the associated networks, the changes reflect on the Microsoft server. The appliance displays an error message when you delete an Active Directory Site that is associated with networks. You must first remove the networks that are associated with the site.
You cannot resize or split a network with an associated site in Read-only synchronization mode. You cannot join two networks if any of the involved networks or network containers are associated with a site irrespective of the synchronization mode.
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Managing Network Operations from Microsoft server
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When you synchronize a network from the Active Directory server, the network created in NIOS is considered to be unmanaged. You can neither associate a NIOS member or a Microsoft server to manage it nor edit permissions, and other fields. You can only edit extensible attributes and Active Directory sites on the unmanaged network. To perform certain operations on Unmanaged networks, you must first convert them to Managed networks.
The IPAM main page lists all networks that are created during Active Directory synchronization as unmanaged, highlighted in yellow. You can explore unmanaged networks through IPAM's IP Map and IP List views.
Unmanaged networks can be converted at the IPAM main page and at the device level under Data Management –> Devices, selecting a device and opening the Networks page.
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Managing Network Operations from NIOS
The appliance denies the operation when you create a network, which is associated with a site, if the respective site belongs to an Active Directory Domain that is synchronized in Read-only mode. Otherwise the appliance creates it on the Microsoft server that is associated with the respective site.
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Restoring Server Data
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