By default Insight for Active Directory starts without connecting to a system. You must connect to a system to display LDAP activity.
To view activity on your local system, choose Connect Local from the Computer menu.
To connect to a remote system, choose Connect from the Computer menu or press Ctrl+R. This action opens the Select Remote Computer dialog box.
Type or select a computer name in the Computer box or click the Browse button to browse for a remote machine.
To connect using another account, click Connect as and type the name and password of an account with Administrator rights on the remote computer.
To connect using a specified port, click Connect to Running Service using Port and type the port number.
Notes
You
can also connect to a remote machine by typing or selecting the system
name on the toolbar and clicking the Connect
button.
To hide
or display a tray icon on systems running the monitoring
service, change the TCP/IP port number or administrative share name, choose
Preferences from the
Options menu.
You can start Insight for Active Directory with connections already established to machines you specify by adding the -r parameter and associated options to your startup command.
When you connect to a previously unconnected computer you must confirm that you wish to activate a server or workstation license.
Click OK to activate a new license or Cancel to cancel the connection.
Notes
If you activate a new licensed connection you cannot undo the operation.
To view the number of available connections and a list of previously activated connections, choose License Management on the Help menu.