4.1 Configuring the Event Monitor Scope

  1. In SMAdmin, click the Home tab.

  2. Click Scope.

  3. In the Scope pane, click the arrow to view the Active Directory containers.

  4. Drag to the Include and Exclude panes, the containers, subcontainers, and groups you want included and excluded respectively.

    Remember that the Builtin, Foreign Security Principals, Managed Service Accounts, Program Data, and System containers are excluded automatically.

    Action

    Result

    Dragging one or more containers or groups to the Include pane

    Specifies that those selected containers and their subcontainers, and groups and their nested groups will be monitored by the Event Monitor, while all other containers and groups will not be monitored.

    Dragging one or more containers or groups to the Exclude pane

    Specifies that those selected containers and their subcontainers, and groups and their nested groups will not be monitored by the Event Monitor, while other containers and groups residing at the same level of the excluded container and group in the AD forest or domain, will be monitored.

  5. Click Apply.