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Netwrix Auditor Failed to Collect the Administrator Audit Log

Symptom

A Domain item has the Take Action status and the Netwrix Auditor Health Log contains the following error:

Failed to collect the Administrator audit log. Unable to obtain a list of Exchange servers: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 

Cause

Invalid format of the domain name is specified in your monitoring plan settings.

Resolution

Provide a name for your domain in the FQDN format. For that:

  1. In Netwrix Auditor, navigate to Monitoring Plans.
  2. Select the monitoring plan that contains item with the Take Action status.
  3. Click Edit Item on the right.
  4. On the General tab, provide the domain name in the FQDN format (e.g., corp.local) under Specify Active Directory domain.
  5. Save your edits.