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Recovery Manager for AD Disaster Recovery Edition 10.1.1 - Release Notes

Release Notes

Release Notes

These release notes provide information about the Quest® Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition 10.1.1 release.

About Quest® Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition 10.1.1

Recovery Manager for Active Directory enables fast, online recovery. Comparison reports highlight what objects an attributes have been changed and deleted in Active Directory enabling efficient, focused recovery at the object or attribute level. Accurate backups and a quicker recovery enable you to reduce the time and costs associated with AD outages and reduce the impact on users throughout your organization.

Recovery Manager for Active Directory is based on patented technology.

Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1.1 is a maintenance release with new features and functionality. See New Features and Enhancements.

 

New Features and Enhancements

This section covers new features and enhancements in Quest® Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1.1.

Major Features

Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1.1

  • Support LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) to encrypt Active Directory connection for online restore of backups

    • Full support for both agent-based and agentless online restores of Active Directory objects.
    • New global option to specify SSL connection. Select the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to encrypt the connection check box in the Recovery Manager for Active Directory Settings dialog.
    • Ability to select SSL connection when connecting to a forest in the Recovery Manager console.
  • Run PowerShell Scripts before and after creating a backup This option allows you to customize your environment by running PowerShell scripts before and/or after creating a backup. Custom scripts can be launched either on the Recovery Manager for Active Directory Console machine or on the domain controller side.

Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF2

  • FEATURE PREVIEW: Support for Broadcom Endpoint Security Recovery Manager for Active Directory supports malware scan for BMR and Active Directory backups using Broadcom Endpoint Security (former name: Symantec Endpoint Protection 15).

Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF1

  • Convert Windows Server Backup to RMAD BMR Backup
    Support for native Windows Server backups by converting them to RMAD BMR backups using PowerShell API.

  • Support for VMware vCenter/ESX version 6.7 in Active Directory Virtual Lab
    Recovery Manager for Active Directory supports VMware vCenter/ESX version 6.7 for creating virtual test environments in Active Directory Virtual Lab.

  • Scan Active Directory backups for viruses
    Malware scan is now supported for Active Directory backups.

  • FEATURE PREVIEW: Support for Symantec Endpoint Protection version 14.x
    From this version, Recovery Manager for Active Directory supports malware scan for BMR and Active Directory backups using Symantec Endpoint Protection.

Enhancements

General

Enhancement ID (old) ID (new)
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1.1
Support LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) to encrypt Active Directory connection for online restore of backups. This includes full support for both agent-based and agentless online restores of Active Directory objects and a new global option to specify SSL connection (select the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to encrypt the connection check box in the Recovery Manager for Active Directory Settings dialog). RMADFE-823 ADO-222475
Run PowerShell Scripts before and after creating a backup. This option allows you to customize your environment by running PowerShell scripts before and/or after creating a backup. Custom scripts can be launched either on the Recovery Manager for Active Directory Console machine or on the domain controller side. RMADFE-2281 ADO-218304
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF2
The computer collection type (System State and Bare Metal) is displayed in the Recovery Manager Console. RMADFE-2133 ADO-218173
Full replication: A user can view collection properties and global settings in the console that is used as a replication target. All of these settings are read-only, except Logging in global settings. RMADFE-2874 ADO-218185
Hide replication sessions older than X days shown under Replication > History in Recovery Manager Console Introduced a new registry key named "ReplicationSessionLimitDays" that allows you to specify the number of days (Default: 10). The new registry key only limits the replication history shown in the Recovery Manager Console, and it does not work with the relevant PowerShell cmdlets. RMADFE-2910 ADO-218187
The "PassedWithWarnings" antivirus scan status is shown if your antivirus database is older than the specified time limit. From this version, this limit is set to 3 days by default. RMADFE-3230 ADO-218220

Forest Recovery Edition

Enhancement ID (old) ID (new)
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1.1
ADVL automatic DNS selection doesn't work if no target item has preferred DNS. RMADFE-3250 ADO-218271
Support LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) for Forest Recovery Edition, including the ability to select SSL connection when connecting to a forest in the Recover Manager console. RMADFE-823 ADO-218354
Creating Recovery Media (ISO) enhancement - use custom WinRE.wim image. RMADFE-3126 ADO-218437
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF2
Opening large projects in the Forest Recovery Console is made quicker by running the DNS cache update in the background. RMADFE-3107 ADO-218205
Default states of checkboxes on the General tab now depend on the original DC type "Install the domain controller as a read-only" - This option is selected by default if the original DC was a read-only DC. Applicable methods include Install/Reinstall Active Directory, and Install/Reinstall Active Directory from Media. "Configure the domain controller as a global catalog server" - This option is selected by default if the original DC was a global catalog. Applicable methods include Install/Reinstall Active Directory, Install/Reinstall Active Directory from Media, and Restore Active Directory on Clean OS. RMADFE-2904 ADO-218186
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF1
Auto-select a manually-registered backup for Install and Reinstall AD from Media recovery methods Now the Forest Recovery Console can automatically select a manually-registered backup for the recovery methods Install and Reinstall AD from Media. RMADFE-2905 ADO-218362
Active Directory backups for a DC with custom DNS suffix now contain correct domain names Now such Active Directory backups have correct domain names and can be selected for the recovery methods Install and Reinstall AD from Media in the Forest Recovery Console when performing forest recovery in an environment with disjoint namespace. RMADFE-2850 ADO-218527
Support for restore of custom Primary DNS suffixes for domain controllers from a disjoint namespace The Install Active Directory (including the Install from Media option) and Restore Active Directory on Clean OS recovery methods support restore of custom Primary DNS suffixes for domain controllers from a disjoint namespace. RMADFE-2911 ADO-218365
The Reset Passwords option is not available for the Repromotion mode The Reset Passwords dialog is not displayed during the Phase 2 recovery because this feature is not available for the Repromotion mode. RMADFE-2903 ADO-218359

Disaster Recovery Edition

Enhancement ID (old) ID (new)
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF2
Scheduled BMR project verification does not use the latest backup RMADFE-3053 ADO-218195
If the DC name is too long, the resulting path to the temporary folder that is used to extract backup files during the malware scan may exceed the limit and the backup files cannot be extracted. RMADFE-3081 ADO-218199
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF1
Search for BMR backups for an Active Directory with disjoint namespace works fine BMR backups for an Active Directory with disjoint namespace can be easily found in Forest Recovery Console. RMADFE-2797 ADO-218517

 

Resolved Issues

General Resolved Issues

Resolved Issue ID (old) ID (new)
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1.1
Agent-based online restore can result in lsass process crash. RMADFE-3233 ADO-218222
Unable to restore AD object when user provides smart card PIN and username hint. RMADFE-3132 ADO-218574
Configuring a backup schedule is disabled when creating a backup from Recovery Manager for Active Directory > Create Backup. RMADFE-3260 ADO-219136
SCOM pack Get Collections call results in Access denied errors. RMADFE-3025 ADO-220574
Increasing number of scheduled tasks makes Console, Replication, and Cmdlets extremely slow. RMADFE-1837 ADO-223040
RMAD console crashed due to missing DLL Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.dll. N/A ADO-226682
After restore a User Object Member Of is different than in Active Directory. N/A ADO-230090
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF2
Cannot replicate a password from the E-mail tab in the Recovery Manager for Active Directory Settings dialog during full replication. RMADFE-2999 ADO-218191
Recovery Manager Console cannot replicate AD LDS (ADAM) instances from an untrusted domain in a collection. RMADFE-3099 ADO-218203
Recovery Manager Portal installation using SQL Server authentication fails with an error indicating the specified credentials do not have sufficient privileges on target SQL Server. RMADFE-3064 ADO-218197
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF1
Now the backup collecting schedule can be configured for the selected day of the week. RMADFE-3029 ADO-218556
Recovery Manager for Active Directory does not restore GPO template files because they are considered as DFSR conflicts and are removed. RMADFE-2800 ADO-218518
The Group Policy Restore Wizard cannot connect to a domain controller because it mistakenly tries to connect to another domain controller that is not available. RMADFE-2554 ADO-218510
Full replication fails with the "No such host is known" error when the slave console has an unreachable DC in the Backup Agent Management list. RMADFE-2625 ADO-225873
The Online Restore Wizard cannot accept long paths (longer than 22 symbols) to the Change Auditor database. RMADFE-2567 ADO-225869
A list of registered backups opens with a delay in Online Restore Wizard. RMADFE-2715 ADO-218318
The text on the "Unpacked Backups" (global settings) tab in the "Settings" dialog box has been improved. RMADFE-2775 ADO-218324
Recovery Manager Console cannot replicate AD sites from an untrusted domain in a collection. RMADFE-2844 ADO-218523
Full replication fails when a DC is selected for the option 'Unpack each backup upon its creation' in the primary console. RMADFE-1858 ADO-225860

Forest Recovery Resolved Issues

Resolved Issue ID (old) ID (new)
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1.1
IPv6 based UNC Path support. RMADFE-3232 ADO-218913
Scanning of all backups does not stop when one of the processes ends urgently. N/A ADO-219145
Errors when trying to restore SYSVOL: Need to improve the RPC stability. N/A ADO-228250
ADVL converter returns 500 error. N/A ADO-230091
Error when booting VM: "Invalid location type. Location accepts only VIDatastore objects." N/A ADO-233811
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF2
Restore to Clean OS does not restore SYSVOL contents if custom SYSVOL path was specified in the project settings. RMADFE-3231 ADO-218221
The "Verify selected DCs" operation shows zero progress for all other domain controllers. RMADFE-2649 ADO-218183
The "Elapsed time" counter in the Forest Recovery Console stops after DC failure even when the verify operation continues. RMADFE-2925 ADO-218188
When every DC in the domain is marked as "Do not recover" it implies that the domain will be removed during the recovery process. But it is a forest-wide operation and should be prohibited in the "Domain Recovery" mode. RMADFE-2988 ADO-218189
Forest Recovery Console cannot open a project file saved with UTF-8 BOM. RMADFE-3083 ADO-218201
Forest Recovery console mistakenly performs user authentication during health check for a read-only domain controller. RMADFE-2015 ADO-218501
Opening a saved project in Active Directory Virtual Lab fails with the "This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms" error when FIPS compliance is enabled in the server where Recovery Manager Console is installed. RMADFE-3060 ADO-218196
DC access credentials cannot be reset if they are specified in the "domain\username" format on the General tab or on the Recovery Mode tab in the Recovery Project Settings dialog. RMADFE-3104 ADO-218204
If the domain access account is entered in the "domain\username" format on the General tab, this account will not be automatically excluded from the password reset operation when the "Reset password for domain users in privileged groups" option is enabled in the Reset Passwords dialog. RMADFE-3189 ADO-218213
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF1
Forest Recovery scheduled verification fails if Persistence is enabled but the Persistence SQL server is not accessible. RMADFE-2831 ADO-218519
Reinstall of read-only DC may not work. RMADFE-2996 ADO-218549
Install Active Directory may fail due to the Select DNS operation cannot restart the Netlogon service. RMADFE-3013 ADO-218552
Forest Recovery Console correctly displays a type of scanned backup in warnings if the backup is infected. RMADFE-3008 ADO-218550
Recovery Manager for Active Directory should clean the 'selected backup' field in the Forest Recovery Console when no backups pass the backup selection criteria filter. RMADFE-2932 ADO-218375
Do not validate a backup password if the backup is not specified for the Install Active Directory or Reinstall Active Directory method. RMADFE-2987 ADO-218393
Cannot select the "Do nothing" option for a read-only domain controller (RODC) in the second phase. RMADFE-2915 ADO-218532
DNS A record of a domain may not be deleted during DNS cleanup. RMADFE-2860 ADO-218335
The "Install from Media" option on the General tab of the Forest Recovery Console gets unchecked when you check or uncheck the "Use backup criteria to automatically select a backup" option. RMADFE-2906 ADO-218530
In the "Adjust to Active Directory changes" recovery method only credentials in the Normal mode should be available. RMADFE-2843 ADO-218522
The CD-ROM device must be added (if it is absent on the source machine) to an instance converted with ADVL to install VMware Guest Tools on the target machine. RMADFE-2786 ADO-218515
It is required to limit the maximum number of automatically selected DNS servers on the domain controller. RMADFE-2608 ADO-218312
Automatic DNS configuration can choose an unrestored DNS server. RMADFE-2714 ADO-218317

Disaster Recovery Resolved Issues

Resolved Issue ID (old) ID (new)
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1.1
Impossible to collect an encrypted BMR backup when Bitlocker was hardened by GPOs. RMADFE-3212 ADO-218269
Cannot create BMR backup for the domain controller with Data Duplication enabled on a non-critical volume. RMADFE-3211 ADO-218929
Impossible to collect an encrypted BMR backup when GPO "Choose drive encryption method and cipher strength (Windows 10 [Version 1511] and later)" is set. RMADFE-3213 ADO-219148
Error when processing Bare Metal Active Directory Recovery in Forest Recovery Console. N/A ADO-222538
"Invalid server certificate" error occurs when connecting to vCenter. N/A ADO-227404
Bare metal recovery fails with error "The process terminated unexpectedly" if the target disk is too small. N/A ADO-230712
Permissions applied based on current documentation and BMR restore does not work - no access to list data stores. N\A ADO-232623
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF2
The "An item with the same key has already been added" error may occur while verifying the recovery project with Bare Metal Active Directory Recovery. RMADFE-3092 ADO-218202
The "Another task is already in progress" error occurs when starting the VMWare virtual machine. RMADFE-3229 ADO-218219
Bare Metal Recovery project verification fails to process DNS IP addresses delimited with a comma followed by space. RMADFE-3223 ADO-218217
Restore to Clean OS may fail on the "reboot to Normal mode" operation. RMADFE-3225 ADO-218218
Server booting using Dell iDRAC fails with the "No suitable authentication method found to complete authentication" error. RMADFE-3177 ADO-218211
HP iLO server cannot be booted automatically. RMADFE-3196 ADO-218215
You may get "Object reference is not set to an instance of an object" error on the "Getting information about computer from backup" step. RMADFE-3186 ADO-218212
The IP address of the wrong NIC is used in the "Get information about computer from backup" verification step. RMADFE-3112 ADO-218206
The recovery method 'Restore AD on Clean OS' mistakenly uses the domain credentials to install Forest Recovery Agent while verifying project settings. RMADFE-3033 ADO-218193
Forest Recovery Console cannot use network credentials (non-Administrative) for a backup share due to malware scan of Active Directory backup. RMADFE-3082 ADO-218200
Malware scan result icon and tooltip are not refreshed in case of manual selection of BMR backup. RMADFE-3039 ADO-218194
The DVD boot device is not available in Firmware list after BMR restore (Hyper-V). RMADFE-3066 ADO-218198
BMR console may fail when going back to Config IP address step RMADFE-3128 ADO-218209
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1 HF1
The UI controls that are associated with the Restore Active Directory on Clean OS recovery method are not disabled if the Disaster Recovery Edition license is not applied. RMADFE-3054 ADO-218566
Scheduled BMR project verification does not use the latest backup. RMADFE-3044 ADO-218561
When the "Use backup criteria to automatically select a backup" option is selected and you change the current recovery method to "Restore on Clean OS", the auto-selected backup will disappear. RMADFE-3045 ADO-218562
Recovery to Clean OS could fail for Windows Server 2012 DCs with FRS replication. RMADFE-3037 ADO-218558
The VM is not booted from the ISO file if the machine was previously restored using BMR recovery. RMADFE-2942 ADO-218536
The ISO file is not deleted from the VM storage location after recovery (Hyper-V, VMWare). RMADFE-2941 ADO-218535
Ensure that Windows Defender is not mentioned in the UI. RMADFE-2887 ADO-218353
Some passwords are logged in clear text for ZeroTouch operations (VMWare, Hyper-V). RMADFE-2940 ADO-225924
Unable to cancel the "waiting for recovery media" operation when the agent does not respond. RMADFE-2837 ADO-218520
The ISO file access credentials are not applied when booting a Hyper-V virtual machine. RMADFE-2916 ADO-218533
Booting of a VMWare virtual machine may fail if the virtual machine name contains special symbols (e.g. dot). RMADFE-2907 ADO-218531
Parallel upload of the ISO file to the VMWare datastore may fail. RMADFE-2899 ADO-218529
Now Recovery Manager for Active Directory checks the required Windows version (2016 or higher) and returns an error message if needed during the antimalware scan. RMADFE-2852 ADO-225895
The Hardware settings in Forest Recovery Console must be disabled if there is no DRE license. RMADFE-2848 ADO-218526
Recovery Manager for AD generates too many progress logs in the event of a failure in creating a Bare Metal Recovery backup. RMADFE-2439 ADO-218508
Now BMR backups are read-only to ensure that they cannot be unintentionally modified during a malware scan. RMADFE-2771 ADO-218322
You may get a confusing event "Information about the computer was read from backup. Original IP address: N/A…" when the target network settings are explicitly specified. RMADFE-2583 ADO-218511
The misleading "Start-RMADFileSystemScan did not return a job" error may occur when scanning a BMR backup on Windows 2012 R2 - based DC or earlier. RMADFE-2854 ADO-218528

 

Known Issues

General Known Issues

Known Issue ID (old) ID (new)
Cannot perform RMAD upgrade if the SQL Server Always On group is enabled for the reporting database. RMADFE-1146 ADO-220503
When a user cancels the data replication process by Ctrl + C, by logoff, etc, the status of the replication session is stuck at "Running". RMADFE-1271 ADO-220508
Customer can add a few instances of the same RMAD console (by domain name and by IP). RMADFE-1276 ADO-220509
Cannot disable replication schedule when there is no replication console (the replication console was deleted). RMADFE-1283 ADO-220511
Backups may contain invalid FQDNs that are registered automatically, so they cannot be selected in the Forest Recovery Console. Workaround: Use the Active Directory browse method tо add the DCs to a collection when creating backups, or perform backup creation for the DCs (with correct FQDN) directly. To use the Active Directory browse method, click All Domain Controllers in the console tree, right-click a domain controller on the right pane and press Add to Collection. RMADFE-2851 ADO-220570
Recovery Manager for Active Directory does not show changes to GPO administrative templates in the GPO comparison report. RMADFE-805 ADO-220632
Group Policy restore might fail with the error "Network access is denied”. RMADFE-2162 ADO-226664
Online Restore Wizard does not work on Windows Server 2016 with LSA protection and Secure Boot enabled. RMADFE-1996 ADO-226670
Recovery Manager Portal upgrade fails when upgrading from 10.1 HF1 or earlier to 10.1 HF2 or later. You must reinstall the Recovery Manager Portal when upgrading instead. RMADFE-3122 ADO-229151

Forest Recovery Known Issues

Known Issue ID (old) ID (new)
SYSVOL may not work correctly if a domain controller that was selected for the authoritative SYSVOL restore cannot be restored. RMADFE-1111 ADO-220501
Update/recreate ISO image on the "Ensure that Quest Recovery Media is available" step when agent inside ISO is outdated. Happens after product update. RMADFE-2220 ADO-226671
The start type of Windows Defender Firewall service cannot be restored in Windows Server 2019. RMADFE-2228 ADO-226672

 

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