Recovery Manager for AD 10.3.1 - User Guide

Completing the Online Restore Wizard

This is the final page of the wizard. Click Back to select and compare/restore additional objects or click Finish to close the Online Restore Wizard. After you select a backup on the Backup Selection page, the wizard prepares temporary data, unpacking the backup. This is a lengthy operation. The prepared data is erased when you close the wizard, unless you have selected the Keep extracted data after completing the wizard check box on the Backup Data Preparation page.

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Online Restore Wizard for AD LDS (ADAM)

The Online Restore Wizard for AD LDS (ADAM) helps you recover AD LDS (ADAM) objects deleted or modified since the backup. With this wizard you can selectively restore individual directory objects and object attributes from an AD LDS (ADAM) instance backup, compare a backup with an AD LDS (ADAM) instance, and compare two backups taken from the same AD LDS (ADAM) instance. The wizard has the following steps:

The following table shows the steps and associated dialogs which will appear during the restore. On the left, are the steps and dialogs that will be taken/displayed for the Compare, analyze, and optionally restore selection, when made on the Action Selection dialog of the restore. Some of the dialogs will appear more than once, because you are given a chance to make changes based on the report that is generated. Also a restore report can be generated near the end of the restore.

On the right, are the steps and dialogs that are taken/displayed for the Restore (skip compare analysis) selection, when made on the Action Selection dialog of the restore. Since you are not going to generate a report and just want to restore there are a lot less steps/dialogs and only a restore report can be generated near the end of the restore.

The following table shows the steps and associated dialogs which will appear during the Database Compare. With this option, you can perform per-attribute comparison of objects between two AD LDS (ADAM) instance backups.

Wizard Operation Mode

Use this page to choose whether to perform restore and report changes or only compare two AD LDS (ADAM) backups taken from the same AD LDS (ADAM) instance.

• Compare, restore, and report changes in AD LDS (ADAM). With this option, the wizard performs per-attribute comparison of selected objects between the backup and AD LDS (ADAM), and allows you to proceed to the object restore.

• Compare two backups and report the differences. With this option, the wizard performs per-attribute comparison of selected objects between two AD LDS (ADAM) backups taken from the same AD LDS (ADAM) instance.

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AD LDS (ADAM) Instance Selection

Use this page to view a list of AD LDS (ADAM) instances for which backups are available in RMAD and select the instance where you want the wizard to restore AD LDS (ADAM) objects.

• AD LDS (ADAM) instances. Lists AD LDS (ADAM) instances for which backups are available in RMAD. From the list, select the instance where you want the wizard to restore AD LDS (ADAM) objects, and then click Next. In the next step, the wizard lists available backups for this instance.

• Register. The AD LDS (ADAM) instances list only includes the instances for which backups are registered in the RMAD configuration database.

To perform a restore to another AD LDS (ADAM) instance

• Click Register, and then click one from the following items:

  • Register Backup File. Registers a Microsoft Tape Format (MTF)-compliant backup file (.bkf).

  • Register Backups in Folder. Registers all backup files that are in the selected folder.

  • Register Offline AD LDS (ADAM) Database. Registers AD LDS (ADAM) database (adamntds.dit file) unpacked from a backup created with third-party backup tools.

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