Recovery Manager for AD 10.3.1 - User Guide

Updating license key file

If you have purchased a new license, use the Recovery Manager Console to update the license key file.

To update the license key file

1. In the Recovery Manager Console, right-click the Recovery Manager for Active Directory console tree root, and then click About.

2. In the About dialog box, click the License tab, and then click Install License File.

3. In the Update License dialog box, enter the path and name of the license key file, and then click OK.

Revoking licenses

When the actual number of user accounts exceeds the licensed number, Recovery Manager for Active Directory (RMAD) returns a warning message each time you back up data. In this case, you can revoke licenses from the domains whose backups you no longer need. The revoked licenses are returned to the pool of available licenses and you can allocate them to a different domain.

To revoke licenses from a domain

1. In the console tree, right-click the root node, and then click About.

2. In the About dialog box, click the License tab.

3. On the License tab, select the domain from the License Usage list, and then click Revoke.

4. In the confirmation message box, click Yes.

Backing up data

• Permissions required for the Backup operation

• Managing Backup Agent

• Using a least-privileged user account to back up data

• Using Managed Service Accounts

• Active Directory backups vs Windows System State backups

• Creating BMR and Active Directory backups

• Retrying backup creation

• Enabling backup encryption

• Backing up AD LDS (ADAM)

• Backing up cross-domain group membership

• Backing up distributed file system (DFS) data

• Backup scheduling

• Setting performance options

• Setting advanced backup options

• Unpacking backups

• Using e-mail notification

• Viewing backup creation results

Permissions required for the Backup operation

The table below lists the minimum user account permissions required to perform the Backup operation.

Minimum permissions required for the Backup operation

Backing up the AD data using the preinstalled Backup Agent

Membership in the RMAD Backup Operators group.

-OR-

Builtin\Backup Operators domain local group.

Create the RMAD Backup Operators group before the Backup Agent installation. For more details, refer to Using a least-privileged user account to back up data.

If the Ensure Forest Recovery Agent is deployed check box is selected on the Agent Settings tab of the backup collection Properties, the account must be added to the Builtin\Administrators domain local group.

Backing up the AD data using the automatically installed Backup Agent

Membership in the Builtin\Administrators domain local group.

This operation is always performed under the Recovery Manager Console account.

Installing the Backup Agent

Membership in the Builtin\Administrators domain local group.

-OR-

Domain Admins group.