Recovery Manager for AD 10.1.1 - User Guide

Health dashboards

In the SCOM Operations console, Recovery Manager for Active Directory components are represented as three health state views (separate for each type of objects) and two multi-level diagrams. There are three types of RMAD objects in these diagrams: Recovery Manager Console instances, Computer Collections existing in the Recovery Manager Console and Computers explicitly or implicitly added to Computer Collections. Each object has properties and health state determined by these properties.

In the multi-level diagrams All Components in Computer Collections and All Recovery Manager Console Instances under Monitoring | Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory, health of upper-level components depends on the health of lower-level components.

RMAD object properties monitored by RMAD Management Pack

Recovery Manager Console

Regular Management Pack

• TargetComputer Display name of a RMAD console instance

• Version Version of a RMAD console instance

Limited Management Pack

• TargetComputer Display name of a RMAD console instance

• Version Version of a RMAD console instance

Computer Collection

Regular Management Pack

• DisplayName Display name of a computer collection

• ID Computer collection ID

• AgentSideBackupPath DC storage

• ConsoleSideBackupPath Location of the backup storage on the RMAD Console side

• CollectFEMetaData Indicates what metadata is collected

• HasCollectionItems Indicates whether a computer collection has collection items

Limited Management Pack

• DisplayName Display name of a computer collection

• ID Computer collection ID

• AgentSideBackupPath DC storage

• ConsoleSideBackupPath Location of the backup storage on the RMAD Console side

• CollectFEMetaData Indicates what metadata is collected

• HasCollectionItems Indicates whether a computer collection has collection items

Computer

Regular Management Pack

• TargetComputer Name of a domain controller

• LastSessionResult Result of the last backup session

• LastSessionDate Time stamp of the last backup session

• BackupExists Indicates whether a backup was created in the last 30 days

Limited Management Pack

• TargetComputer Name of a domain controller

Health checks performed by RMAD Management Pack

Recovery Manager Console

Regular Management Pack

• Checks whether there are computer collection in the RMAD console instance.

Limited Management Pack

• Does not perform any checks.

Computer Collection

Regular Management Pack

• Checks whether a computer collection has collection items.

Limited Management Pack

• Checks whether a computer collection has at least one domain controller.

• There are no alerts about empty collections or collections which have no backups in the last 30 days.

Computer

Regular Management Pack

• Checks whether a backup was created in the last 30 days. If there are no backups, the Management Pack generates the warning message.

-OR-

• Checks the result of the last backup session.

Limited Management Pack

• Does not request any data about completed backups or backup sessions.

• Does not check whether a backup was created in the last 30 days.

Using Management Shell

• About Management Shell

• Installing and opening Management Shell

• Getting Help

• Descriptions of PowerShell commands

About Management Shell

The Recovery Manager for Active Directory Management Shell, built on Microsoft Windows PowerShell technology, provides a command-line interface that enables automation of backup/recovery-related administrative tasks. With this Management Shell, administrators can manage Computer Collections, backup/recovery sessions, compare and start backup/recovery jobs.

The Management Shell command-line tools (cmdlets), like all the Windows PowerShell cmdlets, are designed to deal with objects—structured information that is more than just a string of characters appearing on the screen. The cmdlets do not use text as the basis for interaction with the system, but use an object model that is based on the Microsoft .NET platform. In contrast to traditional, text-based commands, the cmdlets do not require the use of text-processing tools to extract specific information. Rather, you can access portions of the data directly by using standard Windows PowerShell object manipulation commands.

Installing and opening Management Shell

This section covers:

• Installation requirements

• Installing Management Shell

• Opening Management Shell