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Recovery Manager for AD Forest Edition 10.3 - Release Notes

Release Notes

These release notes provide information about the Quest® Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest Edition 10.3 release.

About Quest® Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest Edition 10.3

Recovery Manager for Active Directory enables fast, online recovery. Comparison reports highlight what objects and 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 10.3 is a 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 10.3.

Major Features

Console Configuration Backup and Restore

New feature to backup your Recovery Manager for Active Directory (RMAD) Console settings and project files, allowing you to quickly reinstall the product and restore its configuration to the last backed up state in case RMAD becomes inoperable due to a failure. Additionally with a backed up RMAD console configuration file you can install a new Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Edition Forest Recovery console on a new host. This is useful for adding another RMAD console.

Pause Recovery Enhancements

The Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) can be paused during recovery. Recovery Manager for Active Directory now has advanced actions that can be performed during the pause step, including an option to run a script, quarantine files and define custom rules for handling of malicious files.

Integrity Checks for AD Backups

Recovery Manager for Active Directory now supports integrity checks for Active Directory® backups. This new capability in Recovery Manager for Active Directory ensures that integrity checks are automatically performed when a backup is registered and integrity checks can be configured to be performed after a scheduled backup.

Automatic DNS Selection

Before starting a forest recovery operation, you should specify a method for selecting a preferred DNS server for each domain controller in your recovery project. Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.3 has enhanced these methods and how the preferred DNS server is automatically detected.

Hybrid Connector

Recovery Manager for Active Directory integration with On Demand Recovery enables the restoration and undelete of on-premises objects that are synchronized with Azure Active Directory. The RMAD Hybrid Connector service has been updated to no longer use SQL Server® for Hybrid configuration and the TLS v1.2 protocol is now being enforced when communicating with On Demand Recovery.

NOTE

With the removal of the SQL Server® for the Hybrid configuration, after upgrade to 10.3 it is required to re-enter credentials for each domain listed under Discovered Domains.

Computer Collection Properties and Using Preinstalled Backup Agent

Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.3 has updated the default properties for all new computer collections. The option to Use preinstalled Backup Agent is now selected by default as this is the recommended practice for management of the backup agent. The option Automatically configure Windows Firewall and Ensure Forest Recovery Agent is deployed are not selected by default. It is highly suggested to review selected options on existing computer collections.

Windows 2022

Support for agent based restore with LSA protection for Windows 2022.

Support OAuth for Email Notifications

Full support for OAuth2 authentication method for email notifications. Required due to deprecation of basic authentication for Exchange Online.

Enhancements

General

Enhancement ID (old) Azure DevOps
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.3
Salting mechanism for forest recovery project password hashes N/A 412667
Show AD tombstone lifetime settings somewhere in a product UI N/A 353685
Allow for password complexity N/A 253917
BackupAgent does not respect global logging setting 'Create a new set of log files: Never' on the DC side. N/A 381957
TLS 1.2 - Enforce in Hybrid Connect Service for communication to On Demand N/A 384624
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.2 Hotfix 2
Support for OAuth2 authentication method for email notifications. Required due to deprecation of basic authentication for Exchange Online N/A 384541
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.2
Improve message the error while creating remote DCOM object failed because "Access is denied" N/A 263396
Cannot restore a user from a backup that requires credentials for accessing it N/A 267022
Support GMSA account type to run PS custom script (Agent side only) N/A 317648
Installation option for hybrid service in the main product setup N/A 346507
New hybrid configuration Powershell API N/A 346513
Installer check updated for .NET 4.8 N/A 349988
Full support for GMSA accounts for RMAD DRE/FE/Standard N/A 352707
Support for Windows 2022 with exceptions. See User Guide N/A 363862
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.1
Usability improvements to the Computer Collections Properties dialog including removal of Logging tab and introduction of new tab for Secondary Storage N/A 283362
Creation of Management Shell Guide which lists all available PowerShell® cmdlets, with examples. Appendix removed from User Guide N/A 275100
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2
Rename system state backups to Active Directory® backups RMADFE-3009 218405
Hide the "Components" tab in computer collection settings RMADFE-3042 218415
SCOM 2019 support N/A 219783
Pass through Synchronize across time zones from windows task scheduler to RMAD RMADFE-952 220703
Create Logs Daily to be on by default N/A 223980
Display operating system version for all backups N/A 228741

Forest Recovery Edition

Enhancement ID (old) Azure DevOps
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.3
Forest level option to Resume all DC's without selecting them during recovery while paused in DSRM mode N/A 367808
Have the Forest project files replicated using the RMAD replication feature N/A 374869
Malware Remediation button to also include global malware scanning option N/A 369597
Detect DNS server based on server capabilities RMADFE-2242 242068
Implement primary DNS approach as default option for Automatic DNS selection N/A 358394
Support multizone DNS delegation restore N/A 363514
Automatic DNS selection on Repromotion phase should select restored DNS server on Recovery phase N/A 259424
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.2 Hotfix 2
Option for pre-installed online recovery agent N/A 358029
Support for agent based restore with LSA protection for Windows 2022 N/A 318168
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.1
Automatically enable File and Printer Sharing on the clean OS machine when installing FR agent RMADFE-2778 242106
RMAD Console and Forest Recovery Agent cannot read AD configuration with more than 1000 sites N/A 274279
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2
Forest Recovery simulation mode available RMADFE-920 218277
The 'View Recovery Report' action should be available as one of the post recovery dialog actions RMADFE-3034 218413
Encrypt credentials in Forest Recovery project using AESCryptoServiceProvider instead of TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider RMADFE-2199 220948
Allow RMAD backup to continue if forest recovery agent cannot be installed N/A 221433
Set default global catalog handling option to "Keep GC Intact" N/A 223871
Show 'object's tombstone is expired' detailed warning in the Online Restore Wizard RMADFE-1613 223987
Default recovery method to the Repromotion phase should be "Install AD", not "ReinstallAD" N/A 234195
Tool to update backup creation date in simulation projects N/A 234197
Keep previous recovery methods when changing recovery mode like Forest Recovery --> Repromotion --> Forest Recovery N/A 234201
Every DC in simulation project should have a backup created for this domain controller so all recovery methods are available N/A 234203

 

Resolved Issues

General Resolved Issues

Resolved Issues ID (old) Azure DevOps
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.3
Online Restore Wizard: Reporting on Unchanged Objects N/A 377277
Incorrect email subject message after unsuccessful/incomplete recovery N/A 406720
Computer Column - Timing column for the backup jobs to assist users in estimating job lengths N/A 351058
When the Additional path is offline, then a job that's only using local-storage completes with a warning. With Remote Storage, the job fails with an error. N/A 370690
ISO boot fails with a BSOD on Windows 2022 lab. To fix the issue, you need to add the latest cumulative update (any update after 7C-KB5015879) into WinRE.wim. Download the LCU September 13, 2022 — KB5017316 (OS Build 20348.1006) (microsoft.com). See the Quest Knowlege Base article KB4368806 for commands that need to be run. N/A 376632
Online Restore Wizard Directory object not found when restoring with old 2012 R2 backup to 2019 DC N/A 380226
Issue with install - invalid SQL hostname during install/upgrade N/A 388182
FSMO Roles are not displayed in the recovery report after restore N/A 376235
Tab order on SQL Installer page is wrong N/A 397266
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.2 Hotfix 3
RMAD fails to perform backups when using GMSA account after Microsoft Patch applied KB5022289 \ KB5022286 N/A 406231
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.2 Hotfix 2
Include product name and version to the self-extracted installation package N/A 367930
Remove Autorun from build, CD package N/A 380288
Email notifications to O365 email is not supported when Basic Authentication disabled on tenant N/A 386176
RMAD Console crashes when recovering SYSVOL from a backup using Repair Wizard N/A 388796
SCOM: computer collection and RMAD instances are in not monitored health state N/A 393392
Option to "Repair" an installation is grayed out N/A 383571
Online restore wizard does not work on Windows 2016 with LSA protection and Secure Boot enabled N/A 226670
Online restore wizard does not work on Windows 2022 with agent based restore and with LSA protection enabled N/A 367163
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.2 Hotfix 1
Restore-RMADDeletedObject cmdlet crashes when it's used without explicitly specified credentials N/A 382646
Domains that are not synced with Azure AD should be present in the list of discovered domains but should not cause error (require credentials) while saving the configuration N/A 380628
Cannot save ODR integration settings in RMAD due to an old forest/dc listed in discovered domains N/A 380625
Offline Restore Wizard fails with Access Denied to install Offline Restore Agent N/A 375451
Setup folder does not include .NET 4.8 after changing product requirement N/A 373180
Full replication between two consoles is failing with 'The given key was not present in the dictionary' error N/A 322095
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.2
RMAD replication doesn't work with Group Managed Service Account (gMSA) configured for console connection RMADFE-2594 242195
gMSA cannot be used when setting up replication RMADFE-2519 242560
Use a gMSA account from one domain as the agent account for backing up DCs in a different domain does not work N/A 265197
RMAD not finding backups requested by ODR in different timezones N/A 316404
BackupAgent does not respect global logging setting "Create a new set of log files: Never" N/A 322747
Update DisksInfoProvider to be more current and ignore unnecessary drive types N/A 323924
ERDiskAD.mdb does not get imported, gets overwritten by blank rmad.db3 when installing the new version. N/A 352421
A v10.2.1 pre-installed backup agent fails when backup is requested by a v10.1.1 console N/A 353765
Updating backup agent fails if custom port is configured. N/A 354851
Global settings dialog has a slightly broken layout on several tabs N/A 358457
RMAD Console - Replication: Backup information is not being cleaned out of the console when it no longer exists on source N/A 359553
RMAD Console: Diagnostic Logging drop-down reverts to Global Settings when enabled within Advanced settings of Computer Collection N/A 363140
Installer log messages are truncated N/A 364258
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.1 Hotfix 2
RMAD Console Replication error (XML error) during replication when backup runs on master console N/A 351462
Cleanup of metadata during restore of an unprotection object failed from accidental deletion N/A 354567
RMAD Console: Diagnostic Logging drop-down reverts to Global Settings when enabled within Advanced settings of Computer Collection N/A 363140
RMAD build 10.2.1.36279 will not install and triggers MS Defender notification N/A 366313
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.1 Hotfix1
Error with diagram explaining Change Auditor integration N/A 323348
GMSA workflow in the documentation is reportedly missing steps N/A 325726
Cannot retry a snapshot if certain errors occurred while creating a backup N/A 330733
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.1
Allow to unselect Console storage immediately as alternative has been configured N/A 220573
Large number of scheduled tasks can cause Console, Replication and PowerShell cmdlets to be extremely slow RMADFE-1837 242166
Remove a BOM prefix from the script file N/A 257798
Unpacking the backup and the retention policy may fail if the DC cannot be accessed via LDAP from the RMAD console machine N/A 279431
RPC calls to Backup Agent are not retried on RPC_S_SERVER_TOO_BUSY error N/A 314812
Misleading 'Unable to map the network share IPC$ on the computer' error message on attempt to map UNC share N/A 316902
Installation fails with an invalid error message when using a local windows credential to connect to the remote SQL server N/A 317818
Online Restore Wizard cannot undelete an object using a non-administrative
account. Restoring an object in Online Restore Wizard using a
non-administrative account may result in the following error for NT-Security-Descriptor attribute: "Cannot retrieve attribute value(s) from Active Directory. Possible reason: Insufficient access rights." To ignore this error, the NT-Security-Descriptor attribute can be excluded from the list of restored attributes.
N/A 293311
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2 Hotfix 1
Installation of Quest personal certificates to the local certificate store failed. Receive error message to install Quest certificates later. This should not be required. N/A 274643
Computer Collection scheduled tasks removed after upgrade to 10.2 if gMSA used as the scheduled task account N/A 280854
rmad.db3 file gets overwritten during an uninstall -> install of version 10.2 N/A 283069
Cannot retain the uncheck "Global Catalog Servers" option in the Advanced tab of the Computer Collection properties window N/A 230397
It will display 'Network access is denied' error in Win2016/2019 if specify account to restore GPO with "domain\username" format N/A/ 233623
Cannot see some advanced objects in the object picker in Online Restore Wizard N/A 275027
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2
Security Vulnerability - Sensitive comments embedded within client-side code sent to an end user machine RMADFE-3244 218142
Security Vulnerability - Runtime hardening (SEP, ASLR and other) RMADFE-3248 218146
Full replication fails when a DC is selected for the option 'Unpack each backup upon its creation' in the master console RMADFE-1858 218500
Storage agent settings are not applied on install N/A 219910
No progress/wait indication after clicking 'OK' on the 'Add Console…' dialog N/A 224321
Backup fails if the Domain Controllers OU has a AzureADKerberos computer object in it as part of Azure AD FIDO deployment N/A 227903
Improve documentation with information on number of scheduled computer collections for optimal performance N/A 232614
Access Violation in the ProcessRequest function and crashes service N/A 232682
Remove mutual exclusion mechanism between replication process and restore process RMADFE-1575 237972
Display correct backup info and support restore for Collections with containers (not DCs) N/A 240580
Retriable VSS error causes undefined behavior in Backup Agent on retry N/A 241825
Modify the configuration to remove collision problems with SHA1, moved to SHA256 N/A 253913
Retention policy ignores collection and consider backups of all collections N/A 259645

Forest Recovery Resolved Issues

Resolved Issue ID (old) Azure DevOps
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.3
No warning when accounts are missed on password reset N/A 302503
Issues occur with Forest recovery if Administrator and Guest builtin accounts have been renamed N/A 273145
The "DC for auth restore of Sysvol" dropdown is empty in the FR project settings N/A 412284
Cannot access the recovery plan if no printer exists, or printer is not functioning properly N/A 375548
Persistence restore session can become "stuck" N/A 365894
Verify operation should check FSMO owners consistency in frproj N/A 370975
Date format used to display date/time on progress screen in Forest Recovery Console does not follow the configured date/time format on the server N/A 374429
Same domain name appears twice with different letter cases on project settings dialog N/A 252242
iLO access password is logged in clear text N/A 317963
'Configure the domain controller as global catalog server' option is shown on FR console when the 'Restore Active Directory on Clean OS' recovery method is used RMADFE-2830 242200
DNS is not working correctly after BMR recovery with multiple DNS domains hosted in one zone RMADFE-2173 242184
Do not show skipped "Apply group policy" step on progress tab N/A 414312
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.2 Hotfix 2
Forest recovery step Configure DNS server slow N/A 355113
Forest recovery failed at Apply group policy step N/A 384999
Loopback address is duplicated in DNS client settings N/A 364187
Apply Group Policy step should not restart DC if not required N/A 381177
Skip removing deletion protection from domain controller objects when doing metadata cleanup N/A 395989
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.2 Hotfix 1
Check Forest Health uses the local credentials to create a test user N/A 374940
Manage Domain Controller Tools allow to manage agents for "Do not recover" domain controllers using "invisible" credentials N/A 372411
Forest Recovery projects are not loaded automatically after upgrade if they were created by the prior version. N/A 322930
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.2
Installing Forest Recovery agent hangs if SMB shares are disabled N/A 285225
Antivirus scanning failed with 'Path too long' error N/A 324610
FRConsole broken due to undocumented new System Requirements for FR Console N/A 325287
FR Console Crashes after recovery cancellation N/A 363341
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.1 Hotfix 2
Install AD/IFM operation may fail unable to bind replicationPartner parameter N/A 356459
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.1 Hotfix1
Forest Recovery Console takes a long time to apply backup selection criteria N/A 322570
Online Restore Wizard cannot connect to Change Auditor database if the agent-based method is selected N/A 325775
Verify Setting may fail at pre-recovery checking DSRM password N/A 328446
Protect object from accidental deletion prevents Metadata Cleanup from removing DC computer object N/A 330979
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.1
Check Forest Health can get stuck on the second step RMADFE-3041 218559
New recovery project, selecting a Backup display the adding time in the Backup Age column instead of backup age N/A 237971
'There is no PREFERRED_DNS value' error occurs, if no DNS server is found on installing Active Directory RMADFE-2437 242191
Feature loss in Forest Edition: Cannot skip a backup for non-authoritative DCs in Sysvol recovery mode N/A 245551
'There is no PREFERRED_DNS value' error when a 'Select preferred DNS' agent operation did not return a result it causes product to halt and cannot be skipped or aborted N/A 253457
Resume Forest Recovery show 'Password is incorrect' N/A 254788
Installing Forest Recovery agent hangs if SMB shares are disabled N/A 285225
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2 Hotfix 1
During upgrade a DBImport error occurs when antimalware status data exists. Caused by debug logging on by default. N/A 274622
GPO Comparison Report is not working N/A 278211
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2
Email notification template contains invalid text and status message N/A 252659
Verification email contains incorrect backup data N/A 252866
Creating ADVL fails when unable to access VConverter error N/A 253382
Wrong replication partner is selected in IFM recovery on second phase. IFM failed N/A 253681
IFM script does not automatically reboot DC after installed AD DS tools. IFM failed N/A 253778
Install AD method on second phase may fail with "Unable to connect to the replication source" N/A 225791
IPSec isolation policy was not removed successfully when previous forest recovery is aborted and left dirt data N/A 237004
IPSec isolation policy was not removed successfully during restore N/A 237049
The "Reset computer account" operation fails when some other recovery operation failed and retried earlier RMADFE-2659 242197
After upgrade from 10.1 to 10.1.1, the Verify Settings in Forest Recovery console send emails with some kind of strange status messages N/A 242679

 

Security

Recovery Manager for Active Directory fully supports Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2. It is recommended that you upgrade to TLS 1.2 for secure communications.

Security Resolved Issue ID (old) Azure DevOps
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.3
Salting mechanism for forest recovery project and ADVL project password hashes N/A 412667
Enforce password complexity on Forest Recovery project N/A 253917
TLS 1.2 - Enforce in Hybrid Connect Service for communication to On Demand N/A 384624
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.1
Do not use SHA1 for key derivation function to generate hash for creation of
AES-256 key for backup encryption
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