Recovery Manager for AD Forest Edition 10.3 - User Guide

Advanced Logging

• Diagnostic logging Specify the logging setting for the Recovery Manager and Backup Agents for all domain controllers in the collection.

  The following options are available:

  • Global settings - Use the default logging settings from the Recovery Manager Console root node: Recovery Manager for Active Directory->Settings…>Logging.

  • Enable - If you select this option, extended logging will be enabled for all domain controllers within the collection during the backup operation.

  • Disable - If you select this option, the log will contain only Warnings and Error messages.

  The log files will be created in the %ProgramData%\Quest\Recovery Manager for Active Directory\Logs folder:

  • Agent side (domain controller): ErdAgent.log

  • Recovery Console: ErdServer.log

• Creating a new set of log files Specify the creation of new logs for Recovery Manager and Backup Agents for all controllers in the collection.

  Edit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Quest\Recovery Manager for Active Directory\Diagnostics

  Modify or create REG_SZ registry value called LogRotationInterval

  The following options are available:

  • Never - Never create new logs

  • Daily - Create new logs daily.

  • Weekly - Create new logs weekly.

  • Monthly - Create new logs monthly.

Unpacked Backups tab

This tab allows you to override the global (or default) settings used to automatically unpack backups for all Computer Collections.

On this tab, you can use the following elements:

• Use global settings. Specifies to use the global settings to automatically unpack each backup upon its creation.

• Unpack each backup upon its creation. Allows you to configure settings specific to the Computer Collection to automatically unpack each backup upon its creation. In this option, you can specify the number of recent backup creation sessions from which you want to keep unpacked backups for each domain in the Computer Collection or select the domain controllers you need. Other backups created for the Computer Collection will be automatically deleted.

• Do not unpack backups. Specifies not to unpack backups created for the Computer Collection.

For more information on managing unpacked backups, see Unpacking backups.

Container and site properties

For a container such as an Active Directory domain, organizational unit, or site added to a Computer Collection, the properties are used to specify an explicit list of the domain controllers or AD LDS (ADAM) instances for which backups are not to be created.

To view and modify properties for a container or site

1. In the Recovery Manager Console tree, select the Computer Collection that holds the container or site.

2. In the details pane, click the container or site, and then click Properties on the Action menu.

The next subsections provide descriptions for the following:

• Properties for a domain or organizational unit

• Properties for an Active Directory site

• Properties for an AD LDS (ADAM) site

Properties for a domain or organizational unit

The Properties dialog box for a domain or organizational unit added to a Computer Collection includes the following elements:

• Exclusion list. Lists domain controllers that reside in the selected container for which backups are not to be created when backing up the Computer Collection. In the list, each entry includes the following fields:

  • Name. Displays the name of domain controller.

  • Site. Displays the name of the site in which domain controller is located.

• Modify. Opens a dialog box that allows you to modify the Exclusion list. The dialog box includes the following elements:

  • Available domain controllers. Lists domain controllers to be backed up when backing up Computer Collection. To exclude domain controllers from backup, select them in the list, and then click Add.

  • Domain controllers excluded from backup. Lists domain controllers excluded from backup when backing up Computer Collection. To have Recovery Manager for Active Directory back up domain controllers, select them in the list, and then click Remove.

  • Add. Adds domain controllers selected in Available domain controllers to the Domain controllers excluded from backup list.

  • Add All. Adds all domain controllers from Available domain controllers to the Domain controllers excluded from backup list.

  • Remove. Moves the domain controllers selected in Domain controllers excluded from backup to the Available domain controllers list.

  • Remove All. Clears the Domain controllers excluded from backup list. After you click this button, the list Available domain controllers will include all domain controllers that are located in the selected OU or domain.