Recovery Manager for AD 10.1.1 - User Guide

Installing license key file

You need to supply a valid license key file when installing Recovery Manager for Active Directory.

To install a license key file

1. In the Setup Wizard, on the User Information page, click Browse license to display the Select License File dialog box.

2. Locate the Quest license file (*.dlv) and click Open.

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 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