Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest Recovery Edition 10.2 - What is new and resolved (4219420)

10.2 New Features:

• Secure Storage Server - Recovery Manager for Active Directory now has the ability to harden a server and securely store backups on it for use in a disaster recovery scenario
• Microsoft® Azure Virtual Machine Creation - Recovery Manager for Active Directory now supports the creation of Microsoft® Azure resources including virtual machines during a Forest Recovery

10.2 General Enhancements:

• Rename system state backups to Active Directory backups - RMADFE-3009  ADO-218405
• Hide the "Components" tab in computer collection settings - RMADFE-3042  ADO-218415
• SCOM 2019 support - ADO-219783
• Pass through Synchronize across time zones from windows task scheduler to RMAD - RMADFE-952  ADO-220703
• Create Logs Daily to be on by default - ADO-223980
• Display operating system version for all backups - ADO-228741

10.1.1 General Enhancements:

• Support LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) to encrypt Active Directory connection for online restore of backups. This includes full support for both agent-based and agentless online restores of Active Directory objects and a new global option to specify SSL connection (select the Use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to encrypt the connection check box in the Recovery Manager for Active Directory Settings dialog) - RMADFE-823  ADO-222475
• Run PowerShell scripts before and after creating a backup. This option allows you to customize your environment by running PowerShell scripts before and/or after creating a backup. Custom scripts can be launched either on the Recovery Manager for Active Directory Console machine or on the domain controller side - RMADFE-2281  ADO-218304

10.2 Forest Recovery Edition Enhancements:

• Forest Recovery simulation mode available - RMADFE-920  ADO-218277
• The 'View Recovery Report' action should be available as one of the post recovery dialog actions - RMADFE-3034  ADO-218413
• Encrypt credentials in Forest Recovery project using AESCryptoServiceProvider instead of TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider - RMADFE-2199  ADO-220948
• Allow RMAD backup to continue if forest recovery agent cannot be installed - ADO-221433
• Set default global catalog handling option to "Keep GC Intact" - ADO-223871
• Show 'object's tombstone is expired' detailed warning in the Online Restore Wizard - RMADFE-1613  ADO-223987
• Default recovery method to the Repromotion phase should be "Install AD", not "ReinstallAD" - ADO-234195
• Tool to update backup creation date in simulation projects - ADO-234197
• Keep previous recovery methods when changing recovery mode like Forest Recovery --> Repromotion --> Forest Recovery - ADO-234201
• Every DC in simulation project should have a backup created for this domain controller so all recovery methods are available - ADO-234203

10.1.1 Forest Recovery Edition Enhancements:

• ADVL automatic DNS selection doesn't work if no target item has preferred DNS - RMADFE-3250  ADO-218271
• Support LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) for Forest Recovery Edition, including the ability to select SSL connection when connecting to a forest in the Recovery Manager console - RMADFE-823  ADO-218354
• Creating Recovery Media (ISO) enhancement - use custom WinRE.wim image - RMADFE-3126  ADO-218437

10.2 General Resolved:

• Security Vulnerability - Sensitive comments embedded within client-side code sent to an end user machine - RMADFE-3244  ADO-218142
• Security Vulnerability - Runtime hardening (SEP, ASLR and other) - RMADFE-3248  ADO-218146
• Full replication fails when a DC is selected for the option 'Unpack each backup upon its creation' in the master console - RMADFE-1858  ADO-218500
• Storage agent settings are not applied on install - ADO-219910
• No progress/wait indication after clicking 'OK' on the 'Add Console…' dialog - ADO-224321
• Backup fails if the Domain Controllers OU has a AzureADKerberos computer object in it as part of Azure AD FIDO deployment - ADO-227903
• Improve documentation with information on number of scheduled computer collections for optimal performance - ADO-232614
• Access Violation in the ProcessRequest function and crashes service - ADO-232682
• Remove mutual exclusion mechansim between replication process and restore process - RMADFE-1575  ADO-237972
• Display correct backup info and support restore for Collections with containers (not DCs) - ADO-240580
• Retriable VSS error causes undefined behavior in Backup Agent on retry - ADO-241825
• Modify the configuration to remove collision problems with SHA1, moved to SHA256 - ADO-253913
• Retention policy ignores collection and consider backups of all collections - ADO-259645

10.1.1 HF1 General Resolved:

• RMAD console crashes while building comparison report - ADO-240300

10.1.1 General Resolved:

• Agent-based online restore can result in lsass process crash - RMADFE-3233  ADO-218222
• Unable to restore AD object when user provides smart card PIN and username hint - RMADFE-3132  ADO-218574
• Configuring a backup schedule is disabled when creating a backup from Recover Manager for Active Directory > Create Backup - RMADFE-3260  ADO-219136
• SCOM pack Get Collections call results in Access denied errors - RMADFE-3025  ADO-220574
• Increasing number of scheduled tasks makes Console, Replication, and Cmdlets extremely slow - RMADFE-1837  ADO-223040
• RMAD console crashed due to missing DLL Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.dll - ADO-226682
• After restore a User Object Member Of is different than in Active Directory - ADO-230090

10.2 Forest Recovery Edition Resolved:

• Email notification template has some issues - ADO-252659
• Verification email contains incorrect backup data - ADO-252866
• Creating ADVL fails when unable to access VConverter error - ADO-253382
• Wrong replication partner is selected in IFM recovery on second phase. IFM failed - ADO-253681
• IFM script does not automatically reboot DC after installed AD DS tools. IFM failed - ADO-253778
• Install AD moethd on second pahse may fail with "Unable to connect to the replication source" - ADO-225791
• IPSec isolation policy was not removed successfully when previous forst recovery is aborted and left dirt data - ADO-237004
• IPSec isolation policy was not removed successfully during restore - ADO-237049
• The "Reset computer account" operation fails when some other recovery operation failed and retried earlier - RMADFE-2659  ADO-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 - ADO-242679

10.1.1 HF1 Forest Recovery Edition Resolved:

• Forest Recovery fails if the only drive encrypted with BitLocker is removed - ADO-222308

10.1.1 Forest Recovery Edition Resolved:

• IPv6 based UNC Path support - RMADFE-3232  ADO-218913
• Scanning of all backups does not stop when one of the processes ends urgently - ADO-219145
• Errors when trying to restore SYSVOL: Need to improve the RPC stability - ADO-228250
• ADVL converter returns 500 error - ADO-230091
• Error when booting VM: "Invalid location type. Location accepts only VIDatastore objects." - ADO-233811

10.2 Security Information:

• Eliminate SHA1 signing certificates and only accept SHA256 certificates - RMADFE-2896  ADO-218357
• FIPS: Encrypt credentials stored in Forest Recovery project using AESCryptoServiceProvider instead of TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider - RMADFE-2199  ADO-220948