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Recovery Manager for AD 10.3 - User Guide

Overview Getting started
Permissions required to use Recovery Manager for Active Directory Recovery Manager Console Getting and using help Configuring Windows Firewall Using Computer Collections Hybrid Recovery with On Demand Recovery Managing Recovery Manager for Active Directory configuration Licensing
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 Using the Backup Wizard 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
Restoring data
Getting started with Active Directory recovery Managing deleted or recycled objects Restoring backed up Active Directory components Integration with Change Auditor for Active Directory Using granular online restore Restoring AD LDS (ADAM) Selectively restoring Active Directory object attributes Restoring objects in an application directory partition Restoring object quotas Restoring cross-domain group membership Performing a restore without having administrator privileges Reports about objects and operations Using complete offline restore Offline restore implications Restoring SYSVOL authoritatively Performing a granular restore of SYSVOL Recovering Group Policy Restoring data from third-party backups Using the Extract Wizard Restoring passwords and SID history
Full Replication Consolidating backup registration data Monitoring Recovery Manager for Active Directory Using Management Shell Collecting diagnostic data for technical support Appendices
Frequently asked questions Best practices for using Computer Collections Technical characteristics Best practices for creating backups Ports Used by Recovery Manager for Active Directory Backup Wizard Online Restore Wizard Online Restore Wizard for AD LDS (ADAM) Group Policy Restore Wizard Repair Wizard Extract Wizard Events generated by Recovery Manager for Active Directory

When to Back Up

Use this page to specify whether to run the backup job immediately after finishing the wizard or schedule the backup job for later.

  • Now. Select this option if you want to run the backup job immediately after you close the wizard.

  • Create and retain Computer Collection for the selected computers. Select this check box if you want the wizard to create a Computer Collection that includes all objects you have selected on the What to Back Up page. Normally, if you select the Now option, the wizard does not create a Computer Collection.

  • Later (configure backup scheduling). Select this option if you want to schedule the backup job.

  • Schedules for the backup creation task. This box displays a list of schedules for the backup job. To add and remove schedules, click the Change button next to this box.

  • Change. Click this button to modify the Schedules for the backup creation task list. In the dialog box that appears on the screen, select the Show multiple schedules check box and specify new schedules or delete existing schedules.

  • User account under which the scheduled task will run. This box identifies the user account under which Task Scheduler will perform the backup job. To change the user account, click the Change button next to this box.

 

Computer Collection Name (optional)

Use this page to provide the name for a new Computer Collection created by the wizard. This page appears after you select either of these options on the When to Back Up page: Create and retain Computer Collection for the selected computers or Later (configure backup scheduling).

  • Collection name. In the Collection name box, the wizard displays the default name for the new Computer Collection. You can modify the name. After you complete the wizard, the new Computer Collection is created and it includes all objects you have selected on the What to Back Up page.

 

Completing the Backup Wizard

Use this page to view and modify additional backup creation and logging settings.

  • Advanced. When you click Advanced, the wizard displays the Properties dialog box, which is similar to that described in Properties for an existing Computer Collection. The wizard creates backups using the settings you can view and modify in the Properties dialog box. The wizard also uses these settings when creating a new Computer Collection. By default, the wizard uses the default settings for Computer Collections you can view and modify with the Collection Defaults command. The Collection Defaults command appears on the Action menu when you select the Computer Collections node in the Recovery Manager Console tree.

  • Finish. Closes the wizard and starts or schedules the backup job

 

Online Restore Wizard

The Online Restore Wizard helps you recover Active Directory® objects deleted or modified since the backup. With this wizard you can selectively restore individual directory objects and object attributes from an Active Directory® backup, compare a backup with Active Directory®, compare two backups taken from the same domain controller.

The following table shows the steps and associated dialogs which will appear during the restore. On the left, are the steps and dialogs that will be taken/displayed for the Compare, analyze, and optionally restore selection, when made on the Action Selection dialog of the restore. Some of the dialogs will appear more than once, because you are given a chance to make changes based on the report that is generated. Also a restore report can be generated near the end of the restore.

On the right, are the steps and dialogs that are taken/displayed for the Restore (skip compare analysis) selection, when made on the Action Selection dialog of the restore. Since you are not going to generate a report and just want to restore there are a lot less steps/dialogs and only a restore report can be generated near the end of the restore.

Steps, if your choice is to compare and analyze an Active Directory item before doing a restore. Steps, if your choice is to not compare and analyze an Active Directory item and go straight to doing a restore.
Wizard Operation Mode
Compare, restore, and report changes in Active Directory
Wizard Operation Mode
Compare, restore, and report changes in Active Directory
Domain Selection Domain Selection
Backup Selection Backup Selection
Backup Data Preparation Backup Data Preparation
Domain Access Options Domain Access Options
Objects to Be Processed Objects to Be Processed
Action Selection
Compare, analyze, and optionally restore
Action Selection
Restore (skip compare analysis)
Processing Options Where to Restore Deleted Objects
Additional Options
Generate report
Processing Options
Operation Start Additional Options
Generate report
Operation Progress Operation Start
Operation Option
Proceed to restore
Operation Progress
Objects to Be Restored Pop-Up
Password Setting
Where to Restore Deleted Objects Pop-Up
Online Restore Wizard has undeleted some objects. Force replication?
Processing Options Pop-Up
Online Restore Wizard has changed some objects. Force incremental replication?
Additional Options
Generate report
Operation Results
Operation Start Completing the Online Restore Wizard
Operation Progress
Pop-Up
Password Setting
Pop-Up
Online Restore Wizard has undeleted some objects. Force replication?
Pop-Up
Online Restore Wizard has changed some objects. Force incremental replication?
Operation Results
Completing the Online Restore Wizard



The following table shows the steps and associated dialogs which will appear during the Database Compare. With this option, you can perform per-attribute comparison of objects between two Active Directory backups.

Steps, if your choice is to compare two backups and report the differences.
Wizard Operation Mode
Compare two backups and report the differences
Domain Selection
Backup Selection
Backup for Comparison
Unpacked Backups Folder Selection
Backup Data Preparation
Objects to Be Processed
Action Selection (Compare two backups)
Compare two backups
Processing Options
Additional Options
Generate report
Operation Start
Operation Progress
Operation Option
To view comparison report, click View Report
Completing the Online Restore Wizard

 

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