Scheduled tasks are always executed under a particular user account. When scheduling backup creation, you need to specify a user account that has administrator privileges on the Recovery Manager for Active Directory computer as well as on the computers for which you plan to create backups (serviced computers).
When specifying a user account to run a scheduled backup creation task, you should consider whether you have explicitly specified an account for accessing Backup Agent and backup files. To check whether such an account is explicitly specified for a Computer Collection, you can use the Agent Settings tab in the Computer Collection properties. For more information, see Agent Settings tab subsection in Properties for an existing Computer Collection.
The Managed Service Account (in Windows Server 2008 or higher) or Group Managed Service Account (in Windows Server 2012 or higher) can be specified for scheduled tasks in the Computer Collection properties on the Schedule tab or in Task Scheduler.
MSA and gMSA requirements:
Table 2: Requirements towards the user account
Account specified explicitly | Account specified implicitly |
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In this scenario, the account under which you run your scheduled backup creation task must:
When you run the scheduled backup creation task, Recovery Manager for Active Directory uses the explicitly specified Backup Agent access account to connect to the serviced computers and back up the data they host. |
In this scenario, the account under which you run your scheduled backup creation task must:
If you cannot configure the scheduled backup creation task to run under a user account that has administrator privileges on the serviced computers, you may want to configure Recovery Manager for Active Directory to access the serviced computers using a user account different from that under which the scheduled task is being executed. By doing so, you can access the serviced computers located in domains that have no trust relationships established with the domain where Recovery Manager for Active Directory is running, solving the so-called “no trust” problem. For more information, see Setting advanced backup options. |
To specify a user account for a scheduled task
On the Triggers dialog, click the New button and specify the task schedule settings, click OK.
When creating a backup, Recovery Manager for Active Directory queries its configuration settings about what backup options to use. You specify configuration settings in the Defaults dialog box for the Computer Collections node or a Computer Collection (Computer Collection properties). You can also view and modify the settings being used by the Backup Wizard.
The Properties dialog box includes the Performance tab where you can set a number of backup options related to backup creation performance tuning.
To set performance options
If you are planning that backups created with Recovery Manager for Active Directory be used by the Windows Backup utility (NTBackup), set data compression to None. The Windows Backup utility cannot read backups that were created using data compression. Additionally, to enable the Windows Backup utility to restore data from Recovery Manager for Active Directory backups, you should not use the backup encryption (see Enabling backup encryption). Default settings are used for newly created Computer Collections. By changing properties of a certain Computer Collection, you define the settings specific to that collection. Different Computer Collections may have differing settings.
The Backup Wizard uses default settings unless other settings are specified using the Advanced button on the Completing the Backup Wizard page.
When creating a backup, Recovery Manager for Active Directory queries its configuration settings about what backup options to use. You specify configuration settings in the Defaults dialog box for the Computer Collections node or a Computer Collection (Computer Collection properties). You can also view and modify the settings being used by the Backup Wizard.
The Properties dialog box includes the Advanced and Agent Settings tabs where you can set a number of advanced backup options.
To set advanced backup options
Default settings are used for newly created Computer Collections. By changing properties of a certain Computer Collection, you define the settings specific to that collection. Different Computer Collections may have differing settings.
The Backup Wizard uses default settings unless other settings are specified using the Advanced button on the Completing the Backup Wizard page.
Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition helps you recover the entire Active Directory forest if a forest-wide failure renders all domain controllers in the forest incapable of functioning normally.
To recover an Active Directory forest, Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition employs a Forest Recovery Agent. The Forest Recovery Agent must be installed on each domain controller in the forest before starting a forest recovery operation.
For more information about the agent, see Managing Forest Recovery Agent in the Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition User Guide.
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