You can restore selected objects in Active Directory based on the data retrieved from an Active Directory backup. Select a backup from the list on the Backup Selection page, or click Register to register additional backups.
On the Domain Access Options page, you have the option to access the target domain controller using either LDAP functions only (agentless method, used by default) or Restore Agent. For the agentless method, you can select a target domain controller for the restore operation. The Domain Access Options page also allows you to specify the account under which you want the wizard to access the target domain controller.
On the Objects to Be Processed page, you can select objects by searching the backup, browsing the backup tree, or importing the file containing a list of objects’ distinguished names. For the selected objects, on the Processing Options page you can specify whether to process their child objects. Also you can select attributes to be processed, or to process all attributes.
Then, the wizard offers to create comparison reports or perform a restore skipping the comparison. If you choose to perform a comparison, the wizard creates comparison reports. Then you can either proceed to restore or quit without restoring data.
If you choose to skip the comparison, the wizard performs a restore right away. The wizard processes all objects you have selected but skips the restoration of unchanged objects.
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You can compare objects selected in one backup with their counterparts in another backup. Only backups of thesame domain controller can be compared, and the first of the selected backups must be older than the secondone. After unpacking the backups, the wizard allows you to select objects from the first backup and perform acomparison as if the second backup were “live” Active Directory.
You can use an advanced suite of ready-to-use, professionally laid-out reports for the Online Restore Wizard powered by Quest Reports Viewer or by Microsoft SQL Reporting Services. Designed to assist administrators with Active Directory change tracking and troubleshooting, these reports are based on data the wizard prepares during a compare operation. This feature requires that you have Microsoft SQL Server installed in your environment. For a list of SQL Server versions supported by Recovery Manager for Active Directory, see the Release Notes supplied with this release of the product.
Reports on a compare operation (comparison reports) allow you to see which properties of the objects being processed would change during a restore, examine the changes in detail, and decide whether to perform the restore, applying the changes.
After the wizard restores the selected objects, it creates a report to show which attributes of the restored objects have been modified by the wizard. The wizard affects an object’s attribute value only if the value in Active Directory differs from that in the backup.
To view a comparison or restore operation report, click View Report on the Operation Results page of the wizard.
The Online Restore Wizard offers several ways for selecting objects: you can browse the directory tree, search for objects by name, or use an import file that specifies the objects you want to select.
To select objects in the Online Restore Wizard
Table 11: Searching, browsing for, or importing objects
To do this | Complete these steps |
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Search for objects in the backup |
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Browse for and select an object |
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Import objects from an import file |
The import file must have the .txt format. You can specify one object per line in the import file. To specify an object in the file, use one of the following:
When preparing an import file, you must escape reserved characters by prefixing such characters with a backslash (\). The reserved characters that must be escaped include:
Other reserved characters, such as the equals sign (=) or non- UTF-8 characters, must be encoded in hexadecimal by replacing the character with a backslash followed by two hex digits. |
The following are examples of some distinguished names that include escaped characters. The first example is an organizational unit name with an embedded comma; the second example is a value containing a carriage return.
CN=Litware,OU=Docs\, Adatum,DC=Company,DC=Com
CN=Before\0DAfter,OU=Test,DC=North America,DC=Company,DC=Com
You can view attribute values of the selected object by clicking Properties on the Objects to Be Processed page. The Properties dialog box displays a list of attributes and attribute values. The Properties command is also available in the Find dialog box. To access it, right-click object names in the Search results list. You can remove selected objects from the list by clicking Remove or pressing DELETE.
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