When there are two or more instances of the Recovery Manager Console deployed in your environment, each of these instances has its own dedicated backup registration database that stores information about created backups. Recovery Manager for Active Directory allows you to consolidate backup information from multiple backup registration databases on a single Recovery Manager for Active Directory computer. The main user scenario for using this functionality is to make this data available to Forest Recovery Console. So, Forest Recovery Console must be installed together with Recovery Manager Console on the computer that hosts consolidated backup database to access and use the backup files created by all other Recovery Manager for Active Directory instances installed in your environment.
This functionality as well as the Fault Tolerance feature is based on the Recovery Manager Remote API Access service and PowerShell commands. The Recovery Manager Remote API Access service is an optional feature and must be selected when installing Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition version 10.0.1. When the backup replication is enabled, the current console connects to the Recovery Manager Remote API Access service on the remote RMAD console, then imports the data.
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NOTE: The TCP port 52132 is required for Recovery Manager Remote API Access service. |
This section describes how to configure replication of backup information from remote consoles to the local backup storage.
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To add a remote console to the local console and force the replication of backup information
Right-click Remote Consoles under the Replication node and select Add Console.
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NOTE: The account used for the replication task must be a member of the local Administrators group on the local RMAD console. |
To start the replication, right-click Remote Consoles and press Replicate. This option forces the replication for all consoles in the list, not only for the selected one .
To change the console properties, right-click the console instance from the list in the right pane and select Properties.
Replication status
To view the replication history
To create a replication schedule
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Note: You can specify Managed Service Account (in Windows Server 2008 or higher) or Group Managed Service Account (in Windows Server 2012 or higher) to run the replication schedule task. Note that you must add the '$' character at the end of the account name (e.g. domain\computername$) and leave the Password field blank. This account must be a member of the local Administrator group on the Recovery Manager for Active Directory machine. |
Recovery Manager for Active Directory release package contains RMAD Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) that allows you to monitor the backup and restore operations performed by Recovery Manager for Active Directory. Also the Management Pack is used to check the health and availability of the Recovery Manager Console instances, Computer Collections and computers added to Computer Collections.
There are two editions of RMAD Management Packs for SCOM: Regular and Limited. By default, it is recommended to use the Regular edition of Management Pack.
Limited Management Pack contains reduced health state dashboards in comparison with the Regular edition. Only the RMAD event log is used for alert generating to reduce the computational load produced by the Management Pack.
This Management Pack is designed for the following versions of Microsoft Operations Manager:
To start using the Management Pack, you need to import it into Microsoft Operations Manager as described in the example below. For more information about importing, using, and removing Management Packs, refer to the documentation supplied with your version of Microsoft Operations Manager.
To import the Management Pack into Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
It is required to configure Recovery Manager for Active Directory 8.7 or earlier versions to start working with RMAD Management Pack for SCOM.
To configure Recovery Manager for Active Directory 8.7 or earlier versions
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