In a recovery project, you can create multiple automatic pauses, each having different settings. You can also modify the settings of existing automatic pauses or delete automatic pauses as necessary. To manage automatic pauses, click the Configure Pauses button on the Forest Recovery Console toolbar.
For each automatic pause, you can define the domain controllers to which the pause will apply and specify a recovery stage before which you want to activate the automatic pause on the domain controllers. The automatic pause becomes active when at least one domain controller specified in the pause settings reaches the recovery stage you specified.
You can configure an automatic pause to become active before one of the following recovery stages described in the next table.
Table 29: Recovery stages for which you can use automatic pauses
Recovery stage | Description |
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Prepare for restore from backup | During this stage, Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition verifies that the backup files you selected for recovery are available on the target domain controllers. If necessary, Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition copies the backup files that are missing. |
Perform restore from backup |
During this stage, Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition performs the following steps:
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Configure domain controller |
During this stage, Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition performs the following steps:
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Make domain controller available |
During this stage, Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition performs the following steps:
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Uninstall Active Directory Domain Services | During this stage, Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition uninstalls Active Directory using the native tools provided by Microsoft. For domain controllers running Windows Server 2008 or earlier, Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition uses the Dcpromo.exe tool. For Windows Server 2012-based domain controllers, Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition uses the native Windows PowerShell cmdlet Uninstall-ADDSDomainController. |
Reinstall Active Directory Domain Services |
During this stage, Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition performs the following steps:
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In this section:
To create an automatic pause
After you start the recovery of your project or run the verify settings operation on the project, you can monitor active pauses in the project and release active pauses as necessary. After you release an active automatic pause, all paused domain controllers to which the pause applies resume their recovery.
You can view the number of active pauses next to the Active pauses link in the Project Summary area of the Forest Recovery Console. You can click the Active pauses link to view the details of and selectively release active automatic pauses.
To release an active automatic pause
After you select a pause, you can view a list of domain controllers to which the pause applies and current pause status for each of these domain controllers.
For each automatic pause, you can modify such settings as the pause name, the recovery stage before which the pause activates, and the list of domain controllers to which the pause applies.
To modify an automatic pause
To delete an automatic pause
You can copy a backup file registered with Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition to a new location. This may be required to meet a specific corporate policy or to provide a faster access to the file. After you copy the file, you will need to update the recovery project settings to redirect Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition to the new location of the file.
To copy a backup to a new location
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NOTE: Note that you must install Forest Recovery Agent on the target server before you start using this recovery method. For that, on the menu bar, select Tools | Manage | Forest Recovery Agent or DCs. For more details, see Managing Forest Recovery Agent. |
The Install Active Directory from Media recovery method promotes the selected servers to Domain Controllers using the Install from Media (IFM) option. This option lets you restore System State of a domain controller using a media file created from System State Backup. This recovery method can be applied only to servers with pre-installed operating system.
The target server should be compliant with the following requirements:
For more details about recovery settings, see Settings tab.
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NOTE: Note that you must install Forest Recovery Agent on the target server before you start using this recovery method. For that, on the menu bar, select Tools | Manage | Forest Recovery Agent or DCs. For more details, see Managing Forest Recovery Agent. |
The Install Active Directory recovery method is used to install Active Directory on a clean machine. For domain controllers running Windows Server 2008 or earlier, this option uses the Dcpromo.exe tool. For Windows Server 2012-based domain controllers, this option uses the native Windows PowerShell cmdlets Install- ADDSDomainController.
For more details about recovery settings, see Settings tab.
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