Recovery Manager for AD Forest Edition 10.0.1 - User Guide

Method 1: Automatically select backups based on your criteria

You can use the Forest Recovery Console to automatically select backups for multiple domain controllers in your recovery project. This method allows you to specify a time period, and then automatically select the latest backup created in that period for particular domain controllers in the project.

To automatically select backups

1. Specify your backup selection criteria:
   1. Create or open a recovery project.
   2. On the Forest Recovery Console toolbar, click Backup Criteria.
   3. Select one of the following options:

Table 26: Automatic backup selection options

2. When you are finished, click OK.
3. Specify the domain controllers for which you want to automatically select backups:
   1. Hold down CTRL, and then click to select such domain controllers in the list of domain controllers.
   2. Open the Settings tab, and then select the Use backup criteria to automatically select a backup file check box.

To view which backup was automatically selected for a domain controller, select that domain controller in the list, open the Settings tab, and see the backup file path and name in the Backup file box.

To manually select a different backup, clear the Use backup criteria to automatically select a backup file check box, and click the Select button to select a backup.

Method 2: Manually select backups

This method allows you to manually select any backup for a given domain controller in the recovery project. You can only select from backups registered with Recovery Manager for Active Directory.

To manually select a backup

1. Create or open a recovery project.
2. In the list of domain controllers, select the domain controller for which you want to select a backup.
3. Open the Settings tab, and then click the Select button next to the Backup file box to select a backup.

Using recovery alerts

Recovery alerts provide you with the real-time information about the recovery of domain controllers in your project. You can configure a recovery alert to inform you when particular domain controllers complete the recovery stage you specified in the alert settings.

For a recovery project, you can create and configure multiple alerts, each having different settings. You can also modify settings of existing alerts or delete alerts as necessary. To manage recovery alerts, click the Configure Alerts button on the toolbar of the Forest Recovery Console.

For each alert, you can select one or more domain controllers to which the alert will apply. You can configure an alert to inform you about the completion of one or more of the following recovery stages on the target domain controllers:

Table 27: Recovery stages for which you can use alerts

In this section:

• Creating an alert
• Viewing active alerts
• Modifying an alert
• Deleting an alert

Creating an alert

To create an alert

1. Create or open a recovery project.
2. On the toolbar, click Configure Alerts.
3. In the dialog box that opens, click Create Alert.
4. Under Alert properties, do the following:
   1. Use the Alert name box to type a descriptive name for the alert.
   2. Use the Alert me about completion of the specified stage list to select a recovery stage.
   3. Under the Use this alert for domain controllers list, click Add, and then select the check boxes next to the domain controllers to which you want to apply this alert. When you are finished, click OK.

By default, the created alert informs you when all specified domain controllers complete the selected recovery stage, regardless of whether or not the stage succeeded. To modify this behavior, complete the next steps.

5. Click OK to apply your settings.