Release Notes
These release notes provide information about the Quest® Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2 release.
Recovery Manager for Active Directory enables fast, online recovery. Comparison reports highlight what objects and attributes have been changed and deleted in Active Directory enabling efficient, focused recovery at the object or attribute level. Accurate backups and a quicker recovery enable you to reduce the time and costs associated with AD outages and reduce the impact on users throughout your organization.
Recovery Manager for Active Directory is based on patented technology.
Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2 is a release with new features and functionality. See New Features and Enhancements.
This section covers new features and enhancements in Quest® Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2.
The following new features are only available with a Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition license. To purchase a new license please send an email to sales@quest.com, or contact your local sales office.
Secure Storage Server
Recovery Manager for Active Directory now has the ability to harden a server and securely store backups on it for use in a disaster recovery scenario.
Microsoft® Azure Virtual Machine Creation
Recovery Manager for Active Directory now supports the creation of Microsoft® Azure resources including virtual machines during a Forest Recovery.
| Enhancement | ID (old) | ID (new) |
|---|---|---|
| Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2 | ||
| Rename system state backups to Active Directory backups | RMADFE-3009 | ADO-218405 |
| Hide the "Components" tab in computer collection settings | RMADFE-3042 | ADO-218415 |
| SCOM 2019 support | N\A | ADO-219783 |
| Pass through Synchronize across time zones from windows task scheduler to RMAD | RMADFE-952 | ADO-220703 |
| Create Logs Daily to be on by default | N\A | ADO-223980 |
| Display operating system version for all backups | N\A | ADO-228741 |
| Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1.1 | ||
| Support LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) to encrypt Active Directory connection for online restore of backups. This includes full support for both agent-based and agentless online restores of Active Directory objects and a new global option to specify SSL connection (select the Use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to encrypt the connection check box in the Recovery Manager for Active Directory Settings dialog). | RMADFE-823 | ADO-222475 |
| Run PowerShell scripts before and after creating a backup. This option allows you to customize your environment by running PowerShell scripts before and/or after creating a backup. Custom scripts can be launched either on the Recovery Manager for Active Directory Console machine or on the domain controller side. | RMADFE-2281 | ADO-218304 |
| Resolved Issue | ID (old) | ID (new) |
|---|---|---|
| Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2 | ||
| Security Vulnerability - Sensitive comments embedded within client-side code sent to an end user machine | RMADFE-3244 | ADO-218142 |
| Security Vulnerability - Runtime hardening (SEP, ASLR and other) | RMADFE-3248 | ADO-218146 |
| Full replication fails when a DC is selected for the option 'Unpack each backup upon its creation' in the master console | RMADFE-1858 | ADO-218500 |
| Storage agent settings are not applied on install | N\A | ADO-219910 |
| No progress/wait indication after clicking 'OK' on the 'Add Console…' dialog | N\A | ADO-224321 |
| Backup fails if the Domain Controllers OU has a AzureADKerberos computer object in it as part of Azure AD FIDO deployment | N\A | ADO-227903 |
| Improve documentation with information on number of scheduled computer collections for optimal performance | N\A | ADO-232614 |
| Access Violation in the ProcessRequest function and crashes service | N\A | ADO-232682 |
| Remove mutual exclusion mechansim between replication process and restore process | RMADFE-1575 | ADO-237972 |
| Display correct backup info and support restore for Collections with containers (not DCs) | N\A | ADO-240580 |
| Retriable VSS error causes undefined behavior in Backup Agent on retry | N\A | ADO-241825 |
| Modify the configuration to remove collision problems with SHA1, moved to SHA256 | N\A | ADO-253913 |
| Retention policy ignores collection and consider backups of all collections | N\A | ADO-259645 |
| Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1.1 HF1 | ||
| RMAD console crashes while building comparison report. | N\A | ADO-240300 |
| Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.1.1 | ||
| Agent-based online restore can result in lsass process crash. | RMADFE-3233 | ADO-218222 |
| Unable to restore AD object when user provides smart card PIN and username hint. | RMADFE-3132 | ADO-218574 |
| Configuring a backup schedule is disabled when creating a backup from Recover Manager for Active Directory > Create Backup. | RMADFE-3260 | ADO-219136 |
| SCOM pack Get Collections call results in Access denied errors. | RMADFE-3025 | ADO-220574 |
| Increasing number of scheduled tasks makes Console, Replication, and Cmdlets extremely slow. | RMADFE-1837 | ADO-223040 |
| RMAD console crashed due to missing DLL Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.dll. | N/A | ADO-226682 |
| After restore a User Object Member Of is different than in Active Directory | N/A | ADO-230090 |
-Recovery Manager for Active Directory fully supports Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2. It is recommended that you upgrade to TLS 1.2 for secure communications.
| Security Resolved Issue | ID (old) | ID (new) |
|---|---|---|
| Recovery Manager for Active Directory 10.2 | ||
| Eliminate SHA1 signing certificates and only accept SHA256 certificates. | RMADFE-2896 | ADO-218357 |
| FIPS: Encrypt credentials stored in Forest Recovery project using AESCryptoServiceProvider instead of TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider. | RMADFE-2199 | ADO-220948 |
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