Can Recovery Manager perform an offline restore of the AD Database from one Domain Controller to another? (4237199)

Can Recovery Manager perform an offline restore of the AD Database from one Domain Controller to another?

Recovery Manager for AD cannot be used to do an offline (directory services restore mode) restore to a different server because there is computer (hardware) specific information in the restore files and the computer may crash (blue screen) on boot up.

A backup created for a given Domain Controller cannot be used to restore the Active Directory database to other Domain Controllers that currently exist in the Forest; however, a new Domain Controller can be brought online using the data from the extracted backup in the Install from Media option in dcpromo (https://support.quest.com/kb/4305023). 

"Using complete offline restore" section of Recovery Manager for Active Directory is found here:
https://support.quest.com/recovery-manager-for-ad/technical-documents

Article applies to all versions of Recovery Manager for AD and Recovery Manager for AD Forest Edition.