Getting Started - Active Directory Restore

After your first backup, you are ready to perform your first restore.

What Gets Restored What Does not Get Restored
Attributes on each supported Windows object

Computer

Contact

Group

IntetOrgPerson

MSMQ Queue Alias

Organizational Unit

Printer

User

Shared Folder

Configuration

Schema

ForestDNSZones

 

 ObjectGUID

ObjectSid

PrimaryGroupID

BadPasswordTime

LastLogoff

LastLogon

MemberOf

PwdLastSet (only if adldaptool.exe was executed before the backup)

USNChanged

USNCreated

WhenChanged

WhenCreated

DistinguishedName

UserAccountControl

Delete Objects

rootDSE object

Perform a Restore

It is recommended that you perform a restore operation immediately after your first full backup to understand the process. Keep in mind that any object or attribute is restored to the same location from where it is backed up. The following section explains how to restore the Common Name (CN) Guests.

1.
  • From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers| <Client> | Active Directory | defaultBackupSet
  • Right-click the default subclient and then click Browse Backup Data.
2. Click OK.
3.
  • Expand the defaultBackupSet and navigate to the required Domain Component.
  • Select the CN Guest.

    All the attributes of the object are selected by default.

    For the first restore job, select any object with smaller data size.

  • Click Recover All Selected.
4. By default, the object and its attributes are restored to the same location from where they are backed up.

If you have modified the object or attribute after the first backup, you may loose the changes.

5.
  • Click the Job Initiation tab.
  • Select Immediate to run the job immediately.
  • Click OK.
6. You can monitor the progress of the restore job in the Job Controller window of the CommCell Console.
7. Once the restore job has completed, right-click the defaultBackupSet , point to View and then click Restore History.
8. Click OK.
9. You can view the following details about the job by right-clicking the job:
  • View Restore Items

    You can view them as Successful, Failed, Skipped or All.

  • View Job Details
  • View Events of the restore job.
  • View Log files of the restore job
10. Once the restore jobs complete successfully, verify that the restored objects/attributes are available in the domain controller.  

Congratulations -  You have successfully completed your first backup and restore.

If you want to further explore this Agent's features read the Advanced sections of this documentation.