Active Directory Backup and Recovery Tool

1. Log in to RecoveryManager Plus as an administrator, and navigate to the Active Directory tab > Active Directory > Restore.
2. Select the domain that contains the object to be restored in the Domain drop-down box.
3. Specify the approximate time period within which the object was modified in the Select Backup field, and click Search. Once the time period is specified, the number of backups taken during this period is listed. Select the backup in which the object to be restored is present.
4. To search for any particular object from your backup, click the icon located below the Select Backup field.
   1. Type the name of the modified object in the Object Name field. If you are not sure of the name, use filters such as Contains, Starts With, Ends With, and Equals.
   2. Click on the + icon in the OUs field to select the OU in which the required object is likely to be present.
   3. In the Object Type field, select the type that fits from the pop-up that appears. To search for changes made to a particular attribute, check the box next to the attribute by which you wish to filter, and hit Save.
   4. Click Search. All objects that fit the entered criteria are displayed.
5. You can either choose to restore a version completely by checking the box next to the object name, or selectively restore particular attribute(s) from a version. To selectively restore individual attributes, click on the number in the Number of Property Changes field corresponding to the object, and select the attributes that you would like to restore.
6. Click Restore to complete the restoration process.
   Note: If you wish to restore the object attributes to their previous values, check the box next to Restore Previous Backup Value, and click Restore Previous Backup Value.

Yes. Using RecoveryManager Plus, you can back up all AD objects in your AD domains, including users, groups (distribution and security), GPOs, OUs, Exchange attributes, DNS information, computers, dynamic distribution groups, and contacts. You can restore all these objects to any of their previous states when needed.

You can back up all changes made to schema classes and attributes using RecoveryManager Plus, and restore them to any previous state when needed.

1. Log in to RecoveryManager Plus as an administrator, and navigate to the Active Directory tab > Settings > Backup settings.
2. Click the ✎ icon located in the Action column of your AD domain.
3. In the Object Types field, click the icon. In the pop-up that appears, all custom attributes that have been created by you will be displayed, and you can add them to be backed up. If any custom attribute is missing, search for the particular attribute by clicking the Add Attributes link and providing the LDAP name of the attribute.
4. Click Save.

It is recommended you take a full backup of your AD at least once a month and you incrementally back up changes made to AD objects on a daily basis. RecoveryManager Plus provides multiple full backup and incremental backup frequencies for you to choose from.

By default, Recycle Bin is disabled in Active Directory and has to be manually enabled. Once enabled, it cannot be disabled. RecoveryManager Plus's Recycle Bin on the other hand is built-in and is enabled right from the moment the product is installed. You do not have to enable the native Recycle Bin for RecoveryManager Plus's Recycle Bin to work.

1. Make sure you have at least one domain controller backed up per domain.
2. The most recent domain controller backup shouldn’t be older than half of the tombstone lifetime. By default, the tombstone lifetime in AD is 60 days, so you should make at least one full backup of your domain controller every 30 days.
3. If an administrator changes the tombstone lifetime, perform a full backup immediately.
4. Ensure that you always have a secondary copy of the backup in a different location.