Refer to Active Directory basics white paper to learn more about FSMO roles. Be aware of that, when planning backup and prioritize Domain Controllers accordingly. Otherwise, you will have to transfer roles manually after the restore with ntdsutil seize command. When performing a full domain recovery, you might want to start from the DC with most FSMO roles, usually one with PDC emulator role.Hint: a simple command to check this via command line: > netdom query fsmo Learn what domain controllers hold Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles in your environment.Below are some considerations I believe might be helpful for creating your own Active Directory policies: It wouldn’t be right to apply the same backup policy you have for SQL or Exchange server here. Backup Domain Controller considerationsĪs Active Directory Domain Services designed with a sort of redundancy, so the common backup rules and tactics can be mitigated and adapted to this level. Today, I’m going to talk about the backup options Veeam offers for both physical and virtualized Domain Controllers, and backup considerations to keep in mind while you do that. The actual series is going to discuss how Veeam can protect Active Directory data - preserve Domain Controllers (DCs) or individual AD objects and recover either of them when required. Before reading this, you might want to take a look at the Best practices for AD administration series we posted a while ago. The purpose of this series is intended to aid you with the successful backup and recovery of Active Directory Domain Services with Veeam, giving you all the keys to painless AD protection. Not only is Active Directory a great power, but it’s also a great responsibility - and it requires spending a lot of time with it in order to maximize its capabilities.
It’s almost impossible to imagine how system administrators would be able to do their jobs effectively if this technology didn’t exist.
Microsoft Active Directory is a standard in corporate environments where authentication and central user-management are required.
Read the full series: Ch.1 - Backing up Domain ControllerĬh.2 - How to recover a Domain ControllerĬh.3 - Reanimating Active Directory tombstone objectsĬh.4 - Leveraging Active Directory Recycle Bin
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