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April 11th, 2012 04:00

Active directory granular backup and restore problem

Hello All,

I am trying to granular backup of active directory . Backup details as follows ;

NW 7.6.3 SP3

DC: 2008 r2 with service pack1

NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications version 2.3.0.87

Save set :

C:\

APPLICATIONS:\ADAM (instance2) Writer

SYSTEM COMPONENTS:\

Application Information:

NSR_SNAP_TYPE=vss

NSR_ALT_PATH=C:\vss

Apllication Command:

nsrsnap_vss_save.exe

I can backup succesfully these settings but when i try to restore i can not find any backup session in NMM client "Active directory recover session" . My main goal is granular backup and recover  active directory. I dont get any error or warning message during backup.

  • CarlosRojas

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    Posted April 11th, 2012 04:00

    Hi,

    You have to remove SYSTEM COMPONENTS, as that is only required for snapshot backups.

    For grnular backups you only need to specify the AD path, i.e.:

    CN=Administrator,OU=EE,DC=cozum,DC=local

    Thank you.

    Carlos.

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    Posted April 11th, 2012 04:00

    WOW thanks alot it works perfectly.

  • Bebo2k

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    Posted April 11th, 2012 04:00

    Hi,

    There is two types of Active Directory backups

    1- Active Directory or ADAM Full Backup

    2- Active Directory or ADAM Granular Backup

    Your configuration is for ADAM full backup and not the Granular one , you need to specify domain objects in Saveset field with the following format:

    CN= ,OU= ,DC= ,DC=suffix

    For example:

    CN=testuser1,OU=OU1,DC=corp,DC=xyz,DC=com

    Where the backup saves the entire domain named corp.xyz.com from its root level.

    Type the following command in the Backup Command  attribute:

    nsradsave.exe

    And no Application Information attributes are needed.

    For more information for the steps required please check the NMM Application guide from page 45, The guide can be downloaded from the following link:

    https://powerlink.emc.com/nsepn/webapps/btg548664833igtcuup4826/km/live1/en_US/Offering_Technical/Technical_Documentation/300-011-105.pdf

    Hope this helps you.

    Thanks,

    Ahmed Bahaa

  • CarlosRojas

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    Posted April 11th, 2012 04:00

    Also in this case doesn't matter, because it's a granular backup and it's not using snapshot, but for any other NMM backup, please set the group setting "client retries" to "0", to avoid any issue with VSS.

    Thank you.

    Carlos.

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    Posted April 11th, 2012 04:00

    Ok my new save set is ,

    SYSTEM COMPONENTS:\

    CN=Administrator,OU=EE,DC=cozum,DC=local

    Using nsradsave.exe command now i am getting

    73064:nsradsave:Version information for C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\bin\nsradsave.exe:

              Original file name: nsradsave.exe

              Version: 2.3.0.87

              Comments: NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications (x64)

    Could not obtain root entries

    Backup of 1 objects succeeded.

    -------------------------------------------------------------

    1 retry attempted

    73064:nsradsave:Version information for C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\bin\nsradsave.exe:

              Original file name: nsradsave.exe

              Version: 2.3.0.87

              Comments: NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications (x64)

    An invalid dn syntax has been specified.

  • CarlosRojas

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    Posted April 11th, 2012 04:00

    Hi there,

    You have condigured snapshot based backups, which is not granular backup, and it's not valid to perform granular restores either.

    You need to check the documentation and configure the client in a NON SNAPSHOT group with the backup command nsradsave instead f nsrsnap_vss_save

    The saveset also changes to DC=domain,DC=com for example

    And there is no need to set any Application information.

    The backup you configured is for disaster recovery of AD.

    Thank you.

    Carlos.

  • Bebo2k

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    Posted April 11th, 2012 07:00

    Yes it will

    Thanks,

    Ahmed Bahaa

  • TM_Corbin

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    Posted April 11th, 2012 07:00

    Will this work on Windows 2003 server as well or just 2008?

  • misterbaanu

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    Posted September 11th, 2017 04:00

    Finally found the solution. Thanks Ahmad Bahaa.

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