Starting Object Recovery for Microsoft Active Directory

You can start the recovery process either from the Jobs menu, by using the Search function, or from the Repositories tab in the Settings (for example, if you no longer have a backup job, but still have the backup). Refer to the following sections for more details:

Note

During the Active Directory object recovery process, the system shall generate a new objectSID and assign it to the recovered object. Due to Windows limitations, once the recovered object has a new SID, it is not possible to change it back to the original SID.

Starting Active Directory Object Recovery from Jobs Menu

To start Active Directory Object Recovery from the Jobs menu, click Recover and then choose Object recovery for Microsoft Active Directory.

Starting Active Directory Object Recovery from a Backup Repository

To start Active Directory Object Recovery from a Backup Repository, do the following:

  1. Go to the main menu of the product and click Settings.

  2. Go to the Repositories tab and hover over the Backup Repository containing the required backup.

  3. Click the ellipsis Manage button, click Recover, and select Microsoft Active Directory objects.

The Object Recovery Job Wizard for Microsoft AD Server opens.