How to Restore an Active Directory

You need to restore a backed up Active Directory session if you have any of the following scenarios:

• You want to recover an attribute of the Active Directory object from any available backed up Active Directory session (not only the last backed up session).
• You want to recover the Active Directory object from any available backed up Active Directory session (not only the last backed up session).
• You want to recover multiple Active Directory attributes or objects from any available backed up Active Directory session (not only the last backed up session).

Important! To perform a granular recovery of an Active Directory, an agent-based backup is required.

List of Active Directory Objects Recovered by Object-level Restore
Organizational Unit	Site	Lost and found class
User	Site Container	Build in Domain class
Group	Site Link	DNS Zone class
Computer	Site Link Bridge	Domain Class
Contact	Site Settings	Domain DNS Class
Connection	Subnet Container	DMD Class
Shared Folder	Trusted Domain	Organizational Unit Class
Printer	Configuration Class	Containerecifiers class

The scenario describes how you can restore an Active Directory.

Perform the following tasks to restore an Active Directory:

1. Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations
2. Restore an Active Directory
3. Verify that the Active Directory was Restored