veeam backup active directory best practices

In a nutshell, Veeam creates a “bubble network” where a temporary instance of the Microsoft Domain Controller is published directly from its backup. How can Veeam SureBackup help?Ĭonfiguring a job for Veeam SureBackup for Domain Controller gives the opportunity to verify the VM to be restored and makes sure the essential services and dependencies are satisfied. And probably when the failure occurs there is not much time to test and verify these. In case of disasters, when it is necessary to restore the main or read-only AD Domain Controllers it is always a good idea to check the dependencies with other services and roles. In the case of Microsoft Active Directory it is possible to take an application and crash consistent backup for the AD Servers and it’s components. More details on this in dedicated article. All these instructions are executed by Veeam Backup server with scripts. These additional steps often include the instructions from the original vendors on how to take an application consistent backup of their application.

Applications with no native support (typically the ones running on Linux and Unix OSes or without Microsoft VSS integration) can still be fully protected and restored with additional steps. Veeam Backup & Replication includes native support for the most popular enterprise applications. A Veeam SureBackup for Domain Controller job provides the ability to verify the recoverability of both the virtual machine and the running application, in this case a Microsoft Active Directory deployment.

Veeam backup active directory best practices