How to backup a Virtual Domain Controller
A domain controller as a virtual machine under VMware ESX is backed up via the Acronis Virtual Appliance. Should Acronis Active Directory Agent be installed on the domain controller? If so, what is the benefit?
Hello Jose.
Thanks for the information. I had tested both, the backup via the virtual appliance and also the backup via the agent within the virtual machine. With both methods, I can see the Active Directory application.
But what advantage does that bring me? I can't use it to restore individual AD items? So is this only necessary for a consistent backup?
cerberus wrote:Hello Jose.
Thanks for the information. I had tested both, the backup via the virtual appliance and also the backup via the agent within the virtual machine. With both methods, I can see the Active Directory application.
But what advantage does that bring me? I can't use it to restore individual AD items? So is this only necessary for a consistent backup?
Hello!
Please check also this KB for more details : https://kb.acronis.com/content/64085
Regarding the individual AD items, the granular recovery isn't supported yet. There is a feature request for that RM-434. You can just recover the entire AD.
Thanks.
Thanks for the information. The Active Directory application appears under Devices/VMware/VMname/Details/Detected applications/. However, since I only have one backup plan for several machines, the Application Backup is not displayed there. Is it enough if the AD credentials are stored under Device?
cerberus wrote:Thanks for the information. The Active Directory application appears under Devices/VMware/VMname/Details/Detected applications/. However, since I only have one backup plan for several machines, the Application Backup is not displayed there. Is it enough if the AD credentials are stored under Device?
Hello Cerberus.
Once you create the plan and you enable the App.Aware backup and introduce the credentials that's enough ( It's important you introduce the credentials in the plan and you save it correctly ). The AD under that agent will be backed up. If you do this, everything will be settled.
Thanks in advance!
Jose Pedro Magalhaes wrote:It's important you introduce the credentials in the plan and you save it correctly
But that is exactly what is not possible. If a plan is applied to several machines or to a group of machines, the selection of an application backup is not possible.
cerberus wrote:Jose Pedro Magalhaes wrote:It's important you introduce the credentials in the plan and you save it correctlyBut that is exactly what is not possible. If a plan is applied to several machines or to a group of machines, the selection of an application backup is not possible.
Hello!
That's seems expected. Please check the following user-guide:
https://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/AcronisCyberProtect…
Additional requirements for application-aware backups
When creating a protection plan, ensure that Entire machine is selected for backup. The Sector-by-sector backup option must be disabled in a protection plan, otherwise it will be impossible to perform a recovery of application data from such backups. If the plan is executed in the Sector-by-sector mode due to an automatic switch to this mode, then recovery of application data will also be impossible.
Requirements for ESXi virtual machines
If the application runs on a virtual machine that is backed up by Agent for VMware, ensure that:
- The virtual machine being backed up meets the requirements for application-consistent backup and restore listed in the article "Windows Backup Implementations" in the VMware documentation: https://code.vmware.com/docs/1674/virtual-disk-programming-guide/doc/vddkBkupVadp.9.6.html
- VMware Tools is installed and up-to-date on the machine.
- User Account Control (UAC) is disabled on the machine. If you do not want to disable UAC, you must provide the credentials of a built-in domain administrator (DOMAIN\Administrator) when enabling application backup.
Thanks.
Agent for AD is installed on the affected machine. The credentials are given in Device/Details. Wouldn't it be good if you could say in the plan when an application is detected to back it up? Otherwise I have to create a separate plan for each machine and application. For example, 1 plan for 2 AD Machines doesn´t work. So you need a plan for each machine.... Just as an idea.
cerberus wrote:Agent for AD is installed on the affected machine. The credentials are given in Device/Details. Wouldn't it be good if you could say in the plan when an application is detected to back it up? Otherwise I have to create a separate plan for each machine and application. For example, 1 plan for 2 AD Machines doesn´t work. So you need a plan for each machine.... Just as an idea.
Hello If all the pre-requisites for the virtual machines are met ( as I mentioned above ) and the issue persists, please raise a ticket with our support so we can check the issue.
Thanks in advance!