Guide to restore AD groups using RecoveryManager Plus

Active Directory (AD) groups play a crucial role in managing user permissions and access control in an organization's network. They enable administrators to efficiently manage user permissions, access control, and resource sharing by grouping users with similar roles or access needs. When an AD group is accidentally modified or deleted, it can disrupt workflows and create security issues. In such cases, restoring deleted AD groups quickly and accurately helps maintain business operations.

How to restore AD groups using RecoveryManager Plus

The following steps illustrate how you can restore AD groups using RecoveryManager Plus.

1. Log in to RecoveryManager Plus as an administrator.
2. Navigate to the Active Directory tab > Active Directory Objects > Quick Recovery > Object History.
3. Select the domain that contains the objects you would like to restore from the drop-down in the top-left corner.
4. Click the icon located at the top-right corner to select a date range to view backups within that specific time frame. Once the period is specified, the number of backups made during this period is listed. Select the backup in which the object to be restored is present.
5. To filter group objects, simply click on the Total Groups tile, or use the Object Type drop-down in the table below and select Group.
6. You can click the icon to search for specific group objects based on the Object Type or Object Name. If you are not sure of the entry, click the icon to use filters such as Contains, Starts With, Ends With, and Equals. Click the icon to add multiple criteria and click Apply.

   

   Figure 1: The AD object restore page in RecoveryManager Plus.

7. RecoveryManager Plus provides two views to explore AD group objects in each backup.
8. Click a link in the No. of Backups field in the table to open a pop-up displaying both Version View and Attribute View.
   • Version View: This option allows you to select a backup version from all the available backup versions for each object. You can either choose to restore a version completely by selecting the particular version or selectively restore particular attributes from a version.

     

     Figure 2: Restoring AD groups using Version View in RecoveryManager Plus

   • Attribute View: This option allows you to select from the different attributes' values for each object that has been modified. The object's attribute is compared with all its previous values for you to pick the best to restore.

     

     Figure 3: Restoring AD group using Attribute View in RecoveryManager Plus

9. Select the group(s) you wish to restore and click Restore.

The group(s) have been restored to AD.

In addition to restoring AD groups, RecoveryManager Plus can also:

• Restore domain controllers
• Restore AD users
• Restore AD GPOs
• Restore OUs
• Restore AD computers
• Restore AD DNS zones
• Restore AD DNS nodes
• Restore AD contacts