BDRSuite for Microsoft Active Directory

#1 Robust & Cost Effective Backup & DR Solution with Savings up to 70% than the Industry Leader
  • Agentless Image-level Backup
  • Application-aware Processing
  • Flexible Scheduling and Retention options
  • Instantly Restore AD Server in less than 15 mins
  • Automated Backup Verification
  • Granularly Restore specific containers and their objects
  • Export data into LDF format
  • Restore to the Same/Different AD Server
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How to Backup Active Directory

Configure Image-Level Backup

BDRSuite for MS Active Directory offers agentless, image-level, and application-aware backup for Microsoft Active Directory Servers running on Virtual Machine (VMware, Hyper-V) and Physical Servers (Windows).

Enable Application-aware

Enable Application-aware processing option to create an application-consistent backup of Active Directory (or) Domain Controller. This creates a snapshot by quiescing the application writers’ using Microsoft VSS API and ensures application consistency for Active Directory during backup.

How to Restore Active Directory

Entire Active Directory Server Recovery

BDRSuite provides Instant VM Boot option to quickly restore the entire AD Server in a few minutes. You can restore the backed-up AD Server as a VM on the Hypervisors – VMware, Hyper-V, KVM (or) restore as an Azure VM.

Granular Recovery for Active Directory

BDRSuite allows you to restore the individual containers or objects to the same/different AD Server without restoring the entire AD and also export data into LDF format.

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BDRSuite for Active Directory Key Features & Capabilities

MS Active Directory Backup

Agentless Backup

Configure an agentless-image level backup for Active Directory Serves running on Virtual Machines and Physical Servers

Application-aware Backup

Enable application-aware processing to create a consistent backup of AD Server/Domain Controller

Flexible Scheduling Policies

Backup as often as every 15 mins or configure backup on a daily/weekly/monthly basis

Data Retention Options

Configurable retention settings to align with your data retention and compliance needs

MS Active Directory Recovery

Instant VM Boot

Instantly recover your entire AD Server as a VM on VMware, Hyper-V, and KVM in less than 15 mins

Granularly Restore AD objects

Restore the Active Directory containers and objects to the same or different AD Server

Data Export

Export your AD Data – Containers or their objects in LDF Format

Permanent Recovery

Permanently recover the Active Directory Server as a VMware VM, Hyper-V VM or Azure VM

Backup Management & Monitoring

Store your data On-premise or in Cloud

Store backup data locally – SAN, NAS, DAS, or on cloud storage like S3, S3 Compatible, Azure Blob

Offsite Backup

Create secondary backups using the Backup Copy option or replicate backups to an offsite location using Offsite DR option

Security

Strong data security using data encryption in-flight and at rest with AES 256-bit encryption

Reporting

End-to-End Visibility with detailed reports generated for all activities – Backup, Restore, Offsite replication. Configure email notifications to receive instant backup alerts

FAQs

Yes, BDRSuite for MS Active Directory supports backup for Active Directory (or) Domain Controllers running on Virtual Machines and Physical Servers.

Enable application-aware feature when configuring backup for AD Servers/Domain Controllers. This creates a consistent database snapshot by quiescing the application writers’ using Microsoft VSS API and ensures consistent backup of Active Directory.

You can instantly restore the entire AD Server in less than 15 mins using BDRSuite and maintain business continuity.

You can choose any of the following option to restore Active Directory from backup:

  • Instant Boot VM – Instantly recover the AD Server/Domain Controller in a few minutes
  • Microsoft Active Directory Recovery – Granularly restore the specific containers/objects in the Active Directory
  • Microsoft Azure Recovery – Restore the backed up AD Server (Virtual & Physical) as an Azure VM

There are also other options like File Level Recovery, Disk Management Mount etc.

BDRSuite for Active Directory allows you to export the AD Containers/Objects into LDF Format.
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