Step-by-step guide

Intronis is using NTBackup and Windows 2008 R2 that have to be installed.

Install NTBackup

Open Server Manager and add Features, Check Windows Server Backup and Command-Line Tools

And click next. After installation close Server Manager.

You have to have extra drive where is not running any system critical applications. For Windows 2008R2 it is recommended to have 15-20Gb free space.

Setup Intronis System State Job

In Intronis portal under Server Backup TAB click on Add Backup Set

Select System State, name your job and press next

Scheduled jobs Depend how many changes are done in your organization. New Users, changing password ….

Setup Scratch Drive and press next

On summary page press Create button

Restoring System State.

For Active Directory Server system state recovery is very important is to know Directory Service Restore Mode password what was set when Active directory was made. If you do not know what it is please use Microsoft acritical how to reset password: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/322672. Note this is not Administrators password in Active Directory.

For this test we will delete some object in AD

If Scratch Drive was damage place restore System State from Introns.

Restore System State to Local Drive from Intronis

Click on Start Restore

Check System Restore and Next

Chose date

Restore to non-system drive

Click on Restore

Restored File will be in compressed please Extract Compresses Files to scratch drive

Restore System State on Server with Active Directory

To restore System state we have to reboot Server in Active Directory Recovery Mode

When booting server press F8 until you get Advance Boot Options:

Chose Directory Services Restore Mode

Login to server using Restore Administrator password.

Open Windows Server Backup. It will take some time (5-20min) to find all restore points on your server.

Chose Recover..

This server and press next

Select the date of a backup to use for recovery.

Select System State and next

Select Original Location and next

After reboot login to the server with your Active Directory account and check if in our case Active Directory object was restored.

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