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How do I restore Active Directory? - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>How do I restore Active Directory?</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <h3 data-id="purpose">Purpose</h3> <p>Restore Active Directory</p> <h3 data-id="description">Description</h3> <p>Active Directory restores are performed as part of a standard system state restore.</p> <h3 data-id="cause">Cause</h3> <p> </p> <h3 data-id="resolution">Resolution</h3> <p>To restore the Active Directory database as part of a system state restore, boot your domain controller into Directory Service Restore mode. Then from the Unitrends system, navigate to <b>Recover > Backup Catalog</b>, select your domain controller, select which backup you'd like to restore from, and click <b>Recover Files</b>. In this screen you will see a list of all files performed during the backup. The system state of your server - which contains your Active Directory database and SYSVOL folders - will be labeled as C:/###Unitrends###. Select this file and click Restore. This will be a non-authoritative restore.</p> <p> </p> <p>Unitrends does not support the granular restore of individual security principles such as user or computer objects.</p> <h3 data-id="third-party-sources">Third-Party Sources</h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> </article> </main>