Quick Recovery

This tab allows you to granularly restore all AD objects, including deleted objects, to their state before deletion or modification. It also provides an easy way to retrieve BitLocker recovery keys for computer objects.

• Object History
• Deleted Objects
• BitLocker Recovery Keys

Object History

To restore AD objects:

1. Navigate to Active Directory > Active Directory Objects > Quick Recovery > Object History.
2. Select the domain that contains the objects you would like to restore from the drop-down in the top-left corner.
3. To filter for objects, simply click one of the tiles. The options include Total Objects, Total Users, Total Groups, and Total Group Policy Objects. To filter for other objects, use the Object Type drop-down in the table below.
4. Click the search icon to search for objects based on OUs, the Object Type, the Object Name, the sAMAccountName, the Email, the Description, or All Attributes. If you are not sure of the entry, click the filter icon to use Contains, Starts With, Ends With, or Equals filters. Click the add icon to add multiple criteria, then click Apply.
5. RecoveryManager Plus provides two views to explore AD objects in each backup. Click a link in the No. of Backups column in the table to open a pop-up displaying both the Version View and Attribute View.
• Version View
• Attribute View

Version View

This option allows you to select a backup version from all the available backup versions for each object.

1. Select Version View and choose a backup version. All attributes backed up in that cycle, their previous values, and their current values will be displayed.
2. Choose to either restore a version completely by selecting the particular version or selectively restore particular attributes from a version. To restore individual attributes, check the boxes for the corresponding attributes and click Restore.
3. Click Restore to complete the restoration process.
4. In the pop-up, enter a brief description in the Description field if required and click Yes to confirm the restore operation.

Note: If you have configured RecoveryManager Plus with a service account instead of a domain administrator account, you'll be prompted to provide the credentials of a user who can write to AD. If the account used to configure RecoveryManager Plus can write to AD, select Use default domain credential and click Yes. If not, unselect Use default domain credential, provide the credentials of a user who can write to AD, and click Yes.

Attribute View

This option allows you to select from the different attributes' values for each object that has been modified. Each attribute's current value is compared with all its previous values for you to choose the best to restore.

1. Click Attribute View at the top and select the required attribute. The values of the attribute across all backup versions will be listed.
2. Select the version you wish to restore and click Restore.
3. In the pop-up, you can review the attribute names along with their current values and the values they will be restored to. Click Confirm Restore to proceed.
4. In the pop-up, enter a brief description in the Description field if required and click Yes to confirm the restore operation.

Note: If you have configured RecoveryManager Plus with a service account instead of a domain administrator account, you'll be prompted to provide the credentials of a user who can write to AD. If the account used to configure RecoveryManager Plus can write to AD, select Use default domain credential and click Yes. If not, unselect Use default domain credential, provide the credentials of a user who can write to AD, and click Yes.

Deleted Objects

This section allows you to review the attributes of deleted AD objects and restore them to the last known versions before the objects were deleted.

To restore deleted AD objects:

1. Navigate to Active Directory > Active Directory Objects > Quick Recovery > Deleted Objects.
2. Select the domain that contains the deleted objects you would like to restore from the drop-down in the top-left corner.
3. To filter for objects, simply click one of the tiles. The options include Total Deleted Objects, Deleted Users, Deleted Groups, and Deleted Group Policy Objects. To filter for other objects, use the Object Type drop-down in the table below.
4. Click Restore Location to choose a location for the objects to be restored to. If no location is selected, the objects will be restored to their original location where they were deleted.
5. Click a link in the Backup Version column in the table to review the attributes and the values of the objects that will be restored.
6. Check the boxes beside the objects that you wish to restore and click Restore.
7. In the pop-up, you can review the attribute names along with their current values and the values they will be restored to. Click Confirm Restore to proceed.
8. In the pop-up, enter a brief description in the Description field if required and click Yes to confirm the restore operation.

Note: If you have configured RecoveryManager Plus with a service account instead of a domain administrator account, you'll be prompted to provide the credentials of a user who can write to AD. If the account used to configure RecoveryManager Plus can write to AD, select Use default domain credential and click Yes. If not, unselect Use default domain credential, provide the credentials of a user who can write to AD, and click Yes.

BitLocker Recovery Keys

This section allows you to retrieve the BitLocker recovery keys for all computers that are joined to the domain.

To retrieve the BitLocker recovery keys:

1. Navigate to Active Directory > Active Directory Objects > Quick Recovery > BitLocker Recovery Keys.
2. From the BitLocker Recovery Key drop-down, select either Filter By BitLocker ID to search using the BitLocker ID or Filter By Computer Name to search using the Computer name.
3. Click Search to display the keys.
4. In the table below, locate the desired computer and click View under the Recovery Key column to access the key.