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  • itsmeaffinity's avatar
    itsmeaffinity
    Level 6
    15 years ago

    Hi ,

    To backup Active direvtory with backup exec you need to backup system state & root drive of that of domain controller or you with backup exec you can do GRT backup of active directory which help you in restoring single user in case of any corruption & helps in you in comparison too authorative restore

    You can refer best practisces document for same too

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO21776--Active dirrecotry

    You can also see best practisces document for other agents too

     

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO21789--Sharepoint

     

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO21793--SQl agent

     

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO21796--Exchange

     

    Please got through this which will help you to configure your backup strategy

     

    Please mark this post resolved if this helps you

     

    Thank You

  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    15 years ago

    To backup AD, the BE service account needs to be a domain admin.