Domain Controller Backup

After a few minutes the backup domain controller will be ready.

Domain controller backup. After you get the azure backup server installed you ll need to register your windows server 2016 domain controller with your azure vault. Download veeam endpoint backup free from this page and copy it to your dc. Just restart the machine and remember to add the backup domain controller ip as a secondary dns server in your client machines.

Launch the installation wizard accept the license agreement and install the program. Select the primary domain controller from the dropdown menu then click next. Click the advanced settings button click vss settings then select vss full backup.

Windows server will check if it s all ok. If you have more than one which is recommended for fail over protection backup at least one dc. Unless you have 3rd party programs and files on your domain controller the backup should be fairly small.

If you have only one domain controller in the network backup immediately. Read these instructions for installing in unattended mode. To keep multiple levels of ad backup copies we will store each backup copy in a separate directory with the date of backup creation as the folder name.

String date get date f yyyy mm dd. Default paths are fine. In order to back up your physical domain controller with this tool you should.

After the first backup it will do an incremental and only backup the changes.