Prepare VM as Domain Controller

This step prepares a domain controller running on the selected VM to perform an authoritative restore. This will always be the first step to execute for the VM.

For more information on performing an authoritative restore of a domain controller, see Microsoft Docs and this Veeam KB article.

Important

Before you restore a domain controller, you must enable application-aware processing for the selected VM in Veeam Backup & Replication as described in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Enable Application-Aware Processing.

The Prepare VM as Domain Controller step has the following parameters, but they are not editable:

Parameter

Description

Default Value

Critical Step

Defines whether the step is critical for VM recovery.

If you mark the step as Critical, its failure for a VM from a critical inventory group will halt the plan.

Yes

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