# Modifying settings for the "Recover to new VM full System State" option for Active Directory forest recovery

Specify additional recovery option settings for the Recover to new VM full System State option.

This recovery method is available only when using the Recover AD forest to new domain controllers recovery type. It uses VirtualizeMe technology with a full System State backup of the source domain controller to create a new VM that replicates the original DC as it was at the time of backup. Use this method when you want to replicate the original DC as it was at the time of backup on a new VM.

## Go to the runbook

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Active Directory.

   The Overview page appears.

2. On the Forests tab, click the forest.

   The forest page appears.

3. On the Runbooks tab, click the runbook.

   The runbook page appears.

## Start the configure recovery options wizard

1. On the Runbook settings tab, in the Recover to new VM full System State tile, select the domain controllers to configure.

2. Click Configure recovery options.

   The Configure recovery options dialog box appears.

3. For Target, select the host recovery target on which you want to create the recovered domain controllers.

4. For Name prefix, enter a prefix to append to the display name of the recovered VMs.

5. Select the Overwrite if VM already exists check box if a virtual machine with the specified name already exists. All the data and configuration of the existing virtual machine will be overwritten by the backup data and configuration of the client.

6. Click Next.

## CommCell configuration page

1. For Associate with server groups, select the server groups to associate the recovered domain controllers with.

   The server groups are used to configure network communication between the recovered DCs and the rest of the Commvault infrastructure.

2. For Network gateway, enter the IP address not the server name of the target gateway you configured with the default port of 8403.

   The Recover to new VM full System State option performs a bare metal restore, meaning the restored VM won't have name resolution initially. Therefore, you must specify the IP address instead of the server name.

   For example, enter 192.168.178.50:8403.

3. If backups exist in multiple locations, use the Copy precedence setting to choose which location to restore from.

4. Click Next.

## Machine configuration page

Important

- The Machine Configuration page does not apply to AWS or Microsoft Azure recovery targets.

- Since VMs are recovered to the network that you select below, select a network that's isolated from both the production Active Directory environment and the internet.

1. For Network, select the network switch that is associated with the isolated recovery network.

2. For Subnet mask, enter the subnet mask to apply to the recovered VMs.

3. For Default gateway, enter the IP address of the default gateway to apply to the recovered VMs.

4. For IP address, enter the IP address or the range of IP addresses to apply to the recovered VMs.

5. Click Save.

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