Backup and recovery of a Domain Controller, VM or physical server, works pretty 
much the same.  The only real difference comes in restoring the VM or 
installing the OS from media.  Since Windows Server 2012 R2 installs so 
quickly, I prefer to simply install from media.  Purely preference though.

I found the below document very helpful in describing backup and recovery of 
Active Directory.  I do not know the author or the company.  I just thought it 
was useful.

http://www.edeconsulting.be/downloads/WindowsServer2012ADBackupandDisasterRecoveryProcedures_V1.2.pdf

Ray

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Lee, Gary
Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 3:24 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] tsm for ve and backup / restore of VMs as domain controlers

We are in the process of revising our entire domain controller infrastructure.

The new DCs will be VMs and running at the 2008 functional level.

We use TSM for Ve to back up our VMs.
How are folks handling backup / restore of domain controlers in general, and 
especially those on VMs.

Thank you for your assistance.

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