Active Directory - Testing Environment

[alisonduarte]

Hey guys,
I need to create a testing environment for my Active Directory.
I need an exact copy every day.
I currently do this with our SQL databases, and it works perfectly. Veeam is amazing.
I believe I can do the same, using Veeam to create my environment replica for staging use.
I did a search and found the following link:

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120

With the following command:

$session = Get-VEADRestoreSession
$domain = Get-VEADDomain -Session $session[3]
$parentcontainer = Get-VEADContainer -Domain $domain
$container = Get-VEADContainer -Container $parentcontainer[8]
$credentials = Get-Credential
Restore-VEADItem -Container $container[3] -Server "dldc.dim.local" -Credential $credentials -UseSSL -GcServer "DLCD.dim.local"

Would that be the right way?
Has anyone done this?

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[PetrM]

Hi Alison and Welcome to Veeam R&D Forums!

Looks like this is the right way but what exactly makes you doubt about this approach?

Thanks!

[alisonduarte]

There may be something that is not what I want.
I will test and let you know anything.
Thanks

[Andreas Neufert]

I would look into the SureBackup job with Veeam.
It can provide you from Backup (SureBackup) or from Replica (SureReplica) a working test environment in network sandbox environment. You can do automatical testing (including scripting) or start the sansbox envionment and do some manual tasks.

Can you please describe for what purpose you need the test environment, so that I can guide you in the right direction?