Adding an AD domain controller

Source: https://docs.rubrik.com/en-us/saas/adds/adding_ad_domain_controller.html

Adding an AD domain controller

Add an Active Directory domain controller as a Windows host to a Rubrik cluster to start protecting the domain controller.

Before you begin

Ensure the following:

Data source management privileges on the Windows host are available.
Rubrik Backup Service (RBS) is installed and has sufficient privileges to access the AD domain.
RBS is running with a service account that has the necessary privileges to access the AD domain.

If required, change the service account by using the services.msc command in Windows and then restart RBS.

Latest Visual C++ Redistributable is installed on the host in order to add it as a domain controller. You can download the latest Visual C++ Redistributable from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170.

Procedure

Log in to RSC.
Click and select Data Protection.

The Data Protection dashboard appears.

On the navigation bar, click Inventory.

The Inventory page appears.

Click the Active Directory inventory card.

The Active Directory inventory dashboard appears and displays a list of AD domains.

In the Active Directory page, click Manage Domain Controllers.

Alternatively, you can also add a Windows host to the Rubrik cluster from the Data Sources in Settings menu.

The Windows page in Data Sources appears.

Click Add Hosts.
Select a Rubrik Cluster from the dropdown list.

RSC adds the Windows host to the selected Rubrik cluster.

Select I have already installed and registered the RBS software.
In Host IP addresses or FQDNs, enter an IP address or FQDN.

You can add multiple IP addresses or FQDNs.

Click Add.

Results

RSC checks the connectivity with the Windows host and adds the domain controller to the Rubrik cluster. The discovered AD domain and domain controllers appear on the Active Directory inventory page. *[ > ]: and then