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in order to make them available. Make sure to read Restrictions and limitationswhen storing Active Directory objects before performing the restore.Related concepts“Preserve attributes in tombstone objects” on page 198Chapter 5, “Restoring your data,” on page 163“Restrictions and limitations when restoring Active Directory objects” on page 197Related tasks“Restoring Windows system state” on page 170Related reference“Restore Adobjects” on page 620Restoring Active Directory objects using the GUI andcommand lineTo restore individual Active Directory objects, you must run the Tivoli StorageManager client on a domain controller and your user account must be a memberof the Administrators group. The Active Directory objects are not displayed in thedirectory tree if your user account is not a member of the Administrators group.You can restore active directory objects or tombstone objects using either the GUIor the command line.To restore individual objects from the GUI:1. Click Restore in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager window. The Restore windowopens.2. Expand the directory tree if necessary. To expand an object in the tree, click theplus sign (+) next to the object.3. Locate the Active Directory node in the directory tree. Expand it to reveal LocalDeleted Objects. For Windows Server 2008, the Server object is also available.v To restore tombstone objects, expand Local Deleted Objects, navigate to thetombstone objects that you want to restore, and select the tombstone objects.v To restore Active Directory objects that are backed up to the Tivoli StorageManager server (only on Windows Server 2008):a. Expand the Server object. A window opens displaying a list of systemstate backups (with different time stamps) on the server.b. Select a system state backup from the list. The Active Directory databasefrom that system state is restored in the background, and the tree ispopulated with Active Directory objects.c. Navigate to the Active Directory objects that you want to restore andselect the Active Directory objects.Tip: To see the attributes for an Active Directory object, keep expanding eachActive Directory object in the tree until you reach the one you want. Theattributes for an object are displayed in the display area that is adjacent tothe tree. You can search or filter the tree for an Active Directory object basedon its name.4. Click Restore to begin the restore operation. The Task List window appearsshowing the progress of the restore operation.On the command line, use the query adobjects command to query and the restoreadobjects command to restore individual Active Directory objects.196 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients: Installation and User's Guide