Re: Active Directory restore in different Hardware

From: Matjaz Ladava [MVP] (matjaz_at__nospam_ladava.com)
Date: 03/06/04 

Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 16:53:10 +0100

If I may add another article to the list that Ace provided

263532 - Disaster Recovery of Active Directory on Dissimilar Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=263532

Ite trick is as Ace said in disk controller drivers. Sometimes after restore
it helps if you do upgrade 

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Regards
Matjaz Ladava, MCSA, MCSE, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Active Directory
matjaz@ladava.com, matjazl@mvps.org
"Ace Fekay [MVP]" 
<PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere@hotmail.com> wrote in 
message news:O8iftQ4AEHA.1028@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> In news:3447EE0F-4DAD-4A18-8C36-093A0C01C6DB@microsoft.com,
> luke <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> posted their thoughts, then I
> offered mine
>> HI, Pls help me...I have active directory & system state backup and
>> Exchange Information Store i tape drive. My server crashed , I
>> re-builded the ML 570 Compaq Server by reinstalling the OS and
>> configuring the ADS and Exchange Information. Can i restore the
>> Active Directory and the Excahnge Information Store in a Desktop P
>> III Compaq PC which as a different Configuration . If i do so by
>> going through microsoft knowledge base article help , Iam not able to
>> solve the Abstration Layer Issue. How ever i tryed to repair the OS
>> it is giving the blue screen error, it is not even booting in a safe
>> mode...The mails which are in the Information store are very
>> important to me, I need to restore the ADS and the Information store
>> in different Pc, to recoverthe mails in the information store, Pls
>> help me who ever have restored this type of problem, pls help
>> me......Thanks in Advance, Rgds
>> Luke
>
> If you restored the system by overwriting with your tap restore, and 
> getting
> a HAL error, then the best bet in your case is to re-run Windows setup 
> with
> a repair option. This way it will save your current settings but it will
> re-discover your hardware. If needed, be sure to have available any 3rd
> party drivers available and hit F6 when prompted early on in the setup to
> supply those drivers.
>
> 271965 - STOP 0x0000007B Error After Moving Windows 2000 System Disk to
> Another System 271965 - STOP 0x0000007B Error After Moving Windows 2000
> System Disk to Another System:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=271965
>
> 314082 - You Receive a Stop 0x0000007B Error After You Move the Windows XP
> System Disk to Another Computer [boot XP on different hardware]:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314082
>
> 308640 - STOP 0x0000007b Is Generated When You Boot to a Mirrored Dynamic
> Disk:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b308640
>
> Active Directory Backup and Restore:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/technologies/activedirectory/maintain/opsguide/part1/adogd03.mspx
>
> Active Directory Disaster Recovery:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/technologies/activedirectory/support/adrecov.mspx
>
> Chapter 9 - Active Directory Backup and Restore:
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/distsys/part1/dsgch09.mspx
>
>
> As for Exchange 2000:
> If the above fails for you, you can always install AD/Exchange on a
> different machine and restore the databases. Here's more info:
>
> Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Database Recovery:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2000/support/dbrecovr.mspx
>
> 326052 - XADM White Paper - Disaster Recovery for Microsoft Exchange 2000
> Server:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326052
>
> Recover Restore Systems, Apps, Data to Pre-Attack State:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tips/recover.mspx
>
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Ace
>
> Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.
>
> Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
> Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
> -- 
> =================================
>
>

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