Re: Backup and Restore the Schema...?
From: Andrei Ungureanu (andreix.nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 12/20/04
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:44:30 +0200
I will be short:
-AD will not work without DNS
-GC is required for user authentication
Try to search "active directory disaster recovery" using Google.
regards,
-- Andrei Ungureanu www.eventid.net Free Windows event logs reports http://www.altairtech.ca/evlog/ "MDH" <horistm@shape-corp.com> wrote in message news:BB0DE124-8A8A-4B2F-8986-0EC2131976F6@microsoft.com... > ptwilliams, > > Does this mean we need to have a DNS server and a GC server in the LAB > before attempting an Auth. Restore of AD? Because we did not have > either... > could be why it failed? > > We have quite a bit of documentation on Recovering your Active Directory > from disaster, but it seems that more of the documents we have found > conflict > each other in some way. > > Do you have any docs that you think are clear on this subject? > > Kind Regards, > > MDH > > "ptwilliams" wrote: > >> > We have tried to recover our domain into a lab environment from only a >> > System State Restore. It will not work. >> >> What won't work? Can you be more specific? If you're doing an >> authorative >> restore you don't *need* any other DCs -although the KCC will throw a fit >> ;-) >> >> Just remember that you must have DNS and a GC. >> >> System State is all you need to restore into a lab. However, remember >> that >> things like BackupExec, ArcServe, etc. often depend on domain accounts. >> >> -- >> >> Paul Williams >> >> http://www.msresource.net >> http://forums.msresource.net >> >> >> "MDH" <horistm@shape-corp.com> wrote in message >> news:BEB34DD0-00B0-4DEA-8154-A39EE4C4DFE3@microsoft.com... >> Jimmy, >> >> I think what we have discovered is that if you lose all domain >> controllers, >> your system state backup becomes usless. >> At least one domain controller has to survive a disaster in order to >> recover. >> >> We have tried to recover our domain into a lab environment from only a >> System State Restore. It will not work. >> >> "Jimmy Andersson [MVP]" wrote: >> >> > Do you mean that you want to restore the Schema and just the Schema? >> > >> > Regards, >> > /Jimmy >> > -- >> > Jimmy Andersson, Q Advice AB >> > Microsoft MVP - Directory Services >> > ---------- www.qadvice.com ---------- >> > >> > >> > "MDH" <horistm@shape-corp.com> wrote in message >> > news:C54AF27D-E5CC-4960-B371-F5F86E112EB3@microsoft.com... >> > >I am setting up a trial run of restoring our entire Active Directory. >> > > Is there a way to backup the Schema and restore it to a Lab Server? >> > > >> > > We are working with Windows 2000 Server SP4 Domain Controllers. >> > > We where able to successfully complete a Non-Authoritative and an >> > > Authoritative Restore of Active Directory. >> > > -- >> > > Kind Regards, >> > > >> > > MDH >> > >> > >> > >> >> >>
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