Re: Recovering from Disaster

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Yes, the instructions stated that I should do it in Directory service
restore mode.

The version I'm using is 9.1

I also ran the NTDSutil right after the restore was made to restore the
whole database.



"Jimmy Mac" <spam-me-not@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ovCre.722$p%3.5764@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> When you ran Veritas Backup Exec, did you restore over a basic
> installation of the server and if so, were you in the Safe mode for
> directory restore?
> Also, were you using Veritas version 9.1 or better?
>
> "Nino Chavez" <NinoChavez@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23AjDAKPcFHA.2936@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>> I need help.
>> I'm Having problems reconstructing my entire network to a test network.
>> For some reason after restoring the servers I'm not able to make the
>> domain controllers talk to each other.
>> My network is setup like this.
>>
>> mainDomain.net ( DNS Server)
>> - Server 2, Server 3
>> sub.mainDomain.net
>> - subServer 2( Dns Server), subServer 3, subServer 4
>>
>> I Started Restoring with the mainDomain.net, Then Server 2. but they
>> would not comunicate with each other. I was able to ping between servers
>> but no luck adding users.
>> Just for the heck of it I also restored sub.mainDomain.net and then
>> subServer 2. And nothing seemed to work. Although I was able to Ping the
>> mainDomain.net and Server 2 from sub.mainDomain.net and subServer
>>
>> I Used Veritas Backup exec the fisrt time and followed their
>> instructions and I got the same problems.
>>
>> I also tried using NTBackup i got the same results
>>
>> I tried using Ntdsutil. I tried adjusting the registries and no luck so
>> far.
>>
>> Is there any order in which I need to restore the server.
>>
>> I'm really worried now. I hope I never have to do this in real life.
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>>
>
>


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