RE: Domain controller restore on different hardware

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Did you want an answer or do you just want to complain?

How to perform a disaster recovery restoration of Active Directory on a
computer with a different hardware configuration

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;263532

kevw

"Theo" wrote:

> I find this absolutelt ridiculous that a company of Microsoft size and
> reputation did not have the foresight of this major problem.
>
> What I'm talking about is window server's inability for system state to be
> restore on a computer with diffrent hardware configuration.
>
> What happens if all my domain controllers goes down?
> I will have to buy the exact same computer so that I can perform a
> restoration of the system state. Even though I have a ton of other computers
> about, none of them will work, because thier CPU or motherboard is diffrent.
>
> That is completely unacceptable and dangerous for system administrator who
> are require to get things working ASAP.
> MS needs to get their act together and make a backup that can be restore on
> ANY hardware configurations.
>
>
>
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