Re: authoritative restore of single object - single DC

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Done - worked like a charm.

Thanks,
Paul

"kj" wrote:

> Always looking for good people too, but currently not it the DC area. Good
> luck with the restore and let us know if you are able to achieve your
> objective with this method.
>
> --
> /kj
> "Paul" <Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:7D60D8ED-04B6-4B2F-BB19-08480AA2027D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > NICE - Do you need a job? I'm hiring. DC Metro area.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Paul
> >
> > **********
> >
> > "kj" wrote:
> >
> >> SBS2003 allows multiple DCs, but the SBS DC must hold all FSMO's, E2K3,
> >> SQL,
> >> etc.
> >>
> >> Should permit your VPC/VMWare scenerio keeping these contraints in mind.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> /kj
> >> "Paul" <Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:29AD3DFC-3397-4A45-ABAF-112010CF62F5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Rare situation - Their prior contractor sold them SBS 2003... Not my
> >> > doing,
> >> > but will be my undoing if you know what I mean.
> >> >
> >> > If SBS 2003 works the same way SBS 2000 does, you can't have additional
> >> > DCs.... I might just tell them that their SOL on the changes they made
> >> > to
> >> > existing objects and revert back using a full SYSstate recovery. We
> >> > didn't
> >> > drop the ball on this one, so I'll present them the options and see
> >> > what
> >> > they
> >> > want to do....
> >> >
> >> > Even though they are a small shop, the client does use Exch 03
> >> > extensively
> >> > and has several contacts for mail lists. An employee with rights to
> >> > the
> >> > OU
> >> > wiped out a large range of contacts a couple of weeks ago and has made
> >> > several changes since. They didn't notice it until just recently (so
> >> > they
> >> > say). It might just be easier to restore everything to a recovery
> >> > server
> >> > then do an LDAP export of the contacts they need again.
> >> >
> >> > I'm totally with you on the "at least 2 DCs" for every network. Even
> >> > my
> >> > small clients with 30 or 40 nodes have 2 DCs on their networks.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks again,
> >> > Paul
> >> >
> >> > "Paul Williams [MVP]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> > You can't flag the attributes. If you don't restore the system
> >> >> > state,
> >> >> > you
> >> >> > can't pull the deleted attributes out using NTDSUTIL. Been there
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > tried that.
> >> >>
> >> >> > If you DO restore the system state, it is an authoritative restore
> >> >> > because
> >> >> > there aren't any other DCs to battle with higher/lower USN numbers.
> >> >>
> >> >> > So in essence, if you do a system state recovery on a single DC, it
> >> >> > restores everything. There really isn't such a thing as a
> >> >> > "NON-authoritative" restore in a single dc environment, to my
> >> >> > knowledge -
> >> >> > that's what I'm trying to discover now.
> >> >>
> >> >> OK, I see where you're coming from now. I was answering re. the fact
> >> >> that
> >> >> you can, obviously, do an authorative restore. I didn't read that you
> >> >> wanted to only restore one or two attributes and that the existing
> >> >> ones
> >> >> were
> >> >> good.
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, in this case the VM solution seems a good one - also serves as a
> >> >> good
> >> >> reminder that you need at least two DCs ;-)
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Paul Williams
> >> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services
> >> >> http://www.msresource.net | http://forums.msresource.net
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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