Got a disaster recovery question for you guys! Is there any need to back
up
an entire domain controller? Or is backing up the system state enough?
The background: I have multiple domain controllers which are -just-
domain
controllers (no file sharing, printers, databases, etc). Backups are
duplicated with one set kept off-site.
If a server exploded, I would think that I'd just build the new equipment
as
a domain controller, and join it back to the domain (siezing/transferring
FSMO if appropriate). It should replicate and bring itself back to a
current
AD state.
Or, if all the DCs exploded, I would think I could just build one as a
"fresh" domain controller and then restore the system state. Next, I'd
rebuild the rest of the DCs, joining them back in as appropriate.
Sound good? Or is there a reason to back up the whole C: drive? How do
you
guys do it?
Re: Disaster Recovery - Virtualized environment ... Starting an Active Directory domain controller whose operating system resides in a virtualized hosting environment such as Microsoft Virtual PC, ... Starting an Active Directory domain controller that is located on a volume where the disk subsystem loads using previously saved images of the operating system without requiring a system state restoration of Active Directory. ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
Re: Disaster Recovery - Virtualized environment ... Starting an Active Directory domain controller whose operating system resides in a virtualized hosting environment such as Microsoft Virtual PC, ... Starting an Active Directory domain controller that is located on a volume where the disk subsystem loads using previously saved images of the operating system without requiring a system state restoration of Active Directory. ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
Re: Disaster Recovery - Virtualized environment ... Starting an Active Directory domain controller whose operating system resides in a virtualized hosting environment such as Microsoft Virtual PC, ... Starting an Active Directory domain controller that is located on a volume where the disk subsystem loads using previously saved images of the operating system without requiring a system state restoration of Active Directory. ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
Re: How to restore Windows 2003 Active Directory ... I'm assuming you have a valid complete "Full Backup with System State"... most basic of a Restore that you can experience. ... We have used single windows 2003 domain controller.... (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
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