Re: Backup of Sysvol

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From: Tomppa (tofors99_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:31:26 +0200

Hi Mike!

So if I want to restore a batch file from sysvol, IŽll need to restore the
complete systemstate to a different location, and manually copy the bat file
from there?

Tomppa

"Mike Aubert" <mikenews2@2000trainers.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> Hey Tomppa,
>
> Correct - you must backup and restore the System State as one unit.
However,
> when you restore the System State you can restore it to an alternate
> location (the default is the original location). Then, copy the files you
> want to restore from the alternate location to the SYSVOL folder.
>
> If you're trying to restore Group Policy Objects (GPOs), however, be
> careful - GPOs are made up of objects in the directory and files/folders
in
> SYSVOL. When restoring GPOs, you need to perform an authoritative restore
of
> the domain.local/System/Policies/{GUID_of_policy}container as well as
> restoring the SYSVOL\Policies\{GUID_of_policy} folder.
>
> Mike
>
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> "Tomppa" <tofors99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OnR4ILq%23DHA.2576@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hi!
> >
> > I am using ntbackup to take full backup of the 2003 server and AD
> inclusive
> > Systemstate. But if I want to restore only sysvol, I canŽt???
> > It seems that sysvol is a part of systemstate and cannot be restored
> > separatly. If I try to backup only the sysvol folder, it doenst take
> backup
> > of anything. Strange.
> >
> > Any help out there?
> >
> > Tomppa
> >
> >
>
>

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