Re: Backup of Sysvol

From: Lee (lmessenger_at_nospam.com)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:10:03 -0000

Tomppa,

If you are just trying to retrieve a batch file, just restore all of System
state to an alternate location, then you should be able to browse the
SYSVOL folders and find the batch file.

HTH

LM
"Tomppa" <tofors99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23E5OhIs%23DHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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
> news:OU%23LVdr%23DHA.3120@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > 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
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Mike Aubert
> > MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA
> > mikenews2@2000trainers.com
> >
> > Note the "news2" in my email address is temporary and may be changed in
> the
> > future, remove it to email me at my Permanente address.
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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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