Re: Backup of Sysvol

From: Tomppa (tofors99_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/25/04


Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:33:42 +0200

Thanks for making it clear to me,
Tomppa

"Lee" <lmessenger@nospam.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:ORz4Bbs%23DHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> 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, I´ll 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.
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights.
> > >
> > >
> > > "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 can´t???
> > > > 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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