Re: fallback solution for NT 4.0 upgrade
From: David K (noemail_at_nospam.com)
Date: 08/17/04
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:08:18 GMT
Okay, thanks Feng. I think the best thing for me to do is order a book
on backing up NT, which I did.
Dave
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:25:17 GMT, fengmao@online.microsoft.com (Feng
Mao) wrote:
>Hi Dave,
>
>Thank you for posting!
>
>Regarding the backup of SAM database, I would like to suggest some
>utilities REGBACK and REGREST from Windows NT Resource Kit.
>
>Using REGBACK will copy the records from the SAM into a new file. Restoring
>the SAM copies this new file over the old SAM. You must reboot the computer
>after using REGREST to have the restore take effect.
>
>As an example, the following command lines could be used. These assume the
>BACKUP directory already exists on drive C, and Windows NT is also
>installed on drive C (Windows NT and the BACKUP directory must reside on
>the same logical disk):
>
> C:\>regback c:\backup\sam.bak machine sam
>
>-or-
>
> C:\>regrest c:\backup\sam.bak c:\backup\sam.old machine sam
>
>For the detailed information on how to upgrade a Windows NT 4 PDC to
>Windows 2000 Domain Controller, visit the below aritcle in the Microsoft
>knowledge base:
>
>296480 HOW TO: Upgrade a Windows NT 4.0-Based PDC to a Windows 2000-Based
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296480
>
>Have a good day!
>
>Thanks & Regards,
>
>Feng Mao [MSFT], MCSE
>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>
>Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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>| I have an NT 4.0 server I'd like to upgrade to 2000. I also have an
>| existing 2000 server as the only other server, which is annoying,
>| since if it were an NT 4.0 server it could hold a replicated copy of
>| the SAM.
>|
>| Some relevant elements of the servers are listed further below.
>|
>| I want to be able to restore my NT server if the upgrade should blow
>| up in my face. Since I only have 1 working copy of the SAM database, I
>| need to back it up somehow before the upgrade. I could back up the
>| entire RAID volume on the NT server to tape, but I don't think I can
>| do that with this setup because the DLT drive is on the 2000 server. I
>| do have specific directories on the NT server that BackupExec accesses
>| via shares, and it also backs up Exchange via the Exchange Agent, but
>| the SAM database isn't backed up, and I don't even know if that would
>| do any good if I had to reinstall NT.
>|
>| Any suggestions? I will consider purchasing a third server if
>| necessary, to use as an NT BDC in the interim, but that might be
>| overkill to have three servers after the upgrade, since the only
>| significant stressors are Exchange and one other enterprise software
>| package.
>|
>|
>| 2000 Server-
>| ------------------
>| 9GB & 35GB RAID-5 volume, on one set of 3 hdds
>| Veritas BackupExec
>| DLT drive, 20/40GB tapes
>| self-contained enterprise software
>| shared folders
>|
>| NT 4.0 Server:
>| ------------------
>| PDC
>| 30GB RAID-5 volume, 1 logical drive
>| TCP/IP services
>| Exchange 5.5
>|
>| RAID volumes are handled via a hardware RAID controller, not via the
>| OS.
>|
>|
>| Thanks,
>| Dave
>|
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