To
restore objects that were accidentally deleted, you'll need to do something
called an authoritative restore. It requires that you reboot a domain
controller into Directory Services Restore Mode and run an authoritative
restore. You can select the specific OU that you'd like to restore, or you
can select the entire directory.
With
AD, a restore is definitely not 'all or nothing', which is a very good
thing! Make sure you get familiar with the NTDSUTIL tool as this is the
tool you'll be using to run this authoritative restore. Microsoft has some
very good white papers on how to do this, including a Disaster Recovery Guide
for Active Directory that gives you step-by-step
instructions.
I hope
this helps.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: England, Christopher M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 6:43 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [ActiveDir] Partial AD RestoreI did a silly thing and deleted some user groups out of an OU. I am not in charge of the domain, but I have asked the domain admins to attempt to restore those groups. Is this even possible with Active Directory? I have heard that an AD restore is all or nothing. Any info would be great!Chris EnglandSystems AdministratorIndiana University
