We only do tape backup of our FSMO role DC's. We also use a scheduled script to backup the System State to disk on all the DC's at Corporate just so that our backup is only ever two hours old. Worst case is that we have to go to tape.
Not many folks talk about this, but restoring group memberships is tricky if you haven't hit this already. We run a csvde dump of the entire AD every night so that we have something to manipulate in case of disaster. I will elaborate since I don't contribute that much to the list... forgive me if I digress. If someone deletes an OU, and you authoritatively restore it, people's group memberships to groups outside of this OU will not be restored. It's sort of by design, because you didn't restore the groups. But how do you know what groups to restore since those memberships are now lost? To make matters worse, group memberships to groups inside the OU may also be lost! This is because of the nature of AD replication - see KB 280079. It's a real mess. -Rick --- "Donovan, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi- > > I'm hoping someone can offer suggestions: we are > moving over to an AD > infrastructure next month and I am trying to come up > with a good backup > topology, not a plan, that would allow us to capture > a complete backup > of the AD in a domain with 4 sites: LA, Phila, and > London and Spain. > > My connection to LA and Phila is good, London to LA > and Phila is > marginal, and Spain is below marginal. Each site > will be responsible for > there own backup. > > My question: > Is it a practice to re-define, or just define, > replication partners, > times and costs so that the Admin can schedule a > backup after a known > replication process finishes? > > Michael Donovan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
