Whew I lucked out. We have 6700 users and it came to 593MB so it'll fit! Now, is there any tricks I should know about restoring this system state data? Just boot into DSRestore and run NTBackup and restore it? Easy as pie?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Seielstad Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:44 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory Mine would fit fine - it backs up (not compressed) to just under 300MB. Then again, I've got ~500 user objects, and twice that many computer objects. And the ADC isn't turned on yet... -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory > > > I doubt any domain controller's backup would fit on a CDROM. > I might fit > if you zip or gzip it before burning. Would a USB external drive be an > option? > > Would this work for you? > > 1. Install OS on your target recovery test server. Keep it as a > workgroup server, don't add to domain. Do this build in your current > physical location. > > 2. Do NTBackup of your DC to a share on the target server. > > 3. Take target test server offsite and do the restore from the file. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Rimmerman, Russ > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:33 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory > > > > If you're going to do disaster recovery testing and rebuilding your > domain off-site and the off-site location doesn't have a compatible > tape drive, what's the best way to get your domain rebuilt? We use > BackupExec normally, but in this case I am guessing you > could just use > NTBackup and could you back it up to a CD? Then do your authoritative > restore, so you don't have to worry about tapes? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Cornetet > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 1:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory > > > For a small site (no more than a few servers) NTBackup is plenty > adequate. Schedule NTBackup to run nightly and back up to a > workstation's hard disk via a share (assuming you have a workstation > with a large enough drive[1]). > > If you want to get fancy, you can write a batch file to drive > NTBackup, > grep through the log file for errors, and email a report. I > can give you > an example script if you like. > > [1] Staples has a 120GB IDE drive for $60 after rebate. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jake Connor > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Active Directory > > > I need some real good articles that tell me step by step how > to backup > active directory and RESTORE with software to another drive or > something because I almost had a crash right now and company is too > cheap to invest in a reliable backup solution or consulting :-\ > > Please help! > > Thanks > > - Jake > > 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/ > > 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/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This e-mail is confidential, may contain proprietary > information of the > Cooper Cameron Corporation and its operating Divisions and may be > confidential or privileged. > > This e-mail should be read, copied, disseminated and/or used > only by the > addressee. 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