System State. There's precious little reason to backup more than system state on a DC-only box
-------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory > > > The full server? Or just the system state? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Roger Seielstad > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:44 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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