I think it's the other way around - restore system state to an alternate location, then reboot into DS Restore mode and restore it.
Of course, I'd suggest looking at the AD disaster recovery white paper to be sure..... -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rimmerman, Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:04 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory > > > > 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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