I think the way that you are going about it is the best way... Having an off-site DC replicating the AD is fail-safe you can rely on.
I can't see any issues with it. -----Original Message----- From: Kern, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 March 2004 14:51 To: ActiveDir (E-mail) Subject: [ActiveDir] AD disaster recovery We're doing a DR test run of AD. We go to another location and try to restore our network from tape backup(Veritas 8.6). Each time we've run into serious issues when restoring AD to different hardware(this is all our DR site provides) and have never been able to get up and running. So this time, I want to put AD on a laptop, give it a few days to replicate with our network, then take the laptop with me to the DR site, force a transfer of all the FSMO roles, and restore that way. Also, for the other DC's, I just want to set up new domain controllers with the same names and not restore the system state, i,e; AD. Just app specfic stuff and home directories. Does anyone see a problem with this? Will I run into issues with GUID's not matching or USN's? We are also planning on restoring an Exchange 2k server. Any help or advice, war stories, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 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/ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any use (including retransmission or copying) of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. The sender is not responsible for the completeness or accuracy of this communication as it has been transmitted over a public network. Any replies to this email may be monitored by the MCPS-PRS Alliance for quality control and other purposes. 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/
