You can still do authoritative restores from a TSM backup. You do this the same as you do with NT backup. 1. Restore the system object using NT backup or TSM 2. Perform the authoritative restore by booting into DS restore mode and running ntdsutil.
-----Original Message----- From: DFrance [mailto:DFrance-TSM@;ATT.NET] Sent: October 30, 2002 1:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More on Repeat Backups... Actually, my personal favorite, is to use the NT backup tool (maybe as a preschedcmd) for making the System Object backup (to a file that gets picked up by normal, daily incremental); in the cmd file that runs NTbackup, determine the daily or weekly logic of your choice, so only re-write the SysObj.bkf as often as you like... possibly, every Tuesday & Saturday, whatever. So, with the 5.1 client, exclude system object backups -- relying entirely on recovery of the ntbackup file to recover the system, which gives the nice side-effect of providing a point-in-time recovery point and (also) allows authoritative restore (of selected pieces of the registry, using directory services restore mode). This "side effect" becomes important if ever you want to use the "authoritative restore" feature introduced by Win2K; the current method of backups provided by TSM only permits non-authoritative restores.
