Paul, I do daily incrementals on my servers. I have not restored a DC yet, but I have successfully restored non-DC server's System Objects files successfully. Only real issue would be to do an authoritative AD restore, where you are exclusively overwriting AD database. Other than that the regular AD restore should be easy, since other DCs in your domain will update the restored DC's db via replication after restore.
Check out section 6.2.4 of Redbook sg246141.pdf. It talks specifically about what you want to do. I will be conducting an AD restore before the end of this year as a test. I will share my experience then. Khalid -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Strobeck Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM, Active Directory, Example dsm.opt File Khalid Thanks!...I just discovered that Redbook yesterday and I am working my way through it...Follow-up questions for you: Are you using TSM to backup the Sytem Object--Daily-Weekly-Monthly on your DC's? Have you ever had to restore a DC with TSM? Thanks! ...Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
