Yes, he did. Missed that. Twice. :) In which case, restoring and just putting it back out there is not a good idea.
You want to perform a normal restore, and let the DC sync back up via replication http://www.petri.co.il/restore-windows-server-2003-active-directory.htm Don't perform an authoritative restore. (Or, just DCPROMO it twice and rebuild, but that's more timely for no good reason) * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:59 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > But he said it is a domain controller... > > > > *"Andrew S. Baker" <[email protected]>* > > 11/22/2011 08:57 AM > Please respond to > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > To > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Press this button if the "To" is a fax number. Enter in the fax number > like 123-456-7890. > cc > Subject > Re: Bringing a Win2K3 server back online > > > > > It's just a member server. You should have no issues with bringing it > back online. > > Just be sure to rejoin the domain. > > -ASB: *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker> > > Sent from my Motorola Droid > > On Nov 22, 2011 9:32 AM, "Bob Hartung" > <*[email protected]*<[email protected]>> > wrote: > We had a file server at a remote location suffer corruption from a > software install gone bad. The server would appear to be booting normally, > making it to the Windows 2003 splash screen with the progress indicator. > Unfortunately, the screen would then go black and the system would reboot. > The same thing would happen trying to boot in Safe Mode and Last Known Good > Configuration. > > This server is the only server at this remote location and acts as a file > server, DHCP server and domain controller. This server and PCs at this > location are in their own subnet (172.17.x.x) but is a member of our single > AD domain. The subnet at my location is 172.16.x.x. > > Since this location doesn't have an IT person on staff, it was decided > they'd ship to server back to me so I could restore it from a tape backup. > When I received the server, I decided I'd start by trying a Repair Install. > It couldn't hurt since I was eventually planning on a restore from tape > anyway. At this point, the server has been offline for about a week. > > The Repair Install actually seems to have worked. The system came up with > its normal desktop background but then stopped before loading the desktop > icons with a requirement to activate the operating system. I did that and > the desktop came up. I have not hooked the server up to the network here > yet. > > After all that, here's my question. Will I cause a lot of AD problems if I > assign this server a 172.16.x.x IP address and bring it up and let it sync > up with our domain? I want to make sure it's functioning properly. Also, > I've never done a Repair Install before. Does a Repair Install change > things to a system that need to be manually reconfigured? > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > Dir of I.T. > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 53575 > Tel: *(608) 835-3106 x215* <%28608%29%20835-3106%20x215> > Fax: *(608) 835-7399* <%28608%29%20835-7399> > e-mail: bhartung(at)*wiscoind.com* <http://wiscoind.com/> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ > <*http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/*<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>> > ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: * > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/*<http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> > or send an email to > *[email protected]*<[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ > <*http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/*<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>> > ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: * > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/*<http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> > or send an email to > *[email protected]*<[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
