Look at the procedures to do an authoritative restore. You can restore the system state to an alternate location, and you should be able to restore the entire AD, from the root level, in your lab.
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Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: osman filiz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 11:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD restore to dissimilar hardware > > > How?Is there a way to restore only active directory?I know > that system state > is restored for all. > > > > > > > >From: Roger Seielstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD restore to dissimilar hardware > >Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:57:37 -0500 > > > >What about the other option? > > > >-Build a restore server > >-boot into DS recovery mode > >-do an authoritative restore of AD > > > >Keep in mind that system state includes system specific > information, so > >restoring the full system state would by design require the > same hardware. > > > >On the other hand, restoring just AD doesn't require > identical hardware. > > > >------------------------------------------------------ > >Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > >Sr. Systems Administrator > >Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > >Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Van Donk, Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:23 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD restore to dissimilar hardware > > > > > > > > > Osman, > > > > > > Forget it, it will not work. See my cut/paste from the last > > > posting I did on this. > > > Microsoft even says that restoring AD from scratch is pretty > > > much impossible without similar hardware. It's not in a > > > document but PSS told me this. > > > Having move DC's around is the way to keep you network going. > > > Multiple physical sites is the way to go. Like I said read > > > the story below: > > > > > > > > > <SNIP> > > > After have been trough this myself in the last couple of > > > weeks and spending a large amount of hours on the phone with > > > MS PSS, this is what my conclusion is. > > > > > > There are 2 ways to build a AD test environment. > > > > > > First way: > > > -Do a system disk and system state backup. > > > -Take a machine that has the same hardware for your lab. > > > (Vendor, raid controller, disks, NIC's, video card, memory, > > > firmware levels) If any of the components are not the same it > > > will take you a lot of hours to find out why it does not work > > > and which component is not working. Even with something as > > > simple as the amount of CPU's. > > > -Do a system disk and system state restore according to MS > > > Active Directory Disaster Recovery document. (Authoritative > > > restore, restore 2 times, one to org location, one to > > > alternate location, ntdsutil. Reboot, wait for sysvol share, > > > copy sysvol data, etc. etc. etc. > > > > > > Lot of work (many hours, but it can work, but like I said if > > > it is not exactly the same hardware forget it, only $245 with > > > PSS will get it to work. > > > > > > Second way: > > > -Install the machine that will run your AD in your lab as a > > > DC in your production first. Let it sync up everything and > > > pull it of the wire. (30 minutes). > > > -Seize all the FSMO roles. > > > -Clean up the metadata Q216498 (delete all the servers that > > > are no longer in the AD and that will not be restored). > > > -Delete the servers that you are not going to restore out of > > > Sites and Services. > > > -Reboot > > > -Run DCDIAG / V >C:\output.txt Then search this file for > any errors > > > -Check the eventlog for any errors. > > > > > > I always thought that the first way was the preferred way to > > > do it, but after talking to a AD guru at PSS, I learned that > > > the preferred way is number two. Basically what he said is > > > that if you have more that 1 physical site in your company, > > > put a DC there for DR, if not, you better have identical HW > > > available when you need to do a DR, they cannot guarantee it > > > will work on completely different hardware. > > > > > > Good luck! > > > Fred > > > <SNIP> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: osman filiz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 8:19 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD restore to dissimilar hardware > > > > > > > > > i have read this document and i apply the steps i repaired > > > the windows but > > > still there is blue screen... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Jimmy Andersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD restore to dissimilar hardware > > > >Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:59:23 +0100 > > > > > > > >Disaster Recovery of Active Directory on Dissimilar Hardware: > > > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q263532&; > > > > > > > >Regards, > > > >/Jimmy > > > >-- > > > >Jimmy Andersson, Q Advice AB > > > >Microsoft MVP - Active Directory > > > >-------- www.qadvice.com -------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > osman filiz > > > >Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 1:30 PM > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Subject: [ActiveDir] AD restore to dissimilar hardware > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi, > > > >I have one domain controller that has hardware problem about > > > RAID Card; > > > >now i cannot fix it and i want to restore active directory > > > to another > > > >pc with > > > >IDE controller.But i can't...After restoring active > > > directory it gives > > > >the > > > >blue screen message while startup : 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE > > > BOOT DEVICE. > > > >Ýs > > > >it possible to restore AD to dissimilar hard disk controller > > > platform? > > > > > > > >Any comment? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > > >Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > > > >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > > >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/ > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. 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