Doesnt anyone have backup DCs? I may be way off, but it seems as though a machine going down shouldnt really affect you that much if you have a backup DC. In which case, backup isnt even really that important. Although I do backup, I dont get too worried if a backup fails for a night or two. I posted this on an earlier post (may have been what this one stemmed from), but thought I would post it again, as it IS a good cheap solution that works really well. And if you dont know linux, it doesnt matter (it is just a linux based floppy), the only commmands you use are ftp commands
If you want some good free imaging software. Try this out http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ . It is a linux based boot floppy that uploads an image or your HD to an FTP server. I use it all the time. It works on any OS you can get the boot disk to work on. Just make sure you do follow the "Reducing the image size" directions, as it will cut the image size down DRAMATICALLY. I dont know if you have seen any of them, but there are now a couple affordable (around $300) NAS products out there that have a NAT firewall, FTP server, etc. built-in. This would be a great compliment to using the linux imaging disk, and would be accessable on the network if your server totally blows up. Just stick the image disk in, point it to the NAS, which is running a FTP sever, and let it restore it for you. Backup Process 1. Image your server with all patches, programs, and service packs on it. 2. Run nightly backup of "data only," with Windows backup utility. 3. FTP the backup to your NAS FTP server with a batch 4. Done Restore Process 1. Image machine from NAS FTP server backdown to hardware with linux floppy 2. FTP latest "data backup" from NAS FTP server to the server image you just restored 3. Run "Restore" on the backup file. 4. Done -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rimmerman, Russ Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:04 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory Whew I lucked out. We have 6700 users and it came to 593MB so it'll fit! Now, is there any tricks I should know about restoring this system state data? Just boot into DSRestore and run NTBackup and restore it? Easy as pie? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Seielstad Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:44 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory Mine would fit fine - it backs up (not compressed) to just under 300MB. Then again, I've got ~500 user objects, and twice that many computer objects. And the ADC isn't turned on yet... -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory > > > I doubt any domain controller's backup would fit on a CDROM. > I might fit > if you zip or gzip it before burning. Would a USB external drive be an > option? > > Would this work for you? > > 1. Install OS on your target recovery test server. Keep it as a > workgroup server, don't add to domain. Do this build in your current > physical location. > > 2. Do NTBackup of your DC to a share on the target server. > > 3. Take target test server offsite and do the restore from the file. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Rimmerman, Russ > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:33 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory > > > > If you're going to do disaster recovery testing and rebuilding your > domain off-site and the off-site location doesn't have a compatible > tape drive, what's the best way to get your domain rebuilt? We use > BackupExec normally, but in this case I am guessing you > could just use > NTBackup and could you back it up to a CD? Then do your authoritative > restore, so you don't have to worry about tapes? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Cornetet > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 1:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory > > > For a small site (no more than a few servers) NTBackup is plenty > adequate. Schedule NTBackup to run nightly and back up to a > workstation's hard disk via a share (assuming you have a workstation > with a large enough drive[1]). > > If you want to get fancy, you can write a batch file to drive > NTBackup, > grep through the log file for errors, and email a report. I > can give you > an example script if you like. > > [1] Staples has a 120GB IDE drive for $60 after rebate. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jake Connor > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Active Directory > > > I need some real good articles that tell me step by step how > to backup > active directory and RESTORE with software to another drive or > something because I almost had a crash right now and company is too > cheap to invest in a reliable backup solution or consulting :-\ > > Please help! > > Thanks > > - Jake > > 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/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This e-mail is confidential, may contain proprietary > information of the > Cooper Cameron Corporation and its operating Divisions and may be > confidential or privileged. > > This e-mail should be read, copied, disseminated and/or used > only by the > addressee. 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