I run into this a lot; we go to Sungard twice a year to do DR testing and we never -ever- get identical hardware. It becomes a voodoo dance of running a repair, occasionally doing an in-place upgrade, and getting rid of now-extinct metadata and replication entries with ntdsutil and repadmin.
FWIW, it works better on 2003 than 2000, since sometimes the TCP/IP stack gets hosed and it's easier to delete/recreate in 2003 than 2000 - it's a 3-step KB article instead of a 3 -page- one. Laura > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 5:37 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Cc: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Continuity planning and AD > > Hi Johnny > > In theory, you should be able to do your restore to the > different hardware, and then boot to the CD, choose setup, > and choose repair existing version of Windows to redetect all > hardware. I am not sure this is supported but we were able > to do it in our forest recovery test with no real problems > besides time time time and more time. > > Make sure you test the solution well before deciding that an > identical box is not the answer. > > Regards; > > James R. Day > Active Directory Core Team > Office of the Chief Information Officer > National Park Service > (202) 354-1464 (direct) > (202) 371-1549 (fax) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > "jonny" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > <ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org> > > Sent by: cc: > (bcc: James Day/Contractor/NPS) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: > [ActiveDir] Continuity planning and AD > > tivedir.org > > > > > > > > > 03/18/2005 10:03 AM GMT > > > Please respond to > > > ActiveDir > > > > > > > > > > Dear All > > I am a bit of AD newbie so I am not even sure if this is an > AD issue; so apologies in advance. > > Anyway, we have a disaster recovery server which we plan to > store off site. > This will be switched off while in storage. Our live server > is a Windows 2000 server running AD. The backup software is > Veritas Backup Exec. We do not use one button recovery. > > The plan is this at the moment: when our server cathes fire, > is flooded or stolen, we take a recent tape from off site > with all our data and another tape with our 'system' and > restore. Well that was easy!! > > Well aside from many likely problems this I the one I want to > ask about > here: > > The system tape is derived from a Veritas backup called > System backup. I believe this backs up all the registry > settings and I assume the user databse, the DNS, DHCP setting > and other services settings also. The recovery server is not > a hardware duplicate of the live server, but it does run > Windows 2000 server and Veritas. > > Question: I have been told a systemn restore will result in > the recovery server crashing as it is not a hardware > duplicate. How do I backup (and > restore) all the software and operating system settings and > the AD settings without requiring a hardware duplicate? Can > anyone point to resources that state how to do this and what > to be aware of? > > Many thanks for any help on this > > Jonny > > > _________________________ > Jonathan Feldman > ICT Manager > NACVS > 177 Arundel Street > Sheffield, S1 2NU > > Tel: 0114 278 6636 > Fax: 0114 278 7004 > Textphone: 0114 278 7025 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.nacvs.org.uk > ______________________________ > > Registered charity no. 1001635 > Registered company no. 2575306 > Registered office as above > ------------------------------- > > Dates for your diary > =================== > > Chief Officers' Residential Event 2005 > Royal Court Hotel, Coventry > 6-7 April > > http://www.nacvs.org.uk/nacvs/events/core/index.shtm > > If you take my advice...getting HR support right Age Concern, > Birmingham 21st March > > http://www.nacvs.org.uk/nacvs/events/hr/index.shtm > > Local Public Service Agreements: engaging communities Novotel > Birmingham Centre > 19 May 2005 > http://www.nacvs.org.uk/nacvs/events/lpsa > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
