MIchael Leone wrote:
> I'm looking through the NW Disaster Recovery guide, and it speaks of how
> to do a Windows ASR (Automatic System Recovery) - basically, install
> Winowd, and do a restore of the "System State"; that will put Windows
> completely back to the way it was at the time of the backup. And I've even
> done that once before, and it worked well.
>
> But what about an Active Directory restore? Doing a restore of the AD
> domain (authoratative or non-authoratative) is a bit more serious than
> just restoring a Windows member server back to a previous state, so you
> have all files and installed programs and settings.
>
> I'm not seeing anything in the NW Disaster Recovery guide that seems to
> speak about that. But maybe my guide is out of date, since it is for NW
> 7.3.2. Is there something more recent? Or something geared more
> specifically toward Windows AD domains?
>
> Has anyone done an AD restore using NetWorker? Eespecially an
> authoratative restore. All the examples I am finding speak of using
> NTBACKUP to backup and restore AD. A link or a recounting of your
> experiences would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Michael Leone
> Network Administrator, ISM
> Philadelphia Housing Authority
> 2500 Jackson St
> Philadelphia, PA 19145
> Tel: 215-684-4180
> Cell: 215-252-0143
> <mailto:michael.leone < at > pha.phila.gov>
>
>
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Michael, I think you're looking in the wrong book, try the Admin Guide instead
of the DR Guide. In the 7.4.x Admin Guide, there's a 3-page section in
Appendix D that discusses doing authoritative and non-authoritative restores
of AD. I'm 95% sure it's in the 7.3 Guide too, but the steps are really NW
version independent.
I've done them in test environments without a problem (then again, everything
always works in test [Rolling Eyes] ), never done it myself in a live
environment, but I've been tertiarily involved at a 3000 user site where we had
to do one, and it went fine. I'd recommend opening a ticket with both EMC and
MS beforehand if that's feasible.
HTH
--brerrabbit
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