Re: NT Registry restore

I used the exact steps in the bmr redbook, which was:

dsmc res c:\adsm.sys\registry\machine name\*.* c:\winnt\system32\config\

dsmc res c:\adsm.sys\registry\machine name\users\default
c:\winnt\system32\config\

dsmc res c:\adsm.sys\registry\machine name\users\user name\*.*
c:\winnt\system32\config\

Is there a seperate command that assembles these files into the registry?
If so the IBM redbook is incorrect..

Thanks,

Rod

Prather, Wanda wrote:

> Not sure I understand exactly what happened to you.
> Were you running your restore from an alternate partition?
> NT 4.0 or NT 3.5.1?
>
> The /adsm.sys directory is NOT the registry, it is a staging area used
> only by ADSM.
> When ADSM backs up the registry, it calls the REGBACK utility to create
> a sort of "export" or "logical" copy of the registry keys and stores
> them in c:\adsm.sys.
> Then it backs up those files from adsm.sys to the adsm server.
>
> When you restore files to c:\adsm.sys, you have just restored the
> "export" copy.
> Then you run DSMC REGREST, which invokes the REGREST utility, reads the
> files in c:\adsm.sys, and recreates the registry keys.
> Then you reboot.
>
> Does that explain any of what happened to you?
>
> ===============================================================
> Wanda Prather
> Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
> 301-953-6000 X8769
> wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu
>
> "Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think."
>               - Scott Adams/Dilbert
> ===============================================================
>
>         ----------
>         From:   Rodney S. Richeson[SMTP:rricheson AT amxinc DOT com]
>         Sent:   Thursday, December 04, 1997 2:40 PM
>         To:     ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
>         Subject:        NT Registry restore
>
>         All;
>
>         I have run into a problem with the bare metal restore in
> restoring the
>         registry.  The book says to run the dsmc res
> c:\adsm.sys\registry.....
>         for the three different things to restore.  This seems to put
> the files
>         in incorrect dirctories.  I had to boot to a different partition
> to copy
>         the files from the directory they were restored into.  One level
> off of
>         were they should have been.  My not understanding or ADSM
> restore
>         problems?
>
>         Rod Richeson
>         AMX Systems, Inc.
>         rricheson AT amxinc DOT com