AD backup

[Karl]

Does any one know what is the MS suggested backup for W2K
AD using the W2K backup utility.
Backing up the system drive and the system state of the
system. I want a secure reliable complete system backup.
Should the backup be done in the normal system state or is
it better to get a complete backup when the system is in
Directory save mode?
NTBackup does not backup open files. The ntds database I
can only copy to an other folder when I am in directory
save mode. When I backup the complete system drive will it
not copy the complete SYSVOL folder? Is it copied
completly when it is selected with a system state backup?
May be some has experimented with it and knows the answer
to it.

Thanks

 

[Tommy Vercetti]

I have played around with NT backup, and actually restored the AD on a test
server. All I did was backup the System State, and the drive where the
SYSVOL is stored (usually C drive). I got it from this article
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBK/tip5100/rh5127.htm. Ignore the fact that it's
about restoring a domain controller on a different hardware, but everything
else should still apply.

 

[Guest]

I looked at these messages but it did not answer my
question. Is it better to do a tape backup under directory
save mode or is it just as good to do the backup on a
running system?
why this question, because I have run into problems
rebuilding system drives. There where inconsistency that I
could not fix, the backup was no good.