possible to restore users from System State data?!

[Saeed pazoki]

Hi,
I have made a backup from my domain controller's system state data and now
we have installed win2k server on a new machine and I need to restore only
my users to the new domain controller from the system state data I backed
up.
is this possible?

thanks,
Saeed

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Hi,
I have made a backup from my domain controller's system state data
and now we have installed win2k server on a new machine and I need to
restore only my users to the new domain controller from the system
state data I backed up.
is this possible?

thanks,
Saeed

Now, if you promoted a new DC in your current domain, then the AD database
will replicate everything over to it, including your users/groups/computers,
etc. So not exactly sure what you're asking here. It should have happened
automatically. NO need to do any sort of restore whatsoever.

If you are experiencing any errors, please provide:

1. Any errors in the Event Logs. Provide the Event ID #s please.
2. Unedited ipconfig /all from both DCs
3. The AD DNS Domain name (as it appears in ADUC)
4. The zone name in DNS and whether:
a. SRV exist
b. Dynamic Updates set to yes in zone properties.
5. Service Pack level of both machines.

Thanks!


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[Jimmy Harper [MSFT]]

Or, if the new domain controller is in a different domain and you want to
move all of the user accounts from the old domain to the new one, you can
use the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) to migrate the user accounts
to the new domain.

For more information on ADMT, please see the following link:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/activedirectory/admt.asp

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"Ace Fekay [MVP]"

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Or, if the new domain controller is in a different domain and you
want to
move all of the user accounts from the old domain to the new one, you
can
use the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) to migrate the user
accounts to the new domain.

For more information on ADMT, please see the following link:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/activedirectory/admt.asp

Good point Jimmy. He may have inadvertenly created another domain.

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Regards,
Ace

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Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory