AD restore simple question

[Ivan Mckenzie]

Hi everyone, I am not sure of how to restore AD to an other exact same
hardware computer. Let's suppose I have only one DC in my entire AD and I
have a backup of that DC. Now let's imagine that the DC burns in a fire
accident.

How should I recover my AD?



I can't install a new Win 2000 on the other exact computer and do a DCpromo
because there is no other DC.



If I choose to install a Win 2000 and then do a Non-authoritative or a
authoritative restore doesn't make much sense to me because that computer
isn't a DC, so on top of what am I restoring the DC information.



Is there a solution?



Thanks to everyone,



Ivan Mckenzie

 

[Jerold Schulman]

You install Windows 2000.
Boot to Active Directory Resotre Mode and restore the entrie partition.

Hi everyone, I am not sure of how to restore AD to an other exact same
hardware computer. Let's suppose I have only one DC in my entire AD and I
have a backup of that DC. Now let's imagine that the DC burns in a fire
accident.

How should I recover my AD?



I can't install a new Win 2000 on the other exact computer and do a DCpromo
because there is no other DC.



If I choose to install a Win 2000 and then do a Non-authoritative or a
authoritative restore doesn't make much sense to me because that computer
isn't a DC, so on top of what am I restoring the DC information.



Is there a solution?



Thanks to everyone,



Ivan Mckenzie

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Ivan Mckenzie]

Sorry what do you mean by partition. Disk partition? I only have a backup of
system state of the old DC.



Thanks,



Ivan

You install Windows 2000.
Boot to Active Directory Resotre Mode and restore the entrie partition.

 

[Tomasz Onyszko [MVP]]

Sorry what do you mean by partition. Disk partition? I only have a backup of
system state of the old DC.

Jeorold was talking about directory partition, from Microsoft AD glossary:

<quote>
directory partition -- a contiguous subtree of the directory that forms
a unit of replication. A given replica is always a replica of some
directory partition. Active Directory is made up of one or more
directory partitions.

In Active Directory a single server always holds at least three
directory partitions:

* The schema
* The configuration (replication topology and related metadata)
* One or more per-domain directory partitions (subtrees containing
the actual objects in the directory)

The schema and configuration are replicated to every domain controller
in a given forest. The per-domain directory partition is replicated only
to domain controllers for that domain.
</quote>