Authoritative restore of subtree

[Restore victim]

We have a W2K server which is PDCe, RID, GC, ...

On one other server on remote location, the local admin
deleted one OU with several sub-OU and objects.

I tried to restore system state from tape backup : no
errors (original location) on the central server (wich is
the PDCe, RID,GC,...).
Then before restart, I ran ntdsutil, restore subtree.
Got a number of objects updated that corresponds to the
number of objects in the deleted OU.
Everything still fine, I guess.

Rebooted the central server and checked the OU.
But this one is empty. (on both servers)

I tried about any MS document at no avail.

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

Hmmm. It depends on your restore procedure. Authoritative restore increments
USN's by 100000. You could use verinc switch in auth. restore to increase
USN by specific number. Why this happened is difficult to say without
knowing the background of the restore procedure.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSA, MCSE, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Active Directory
(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed)

 

[Guest]

Is there any way to verify on my restored domain
controller if the OU has been restored ?
I verified through the Computers and Users snap in but did
not see any OU.

 

[Brett Shirley [msft]]

Technically speaking the version is increased by 100000, not the USN.
USN is used to track unique changes to the distributed system, version
is used for replication conflict resolution.

Cheers,
-Brett [MSFT]
SDE, AD Replication, Posting "AS IS" ...