Active Directory [backup/restore] - DR test process
I want to run a test DR procedure.
I want to restore active directory from a old box[ will be temporarily shutdown to test DR @ a remote site] to a totally different, hardware wise, to another server.
I backed up AD using NT Backup utility and saved it on another file server.
Can I restore it with NT Backup utility to the new test DR box.
Now I was looking at a microsoft article: 263532. It says it could be done, but it says the machine has to be a stand alone server in a workgroup. Which defeats the purpose to me. Because it is not a AD box.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do?
thanks
Active Directory [backup/restore] - DR test process
We want to try a Disaster recovery process.
We are going to build a brand new DC. I want to backup the AD/system state, from our main server, and do a restore to our disaster recovery domain controller.
This is just a test.
Can this be done.
I tried backing up AD/system state/ sys vol, in directory restore mode from the good DC.
Then transferred the *.bak file to the new DC. booted into F8 - directory services mode, and did a restore.
This was done with NT Backup, the one that comes with Server.
But it did not work.
This is a windows 2003 standard server.
Any suggestions how I can get this to work.
** Keep in mind totally different machine with different hard ware.
thanks for your help.