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bartvdw

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07/14/2010 7:50 PM
Hi Jorge, First of all: thanks for the clear and straight forward answer (like always). I'll go through the documentation, it are tested regarding point ΐ]. The only thing that was kind of strange was the presence of "PreExisting" subfolder containing the data of the SYSVOL. All the other things just went fine (even seizing FSMO roles etc.; yes testing the real thing). Thanks again -Bart On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Jorge De Almeida Pinto < jorgedealmeidapinto@live.com> wrote: > doing a restore of SYSVOL (assuming NTFRS here) you have few options: > > > > 1. FAILED DC --> you are restoring a DC from backup while other DCs from > the same domain are up-and-running. Restore the DB and DO NOT mark the > replicated dataset as primary. > > 2. FOREST/DOMAIN RECOVERY --> you are restoring a DC from backup while NO > other DCs from the same domain are up-and-running. Restore the DB and > DO mark the replicated dataset as primary. All other DC restores should > follow the info in Ώ] > > 3. SYSVOL ON ONE DC DOWN THE DRAIN: --> for that DC you want to rebuild the > SYSVOL. Use Burflags=D2 (see [A] and [B]) > > 4. SYSVOL ON ALL DCs DOWN THE DRAIN: --> should a DC which has the most > healthy/current data. Use Burflags=D4 (see [A] and [B]) on that DC. on all > other DCs you must use Burflags=D2 (see [A] and [B]) > > > > > > > > [A] > http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/archive/2006/05/12/Kicking-NTFRS-to-start-replicating-after-SYSVOL-non_2D00_auth.-restore.aspx > > [B] http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/archive/2006/03/08/597.aspx > > > > > > > > > Met vriendelijke groeten / Kind regards, > > > > Jorge de Almeida Pinto > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:15:57 +0200 > Subject: [ActiveDir] Active Directory disaster recovery - SYSVOL > From: bartvdw.lists@gmail.com > To: activedir@mail.activedir.org > > > Gents, > > I'm currently testing Active Directory disaster recovery and I've got a > question regarding SYSVOL. > Backup method used: NTBackup. > According documents from Microsoft you should do following: "To perform an > authoritative restore of SYSVOL, select the check box When restoring > replicated data sets, mark the restored data as the primary data for all > replicas." > After restarting the first DC, SYSVOL is available, however the content is > moved to a "PreExisting" subdirectory. > > How can I prevent this and have the data available as before without > additional copy procedures? > > Thanks in advance > -Bart > > ------------------------------ > New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. Learn more.<http://windows.microsoft.com/shop> > >

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