Backup and Restore AD DC

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory (More info?)

Greetings,

Our network is based on Windows 2000 Domain.
Our Active Directory Domain Controller runs on an HP Proliant Server with
Windows 2000 Standard Server SP3. Our Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain
Controller needs to be backed up and restored at a different location on a
different hardware platform (on a Dell Server).

When we use the native/built-in Windows 2000 Backup and Restore, our Active
Directory cannot be restored completely due to hardware differences.
Even Microsoft states in its website that “There has been some testing with
restoring from different vendors, from Compaq computers to Dell computers or
vice versa, and they have gotten that to work on occasion, but that is not a
guarantee, it's not a guarantee that it's going to work.�

Is there a third-party backup & restore software that can backup a Windows
2000 Active Directory Domain Controller and do bare-metal restore on a
completely different hardware configuration?

Thank you.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory (More info?)

Have you looked at

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;263532&Product=win2000

and this

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694


--

Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.



"Ibnu" <Ibnu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2469A902-EFC8-41E0-A856-2BCA7B17B8BE@microsoft.com...
> Greetings,
>
> Our network is based on Windows 2000 Domain.
> Our Active Directory Domain Controller runs on an HP Proliant Server with
> Windows 2000 Standard Server SP3. Our Windows 2000 Active Directory
Domain
> Controller needs to be backed up and restored at a different location on a
> different hardware platform (on a Dell Server).
>
> When we use the native/built-in Windows 2000 Backup and Restore, our
Active
> Directory cannot be restored completely due to hardware differences.
> Even Microsoft states in its website that "There has been some testing
with
> restoring from different vendors, from Compaq computers to Dell computers
or
> vice versa, and they have gotten that to work on occasion, but that is not
a
> guarantee, it's not a guarantee that it's going to work."
>
> Is there a third-party backup & restore software that can backup a Windows
> 2000 Active Directory Domain Controller and do bare-metal restore on a
> completely different hardware configuration?
>
> Thank you.
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory (More info?)

Paul,

Thank you very much for the information, and yes, we have followed the
instructions on those 2 URLs you gave. However, the restore still could be
completed successfully.

"Paul Bergson" wrote:

> Have you looked at
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;263532&Product=win2000
>
> and this
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694
>
>
> --
>
> Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
>
> "Ibnu" <Ibnu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2469A902-EFC8-41E0-A856-2BCA7B17B8BE@microsoft.com...
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Our network is based on Windows 2000 Domain.
> > Our Active Directory Domain Controller runs on an HP Proliant Server with
> > Windows 2000 Standard Server SP3. Our Windows 2000 Active Directory
> Domain
> > Controller needs to be backed up and restored at a different location on a
> > different hardware platform (on a Dell Server).
> >
> > When we use the native/built-in Windows 2000 Backup and Restore, our
> Active
> > Directory cannot be restored completely due to hardware differences.
> > Even Microsoft states in its website that "There has been some testing
> with
> > restoring from different vendors, from Compaq computers to Dell computers
> or
> > vice versa, and they have gotten that to work on occasion, but that is not
> a
> > guarantee, it's not a guarantee that it's going to work."
> >
> > Is there a third-party backup & restore software that can backup a Windows
> > 2000 Active Directory Domain Controller and do bare-metal restore on a
> > completely different hardware configuration?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory (More info?)

If you are using 2003 you could promote another dc at the remote site. Down
the server on the old hardware and rename the server with the new hardware.


Paul

"Ibnu" wrote:

> Paul,
>
> Thank you very much for the information, and yes, we have followed the
> instructions on those 2 URLs you gave. However, the restore still could be
> completed successfully.
>
> "Paul Bergson" wrote:
>
> > Have you looked at
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;263532&Product=win2000
> >
> > and this
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Ibnu" <Ibnu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2469A902-EFC8-41E0-A856-2BCA7B17B8BE@microsoft.com...
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > Our network is based on Windows 2000 Domain.
> > > Our Active Directory Domain Controller runs on an HP Proliant Server with
> > > Windows 2000 Standard Server SP3. Our Windows 2000 Active Directory
> > Domain
> > > Controller needs to be backed up and restored at a different location on a
> > > different hardware platform (on a Dell Server).
> > >
> > > When we use the native/built-in Windows 2000 Backup and Restore, our
> > Active
> > > Directory cannot be restored completely due to hardware differences.
> > > Even Microsoft states in its website that "There has been some testing
> > with
> > > restoring from different vendors, from Compaq computers to Dell computers
> > or
> > > vice versa, and they have gotten that to work on occasion, but that is not
> > a
> > > guarantee, it's not a guarantee that it's going to work."
> > >
> > > Is there a third-party backup & restore software that can backup a Windows
> > > 2000 Active Directory Domain Controller and do bare-metal restore on a
> > > completely different hardware configuration?
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> >
> >
> >

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory (More info?)

Paul,

Thanks for optional information.

"Paul Bergson" wrote:

> If you are using 2003 you could promote another dc at the remote site. Down
> the server on the old hardware and rename the server with the new hardware.
>
>
> Paul
>
> "Ibnu" wrote:
>
> > Paul,
> >
> > Thank you very much for the information, and yes, we have followed the
> > instructions on those 2 URLs you gave. However, the restore still could be
> > completed successfully.
> >
> > "Paul Bergson" wrote:
> >
> > > Have you looked at
> > >
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;263532&Product=win2000
> > >
> > > and this
> > >
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA
> > >
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Ibnu" <Ibnu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:2469A902-EFC8-41E0-A856-2BCA7B17B8BE@microsoft.com...
> > > > Greetings,
> > > >
> > > > Our network is based on Windows 2000 Domain.
> > > > Our Active Directory Domain Controller runs on an HP Proliant Server with
> > > > Windows 2000 Standard Server SP3. Our Windows 2000 Active Directory
> > > Domain
> > > > Controller needs to be backed up and restored at a different location on a
> > > > different hardware platform (on a Dell Server).
> > > >
> > > > When we use the native/built-in Windows 2000 Backup and Restore, our
> > > Active
> > > > Directory cannot be restored completely due to hardware differences.
> > > > Even Microsoft states in its website that "There has been some testing
> > > with
> > > > restoring from different vendors, from Compaq computers to Dell computers
> > > or
> > > > vice versa, and they have gotten that to work on occasion, but that is not
> > > a
> > > > guarantee, it's not a guarantee that it's going to work."
> > > >
> > > > Is there a third-party backup & restore software that can backup a Windows
> > > > 2000 Active Directory Domain Controller and do bare-metal restore on a
> > > > completely different hardware configuration?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory (More info?)

Did you ever get this work? I can't even get it to work on similar hardware
(i.e., a Dell OptiPlex to a Dell Dimension).

My DNS won't start after the restore, saying it can't allocate an object. I
have cleaned up the metadata, tried to delete the replication partners,
deleted the other DCs (including using ADSIEdit to do so), but nothing seems
to work.

Restoring a DC to different hardware never seems to come up properly, even
following the 2 links below. Which bodes badly for Disaster Recovery,
since - like most people , I expect - my newly re-built DC will almost
certainly be on different hardware than the hardware I have now.

"Ibnu" <Ibnu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C9CE4B34-1B82-45E3-9DEE-6C393FCFD614@microsoft.com...
> Paul,
>
> Thank you very much for the information, and yes, we have followed the
> instructions on those 2 URLs you gave. However, the restore still could
be
> completed successfully.
>
> "Paul Bergson" wrote:
>
> > Have you looked at
> >
> >
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;263532&Product=win20
00
> >
> > and this
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Ibnu" <Ibnu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2469A902-EFC8-41E0-A856-2BCA7B17B8BE@microsoft.com...
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > Our network is based on Windows 2000 Domain.
> > > Our Active Directory Domain Controller runs on an HP Proliant Server
with
> > > Windows 2000 Standard Server SP3. Our Windows 2000 Active Directory
> > Domain
> > > Controller needs to be backed up and restored at a different location
on a
> > > different hardware platform (on a Dell Server).
> > >
> > > When we use the native/built-in Windows 2000 Backup and Restore, our
> > Active
> > > Directory cannot be restored completely due to hardware differences.
> > > Even Microsoft states in its website that "There has been some testing
> > with
> > > restoring from different vendors, from Compaq computers to Dell
computers
> > or
> > > vice versa, and they have gotten that to work on occasion, but that is
not
> > a
> > > guarantee, it's not a guarantee that it's going to work."
> > >
> > > Is there a third-party backup & restore software that can backup a
Windows
> > > 2000 Active Directory Domain Controller and do bare-metal restore on a
> > > completely different hardware configuration?
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> >
> >
> >