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by williamoshea

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Dear Colleagues,
I wish to know how to backup the information my active directory users and computers in case my domain controller died.......

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by bfilmfan

Damn good question! You should ALWAYS have a backup of AD in the event you have a disaster.

For Windows 2000, you can use the steps documented here to backup Active Directory:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/technologies/activedirectory/maintain/opsguide/part1/adogd03.mspx

For Windows 2003, I recommend the free ebook by NetIQ, which has a number of administrative activities documented:

http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/ebooks/administeringad/Index.cfm

Microsoft's Windows 2003 documentation on backup can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/ntbackup_restore_sysstate.asp

Basically, you want to make a backup of the system state and the SYSVOL as documented here:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/ntbackup_backup_sysstate.asp

by sgt_shultz

throw money at it...buy bare metal recovery software from www.veritas.com. be sure to get workstation coverage and the Exchange module if appropriate...
how come bfilm gets to say damn and i don't get to say asshole?

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