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Domain Naming Master and Schema Master

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by vrhoward

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I am having Problems seizing the Domain Naming Master and the Schema master. I have all the necessary permissions but have been unable to do this. It is a result of the Domain controller going down and the back up being offline at the same time and an unrecoverable AD error occuring. Also the Global Catalog has become corrupt because of this. HELP!

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by sleathwood

It sounds like you need to restore your Active Directory data base. Here's how

Restoring Active Directory

1. Restart the computer and press the F8 key when the operating systems menu is displayed.

2. Select Restore Directory Services Mode.

3. Log on to the system as domain administrator.

4. From the Start menu click Run. Type in ntbackup.exe and press Enter. The Windows Backup program starts.

5. Click Restore. This opens the Restore window.

6. Click the check box named System State. You may also select any other data that you wish to restore

7. You will notice that the default mode of restore is Nonauthoritative. Select Authoritative Restore. Run the Ntdsutil utility.

8.This finishes the authoritative restore of Active Directory. Restart the computer and use the normal startup mode.

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