Link to home
Start Free TrialLog in
Avatar of mattleh
mattlehFlag for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

asked on

Active Directory Restore

have two identical dell 2800 servers, one i a live environment the other as a backup. I backed up the system state using NT Backup to a usb keyfrom the live server, then restored to the backup one which i had already installed the Windows OS on. i was in directory restore mode and all seemed fine. It finished restoring then restarted However when it gets to the windows 2003 startup screen, it restars again and again in a contunous loop. Help! any suggestions
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
Avatar of Brian Pierce
Brian Pierce
Flag of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland image

Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
Does it repeat the endless reboot-cycle if its network cable(s) is/are unplugged?
Agree with what KCTS said
I feel it would do the same even if you have removed the network cable
Avatar of mattleh

ASKER

Sorry i shoud have mentioned these servers are Windows 2003 SBS. The backup one is for DR purposes at our communty centre, which will only be used if a tidal wave hits St Peter Port.
What i am trying to do is get a copy of the live SBS to the DR SBS. I have tried Backup exec IDR but that des not work very well. So i thought if i install the SBS software on the DR server, restore the AD then put the data back from the tape it would work, but so far the install works but i can not get the AD to restore.
How can i get the AD on the backup windows 2003 Small Business server?