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I have a 2008 functional level domain...<br />
i have 2 domain controllers.<br />
i have never done a restore before to retrieve an object.<br />
i have a full back up of one of the domain controller from last night.<br />
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my plan is to restore one domain controller from the back up but then the other domain controller is more current and would need a non authoritative restore... am i correct?<br />
guidance for this process?
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I have a 2008 functional level domain...
i have 2 domain controllers.
i have never done a restore before to retrieve an object.
i have a full back up of one of the domain controller from last night.

my plan is to restore one domain controller from the back up but then the other domain controller is more current and would need a non authoritative restore... am i correct?
guidance for this process?

AUTHORITATIVE RESTORE 2008 windows server

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