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Backing up Active Directory Domain Controller from Symantec Backup Exec 2010

Hello Everyone,

I need to come up with a strategy and do the testing of my Active directory Domain controller to back it up with Symantec Backup Exec 2010 and then Restore it to make sure the backup and restore works.

Can someone please guide me through that how will i be able to backup the whole domain controller of ours and Actve directory running on it and then how i can go about creating a Restore job as well and restore the whole domain controller.

At the moment i have installed media server of Symantec Backup Exec 2010 and deployed Backup Exec Remote Agent on Windows 2008 Domain Controller running Active Directory

Please guide me through if possible step by step procedure for backing up AD and Restoring it

Krzysztof Pytko

Just only to show you an overview becuase I don't know Symantec product. Domain controllers should be always only DC+DNS and eventually DHCP role holders. To backup DC properly and in MS supported way, you need to do regularly System State Backup which contains AD database, DNS zone and for that back up also %WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\DHCP folder to have DHCP database actual copym that' enough for DC

Regards,
Krzysztof

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novice1980

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Thanks Isiek i will do a test tomorrow and will let you know if it works

novice1980

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Thanks TG-TIS i will do a test tomorrow and will let you know if it works