Re: Restore killed Active directory Domain Controller
From: Arch Willingham (arch@tuparks.com)
Date: 07/06/02
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From: "Arch Willingham" <arch@tuparks.com> Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 01:04:12 -0400
Sounds reasonable but I have an even dumber question. I almost tried what
you are suggestion but since I can't get into the system any other way than
by booting into Directory Services Restore Safe Mode I figured I would not
be able to run DCPROMO. Can I run DCPROMO while running in Directory
Services Restore Safe Mode
Thanks!
Arch
"x y" <jamescagney90210@excite.com> wrote in message
news:eLnKCgKJCHA.216@cpimsnntpa03...
> It sounds like you've tried to restore a DC by restoring the files from a
> backup. If so, this is not the usual method for restoring a DC.
Naturally
> the NTDS.DIT file would be missing from a backup as it is probably in use
at
> the time of the backup. Also, copying the file manually probably wouldn't
> work as there are other related files that must all be consistent with
each
> other.
>
> Unless you've got a lot of data in your AD domain and/or a slow network
> connection between the servers, I would think it far easier and better to
> demote the new DC, promote it and then let AD file replication service
copy
> AD to the new DC. All you'd need to worry about is the other files on the
> server that are not related to AD and/or were put there by you.
>
> If you already tried this and the NTDS.DIT file was still missing, try
doing
> this again, as it should work.
>
> "Arch Willingham" <arch@tuparks.com> wrote in message
> news:eBMSoKKJCHA.2684@tkmsftngp10...
> > First of all, I apologize for cross posting in the newsgroup areas, I
> can't
> > figure out exactly which one it belongs in.
> >
> > The hard rive crashed in one of our domain controllers. I put in the new
> > drive, installed NT2000, restored the data from a backup created by
Backup
> > Exec 8.5. I attempted to also restore the system state backup but, as
luck
> > would have it, the system state backup was missing.
> >
> > Once I rebooted it gave many errors about lass.exe and other security
> > problems (I don't recall them off the top of my head). I did some
digging
> > and I found that there was no ntds.dit file in the c:\winnt\NTDS
directory
> > (which is where the old one was). Since it was not available anywhere, I
> > rebooted another of the domain controllers, reboot into Directory
Services
> > Restore Mode and got a copy of the one it was using and copied it to the
> > dead computer's directory (while it was also in Directory Services
Restore
> > Mode). I ran the NTDSUTIL utility and the files>Information, and
> > files>integrity and Semantic database analysis the utility said
everything
> > was OK but when I re-boot, it still dies as soon as it tries to start up
> the
> > login process. I can only boot to safe mode and Directory Services
Restore
> > Mode.
> >
> > What exactly are the procedures for fixing this problem?
> >
> > Any help would be deeply appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Arch
> >
> >
>
>
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