Univ Restore for a domain controller

Attempting Univ Restore as a test for a disaster recovery scenario.
Using w2003SP1 on a dell poweredge 1750 (dual Cpu, Perc)

want to restore to a poweredge 850 (simple single cpu, no perc).

Resote seems to go OK, and I got some of the symptoms described in this thread.
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=154478&highlight=domain universal restore

but got through that and boot into safe mode.
When I try to bot into nomal mode I get a security error starting AD.

Is theer something I am missing here.
Additionally I should note that the resotred box has no network connections active. After all I have the real DC on the net, so this is disconnected and just testing feasability of using UR for disaster recovery.

Any thoughts from successful users?

-- Bruce

 

Hi!

Works like a Charm, but you have to add a before / After script :

before :
net stop netlogon
net stop ntfrs

After :

net start netlogon
net start ntfrs

To make sure AD is not changing during backup.

I virtualized many DCs with NO PROBLEM!

Jaycee

 

I assume I just should put those commands in a before.bat and after.bat file, whiich I then select in the pre and post fileds.
If there is anything else I should do please advise.
I plan to try this and have it run Fri AM.

 

Hi,

Should be just fine.
Take care that if you have other DCs, they wont replicate correctly with the restored DC if they are too different, you may have to reboot in Active Directory Restauration mode to force AD replication.

I just shut the original down and backup from bootable CD to maje sure all goes for the best.

Jaycee