Re: Backup AD using NTBackup in Server 2003 SP2

Is replication occuring in your domain? I would check the
event log of
both the source DC (the old one) and the target DC (either
or both new
ones) and see if you're getting NTFRS errors and warnings in
there.

On Oct 9, 11:39 am, abassydo <abass...gmail.com> wrote:
> I have three Windows 2003 server domain controllers, 2
of the servers
> are new and the third is old. The 2 new servers are
with SP2 and the
> old one is with SP1. I have configured the old one with
NT Backup to
> backup AD and System State separately. The same I did
on the 2 new
> servers. The NT Backup on the old server is backing up
all the data
> correctly but the problem is with the new servers. The
new servers are
> backing up the System state correctly but only backing
up 11KB of data
> of AD. My AD folder is 115MB.
> The old server needs to be decommissioned because of
space and I do
> not want to do that until I could backup the AD on the
new servers.
> I know I could get AD  from System State if I need to
do restore, but
> I want to  have AD backup separately so that I can
restore only AD and
> not the whole System state if I have problem with AD.
>
> I am not sure if the problem lies with SP2 on the
servers, because I
> believe SP2 suppose to correct issues and not add to
the problems.
> If any of you guys have encountered this problem
before, please do not
> hesitate to give me a hint on how to solve this
problem. Any tangible
> suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> abass...gmail.com


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