Dear All I have a DC 2008 and i did a windows server backup of this DC. I restored the image to another server. I tried to start it.It's not starting correctly. The AD seems not runing and also the DNS . any help?MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator, MCITP Enterprise Administrator, MCSE, MCDBA

Hiya, Did you backup the appropriate files as according to? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997537(EXCHG.65).aspx

Hello, images are a not supported way of backup. Please follow this way to backup/restore a DC: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816916(WS.10).aspx Full server recovery of a DC: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772519(WS.10).aspx Image backups result in USN rollbacks and are NOT supported: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd348479(WS.10).aspx If you use different hardware see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263532Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Hi meinolf, So i cannot do a full server backup using windows server backup if it's a DC? MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator, MCITP Enterprise Administrator, MCSE, MCDBA

Hello, you can follow the way in the links above to backup/restore a DC. See also: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771045(WS.10).aspxBest regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Dear I need to full backup a server that is acting as a DC? As i understood from you earlier that it is not supported with windows server backup? Maybe i can use hyper-v. RegardsMCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator, MCITP Enterprise Administrator, MCSE, MCDBA

Hello, a full server backup is supported but not images from a DC, this is different. Also a copy from a VM or snapshot is not supported way of backup for DCs. Please see the links above for the details what you have to do for backup/recovery of a DC.Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Thank you very much. This was helpfull RegardsMCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator, MCITP Enterprise Administrator, MCSE, MCDBA