Restoring AD LDS

Hi There,

I have struggling to get AD LDS restored on a different server.

I follow the process as per the documentation, but receive an  0x8000500d error. "The directory property cannot be found in cache in ADSI Edit when trying to connect to the instance on the new server.

I have gone through all the documentation and cannot find any help on this one.

Please assist.

Thanks

Marcile

July 22nd, 2013 4:34pm

Hi, Can you please share the link to the documentation you used for restore? 
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July 22nd, 2013 4:46pm

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732853%28v=ws.10%29.aspx

I have used this method plenty times, and never had an issue. It is the first time I am experiencing it.

July 22nd, 2013 4:49pm

Hi

Can you connect to the instance using LDP.exe?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754970(v=ws.10).aspx

Is there any error messages logged in the Directory Service

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July 22nd, 2013 5:13pm

Hi,

this is the only entry in the directory log with reference to the restore:

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services has been restored from backup media, or has been configured to host an application partition. The invocationID attribute for this directory server has been changed. The highest update sequence number at the time the backup was created is as follows.
 
InvocationID attribute (old value):
01af65b8-5c9d-44e6-ac21-75116b9ee59c
InvocationID attribute (new value):
79551485-dc3a-472b-b25e-26ced51f8646
Update sequence number:
36879
 
The invocationID is changed when a directory server is restored from backup media or is configured to host a writeable application directory partition.

This is the error i get when accessing through LDP

ld = cldap_open("localhost", 389);
Established connection to localhost.
Retrieving base DSA information...
Server error: <empty>
Error<82>: ldap_parse_result failed: Local Error
Server error: <empty>
Getting 0 entries:
-----------
Server error: <empty>

Through Softerra LDAP browser i can see that there is something in there, but cannot access any further.

thanks

M

July 23rd, 2013 10:06am

I even tried doing the full back up and restore thing through dsdbutil, still the same problem.

It is as if the administrator on the new server doesn't have rights to the AD LDS partition.

Not sure how to fix that.

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July 24th, 2013 3:14am

Before you backup the instance make sure that a local group that has a well known RID (for example the 'Administrators' group) is a member of the  Configuration Set's Administrators Group/Role.
July 24th, 2013 4:02am

Brilliant!!! Thanks, that did the trick!!! Will add it to my procedures!
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July 24th, 2013 5:25am

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