What is Non-Authoritative Restore?

Any data that is being restored, including active directory objects, will have its original update sequence number. Active directory replication uses this number to detect and propagate active directory changes among the servers in the domain. Because of this, any data that is restored non-authoritatively will appear to the active directory replication system as being old, which means that data will never get replicated to other servers. Instead, active directory replication will actually update the restored data with newer data from other servers.

The system state includes the following components on a domain controller:

And on a non-domain controller, the following components are included:

When a member server or domain controller with a certificate server is installed, the following additional item is also included:  

Note:  System State information is backed up and restored as a unit.


I. To Restore the Local System State (Windows 2000) on a Non-Domain Controller

1. In Backup Exec, go to Restore Selections
2. Select the System State (Figure 1) for the local machine

Figure 1
 

3. Click on the Restore button on the tool bar and then select Run to start the job
4. Reboot the server


II. To restore the Local System State (Windows 2000) on a Domain Controller

1. Start the local machine and then press <F8> during the server boot-up sequence
2. Select Directory Services Restore Mode
3. Once logged onto the server, right-click My Computer and click Manage
4. Now select Services and Applications and then Services
5. Change the Logon as account to the Local System Account on all the Backup Exec services (Figure 3)

a. From the Administrator Tools, select Services

b. Right-click on the first Backup Exec service listed, and click Properties

c. Click the Log On tab and select the Local System account as the logon account

d. Do the same on the remaining Backup Exec services and start the services manually

Figure 3
 


6. Start all the Backup Exec services
7. In Backup Exec, go to Restore Selections
8. Select the System State (Figure 1) for the local machine
9. Click on the Restore button on the tool bar and then select Run to start the job
10. Reboot the server


III. To restore the Remote System State (Windows 2000) on a Non-Domain Controller

1. Ensure that the Remote Agent (Agent Accelerator) is installed and running on the remote server
2. In Backup Exec, go to Restore Selections
3. Select the System State (Figure 1) of the remote server
4. Click on the Restore button on the tool bar and then select Run to start the job
5. Reboot the remote machine


IV. To Restore the Remote System State (Windows 2000) on a Domain Controller

On the Remote Server:

1. Start the machine and press <F8> during the server boot-up sequence
2. Select Directory Services Restore Mode
3. Log onto the server and ensure that the Remote Agent (Agent Accelerator) is installed and running
4. Create a user with the same name and password as the Backup Exec service account. Add this account to the Administrators group

a. From the Administrative Tools, select Computer Management

 On Local Users and Groups, create a new user by right-clicking on Users and selecting New User (Figure 4)

 

b. Double-click the newly created user. In the user's properties, click on the Member Of tab and add the user as a member of  Administrators (Figure 5).

     

On the Backup Exec media server:

1. In Backup Exec, go to Restore Selections
2. Select the System State (Figure 1) of the remote server
3. Click on the Restore button on the tool bar and then select Run to start the job
4. Reboot the remote machine