You may also want to look over :
Windows 2000 Server Disaster Recovery Guidelines.
<
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/operations/fileandprint/recove
ry.asp>
241594 HOW TO: Perform an Authoritative Restore to a Domain Controller
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=241594
238369 HOW TO: Promote and Demote Domain Controllers in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238369
Enjoy!
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| Subject: Re: Creating a Active directory backup plan!!
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| Hi-
|
| In any domain the recommended minimum number of DC's is 2. That is for
| redundancy\backup. That will take care of your contingency plan for AD.
| Regarding DNS, if you use AD-Integrated zones in your DNS and then install
| DNS on your 2nd DC you've accomplished redundancy there. As for DHCP, you
| have a few options: do an 80\20 split per MS whitepapers, backup your DHCP
| database and have DHCP installed and activated in AD yet disabled on DC2.
In
| the event of DC1 failing, merely import the database into DC2 and enable
the
| service.
|
| Those are just a few options.
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| Thanks,
| Richard Moreno
| MCSE NT4\2000, MCSA 2000
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| | > I do have about 7 servers and 100 computers. All of the
| > server are Windows 2000. One of them is used as the
| > active directory. This server is also used as the DNS
| > server and the DHCP server. What I would like to do is to
| > create a contingency plan for this server. If the primary
| > serve fails I would like to have a secondary server able
| > to take over the functions of the active directory, DNS
| > and DCHP server. Some thing like a Backup Domain
| > Controller in Window NT 4.0.
| >
| > Could anybody help me with this issue please? Thank you
| > in advance for your cooperation with this matter.
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