So shouldn't my ntds.dit file be updating?

[hal]

Sorry for the terribly newbie question, but I am new to AD and still
trying to figure some of this out.

My understanding is AD is store in %systemroot%\ntds\ntds.dit. I have
set my Arcserve backup to get the contents of ntds from both domain
controllers, but when I was looking at this, I noticed that while
exactly the same size on both DCs, my ntds files are dated very
differently and are actually dated quite old. I have made changes to
AD users but the files do not seem to change. Am I looking at the
right place?

thanks,

Hal

 

[Paul Bergson {MCT, MCSE}]

Yes you are looking in the right location but the sizes are not going to
appear the same nor are the creation dates going to be the same. An
explanation is at the following link:

See http://is-it-true.org/nt/nt2000/atips/atips70.shtml

Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, CNE, CNA, CCA

 

[Enkidu]

Sorry for the terribly newbie question, but I am new to AD and still
trying to figure some of this out.

My understanding is AD is store in %systemroot%\ntds\ntds.dit. I have
set my Arcserve backup to get the contents of ntds from both domain
controllers, but when I was looking at this, I noticed that while
exactly the same size on both DCs, my ntds files are dated very
differently and are actually dated quite old. I have made changes to
AD users but the files do not seem to change. Am I looking at the
right place?

Whoa! Do not do a file backup of the AD data store! Use your backup
utility to backup "System State"!

Cheers,

Cliff