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RMAZOUZI
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Jan 22, 2024

Restore AD 2016 Backup after damage of DC

Hello Everybody,

 

I have a question regarding the availibility of AD, is it possible to restore a backup to another server and what are the steps to build to new DC including all things DNS configuration ,IP address ....

01-Alocate the same IP as old server DC

02-Configure DNS domain the same name as the old DNS

03-Restore Backup 

 

this is true ?

  • Hi RMAZOUZI,

    The preferred method is not to use backups to restore AD unless none of your DCs are functional.
    Add a new DC to your domain, add roles, seize the FSMO roles and do a cleanup.
    Restoring a domain controller from backup should only be a last resort.

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