AD files being skipped

[ACraib]

I currently backup the system State on my server and receive errors saying that the following files were skipped

edb.log, ntds.dit and temp.edb

am I right in thinking that because I backup the system state I don't igore the skipped files ?

Cheers

Andrew

 

[Qdog]

You are correct! Don't worry about those particular skipped files as long as you are backing up system state.

 

[ACraib]

thanks for confirming that.

 

[ACraib]

can I also disable backing up the SYSVOL on my DCs if the SYstemState is being done ?

 

[Fuubar]

To completely recover those servers, you must backup the OS and system?state. For example, say Win2K is installed on the C: drive. You must select C: which includes the \winnt directory, and the \winnt\system32 directory and select the system?state.

The following Q article from Microsoft has a NOTE: During the system state backup, you must select to back up the Winnt\Sysvol folder. You must also select this option during the restore operation to have a working sysvol after the recovery.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240363

It doesn't get any clearer than that. You want to take some chances and just backup system?state, be my guest. But I would test that in a non-production environment first.

 

[ACraib]

thanks