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EtherDragon
Asked: 2010-06-12 14:40:53 +0800 CST

Is there a way to backup AD and DNS in Windows 2008 without backing up the whole Volume?

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I would like to know if there is a (cost free) way to backup Windows Server 2008 Active Directory and DNS settings without using Windows Server Backup.

The problem stems from not having a seperate volume available to store the resulting backup from Windows Server Backup.

I examined the command line options with wbadmin and it also expects the destination to be a dedicated volume for the backup.

~ED

windows-server-2008

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  1. Best Answer

    You can use the instructions in this knowledge base article to allow you to use the wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:c: command to, for example, put a System State Backup (which is the way to backup Active Directory) onto the "C:" volume.

    (To be a bit preachy: Putting your backup on the same volume being backed-up isn't real backup. Real backup is off-site and offline. Perhaps you're just testing or mocking something up, but don't rely on this for any real backup.)

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