I am currently running Backup Exec 12.5. Here is my issue, I had to call them because of an issue and while I was talking on the phone to the tech guy, he ask me did I have a license for IDR. I replied yes and asked him why was I asked this question. He responded that he just wanted to verify that if I were to have a hardware failure that I would be able to restore my active directory. I then asked him, if I was NOT to have that option and I were to have a motherboad failure, I would not be able to restore my active directory without this option and he said that was correct. So my question to you guys is this:
If I were to have a hardware failure ( such as motherboard) on my domain controller would I be able to
A) restore using system state that was created from a different machine
B) have to use the IDR option to restore that machine in case of hardware failure
I have gotten mixed answers on this question, so I figured I would post here and see what you guys/girls have to say.
Edit: This server is a windows 2003 standard acting as a domain controller, running in a raid 1 setup.
Thanks,
sensai