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Larry_Ventura
Level 3
19 years ago

Restore of Logon Scripts

Hi, we are running active directory on win2k3 and need to get an older copy of a logon script (user script) that is in a subfolder of sysvol. We had c:\winnt\sysvol selected in our backup selections, but when we go to restore, the folder is empty in Backup Exec restore selection window. The only other way i can get to syssvol is to do an entire system state restore... any ideas?
10.x and Earlier
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  • Aaron_Blazer_2's avatar
    Aaron_Blazer_2
    Level 3
    19 years ago
    have you considered running backup and directing it to a different directory? and send to something like c:\temp

    our scripts are stored in C:\WINNT\SYSVOL\domain\scripts
    and if restored from backup would then go to(I believe):
    C:\Temp\SYSVOL\domain\scripts
  • Larry_Ventura's avatar
    Larry_Ventura
    Level 3
    19 years ago
    Aaron, my problem is that the BE10 gui won't allow me to simply restore the script files. If i'm in the restore window and I browse to sysvol, it's empty (i verified that i have sysvol selected in the backup job, and i checked the sysvol restore for a number of backup jobs.) If I got to the system state restore, i can't just select sysvol, it will only allow the selection of the entire system state, which can only be restored if you have your target machine running in directory recovery mode, and cant be redirected.....

    Are you saying that you can browse to your login scripts in the restore window?
  • ray_littlefie1's avatar
    ray_littlefie1
    Level 6
    19 years ago
    Larry-

    what Aaron means is that you can select the System State (within Shadow Copy Components) within the restore seelction and then redirect the system state backup to a folder on your hard drive. It wil restore all the files and scripts that you have to that redirected location.
  • Aaron_Blazer_2's avatar
    Aaron_Blazer_2
    Level 3
    19 years ago
    No, its not browsable on my end either. Try redirecting the sysvol from a full backup set
  • Larry_Ventura's avatar
    Larry_Ventura
    Level 3
    19 years ago
    Yep, that worked...glad i posted to the forum. EXTREMELY dissapointed that veritas tech support said there was no way to do it short of a clean system state restore.