05-26-2015 07:45 AM
hi
can anybody help me with restoring last active directory server (BDC-2012) from a 6 month old system recovery image.
PDC & BDC failed and no recent backup is available . last backup is a very old SSR 2013 full backup of BDC . BDC was a 2012 VM on ESXi 5.5 1.
when i restore that backp BDC server boots up and right before login page i get a blue screen that says "directory service cannot start... " and server resets, however i have access to DSRM mode and i think there is a problem with age of backup that im restoring .
do anybody know how can i start Directory service? or resove this problem?
thanks
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07-07-2015 08:27 AM
AD was needed for another server to work , i restored that server then backed up databases that i need and build the servers from ground up.
05-26-2015 10:54 PM
When in DSRM you could disable the AD services and then start normally?
05-26-2015 11:07 PM
thanks , but i need Domain Services to work.
05-26-2015 11:28 PM
I mean just for isolating the problem, for testing purposes.
05-26-2015 11:32 PM
Which options did you select when restoring the VM?
05-30-2015 11:42 AM
all of them :) , normal recovery , restore anywhere with mini setup , restore anywhere with delete drivers....
05-30-2015 11:44 AM
when i demote Domain controller , windows works fine and i can normally login to windows.
problem is with out dated backup of AD that im restoring
05-31-2015 10:32 PM
Have look here:
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH126257.html
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH87092.html
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH87092.html
06-11-2015 04:42 AM
Have you had a look yet?
06-16-2015 10:45 AM
07-01-2015 10:59 PM
Hm you could remove AD and restore it afterwards ?!
07-05-2015 01:08 AM
thanks, i've done somethig else.( without restoring AD)
07-06-2015 01:08 AM
What exactly did you do?
07-07-2015 08:27 AM
AD was needed for another server to work , i restored that server then backed up databases that i need and build the servers from ground up.
07-07-2015 09:26 PM
OK, thanks for sharing. So may I kindly ask you to mark your post as solved then?