Restoring System State to an Active Directory system

System State can be restored to a system that is an Active Directory.

Before restoring System State to an Active Directory system, you must have or create a Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) password. For information on DSRM passwords, see the Microsoft support article “How To Reset the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Account Password in Windows Server 2003″ on the Web.

Symantec does not recommend restoring System State to servers other than the server from which the System State was originally backed up. Redirecting System State to other servers will have unpredictable results.

For more information about how to restore System State in Continuous Protection Server, go to the following URL:

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/278977.htm

To restore System State to an Active Directory system

  1. On the navigation bar, click Restore.

  2. In the selection pane, select System State.

  3. In the task pane, under Restore Tasks, click Restore files.

  4. Specify the options you want.


    Restore job name

    Abbreviated name of the restore job.

    For example, WCSRCSystem.

    Description

    Full name or brief description of the restore job.

    For example, West Coast Source Server System State.

    Restore to

    System State will always be restored to its original location.

  5. Click OK.

  6. Click OK to clear the confirmation message. The computer will restart in DSRM mode.

  7. Log on using your DSRM password.

  8. Double-click the symantec dsrm system state restore.bat file, which is located on the Desktop. You can monitor the progress in the command window.

    When the System State restore has completed, the server will automatically restart back in normal mode.

Restoring System State to an Active Directory system